Overview
SpeedyScholar allows you to get smart fast. The idea is to lower the barrier to entry into complex, academic topics. Papers have valuable information, but are often difficult to parse. SpeedyScholar is designed to be like a "CliffsNotes" for academic papers. The goal is to allow a lay-person to read up on something that would otherwise take significantly more time, effort or specialized concentration in a particular field.
Motivation
As technology gains sophistication, I can see software developers, designers and product thinkers wanting to be more looped into academic research. This will hopefully bridge that gap between industry and academia, increase awareness around what's out there, and give people enough context to probe and investigate concepts more deeply once they've read a summary.
Design tasks
- Would love some help thinking through the ideal experience this should offer (especially once there are categories such as
medicine, anthropology, neuroscience, data structures and algorithms, etc.)
- Would love some help thinking through the layout
Icons
Related
cc @jglovier @pifafu @katmeister @fabianperez — would love help if you guys have some spare time / ideas.
Overview
SpeedyScholar allows you to get smart fast. The idea is to lower the barrier to entry into complex, academic topics. Papers have valuable information, but are often difficult to parse. SpeedyScholar is designed to be like a "CliffsNotes" for academic papers. The goal is to allow a lay-person to read up on something that would otherwise take significantly more time, effort or specialized concentration in a particular field.
Motivation
As technology gains sophistication, I can see software developers, designers and product thinkers wanting to be more looped into academic research. This will hopefully bridge that gap between industry and academia, increase awareness around what's out there, and give people enough context to probe and investigate concepts more deeply once they've read a summary.
Design tasks
medicine,anthropology,neuroscience,data structures and algorithms, etc.)Icons
Related
cc @jglovier @pifafu @katmeister @fabianperez — would love help if you guys have some spare time / ideas.