The importance of not buying what you can make
FEBRUARY 2021
The Ergo

Hi *|FNAME|*,

Is winter over yet? We're right about at the part of winter here in southern Ontario when I become convinced summer was just a figment of my imagination. It's been so long!

I just loved the interview with Angela, below, as well as Marsh's keyboard layout. Check them out, and take a look at the big roundup of Oryx improvements for this month. Thanks, as always, for reading — and write me anytime, ez@zsa.io.

All the best,
Erez
A roundup of recent changes

A roundup of recent changes
So much goodness

Better international support (29 locales!), longer macros, a new "layer-mod" feature, and more: This month's changelog has a little bit of everything.
A roundup of recent changes
 

Featured User Interview
Angela Raiford

Angela Raiford
Head of Support and Content Moderation @ Patreon
I just love the art that surrounds Angela's workspace. Her setup balances simplicity with personality and ends up being so inviting.
"My mom is an artist, and growing up she always stressed the importance of not buying what you can make, so I try."
view featured interview
 
Layout of the month

Layout of the month: Chrome OS and Dvorak

⌨️+🖥️=❤️ — ErgoDox and Chromebook/Chromebox is a great combination! Hopefully there are some ideas here you may find useful enough to borrow, even if you don't type with the Dvorak layout.
Layout of the month: Chrome OS and Dvorak
 

Things we liked
Sometimes we must turn to other languages to find le mot juste

Many of us are feeling Fernweh these days, I think — but hopefully something today will bring you a nice Honigkuchenpferd.
51 Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent
 
a Markdown-like editor for long-form texts

Free, open-source, and cross-platform. Has project overviews, outlines, exports, a distraction-free view, and more.
novelWriter
 
Chess meets gravity?

A grid-based puzzle platformer with Chess pieces. Each piece moves as expected, but falls down after moving (gravity!) and can't move again until it hits the ground. More fun than it sounds.
Chessformer
 
A simpler, nicer GitHub

Mark issues and PRs as unread, fix merge conflicts with one click, linkify issue/PR references and URLs right in code, and more.
Refined GitHub
 
Create and download custom-sized papercraft and packaging templates for free

Bags, matchboxes, boxes with lids, milk cartons — you can make these yourself, to your exact specifications. Plug in your dimensions, and out comes a PDF. So great!
Templatemaker
 
Tip: We have a subscriber-only link archive with all of the links we shared over the years. Just for you. ❤️
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Wallpaper of the month

A darker one this time — the Moonlander meets Ghost In The Shell, meets Terminator.

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Thank you for reading!
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