A Visual Notebook Series

Apps, Tools & Resources to level up your skills.

Browse 22 categories using the side nav, or use search to jump straight to a tool by name, platform, or topic. Look for the yellow ★ Nick's Pick ribbon for the ones I actually use day-to-day. Got a tool I should add, feedback, or something you'd like to share? Reach out anytime.

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Nick's Picks

The tools I actually reach for day-to-day — pulled from across every category. Look for the yellow ★ ribbon on any tile in the rest of the notebook.

Category 01

Accessibility | Universal Design

Tools and resources for building inclusive, accessible digital experiences for everyone.

A11Y Cat

Web

A curated list of accessibility-related bookmarks to streamline web development and testing. It's ideal for quick reference when building compliant web experiences. The collection covers everything from screen reader testing tools to color contrast validators, giving developers a one-stop resource for accessibility checks.

Visit A11Y Cat
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A11Y Resources

Web

A comprehensive directory of tools, guides, and references for building accessible web applications. This resource hub covers ARIA patterns, keyboard navigation best practices, and assistive technology compatibility. Whether you're just starting with accessibility or auditing an existing project, this collection provides actionable guidance across all WCAG conformance levels.

Visit A11Y Resources

Apple Accessibility

Web

Apple's commitment to accessibility is evident in its suite of assistive features like VoiceOver, Switch Control, and Live Captions built into every device. Their developer resources show how to integrate accessibility APIs into iOS and macOS applications. This is an essential reference for anyone building on Apple platforms or studying how a major tech company approaches inclusive design.

Visit Apple Accessibility

Color Blindness Simulator

Web

Pilestone's Color Blindness Simulator allows users to experience how individuals with different types of color vision deficiency perceive colors. Upload any image or enter a URL to see how your designs look through the lens of protanopia, deuteranopia, and tritanopia. It's a quick validation step every designer should take before finalizing color-dependent interfaces.

Try Simulator

Color Review

Web

A tool for checking color contrast compliance with accessibility guidelines. This is essential for designers and developers who need to ensure text is readable against background colors. The interactive interface lets you adjust colors in real-time and instantly see whether your combinations pass WCAG AA or AAA contrast requirements.

Visit Color Review

Google Accessibility

Web

Google offers a wide range of accessibility features and tools, from Chrome extensions to Android device settings, designed to make technology usable for everyone. Their resources include developer guidelines, testing tools like Accessibility Scanner, and educational content. A strong reference point for understanding how to build accessible products within the Google ecosystem.

Visit Google Accessibility

Google Lookout

Android

An app that helps people with low vision or blindness identify objects, text, and people using their phone's camera. Lookout uses machine learning to describe scenes, read documents, scan barcodes, and identify currency. It's a powerful example of AI applied to real-world accessibility needs, running entirely on-device for privacy.

Get Lookout

Microsoft Accessibility

Web

Windows offers a variety of built-in accessibility features like Narrator, Magnifier, and closed captioning designed to support users with diverse needs. Microsoft's Inclusive Design methodology and toolkit have influenced how the entire industry approaches accessibility. Their developer documentation provides comprehensive guidance on building accessible applications across the Microsoft platform.

Visit Microsoft Accessibility
★ Nick's Pick

Seeing AI

iOSWeb

A powerful Microsoft app that narrates the world around visually impaired users, describing scenes, text, and even emotions on people's faces. It uses the device camera to read documents, identify products via barcodes, describe images, and recognize people. Seeing AI demonstrates the transformative potential of computer vision applied to accessibility challenges.

Visit Seeing AI

W3C Guidelines

Web

The official source for web accessibility guidelines, including WCAG standards, ensuring web content is perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust for all users. These are the foundational standards that inform accessibility laws and best practices worldwide. Every learning professional working in digital content should be familiar with these guidelines.

View W3C Guidelines

W3C Resources

Web

The W3C provides comprehensive web standards, guidelines, and resources for building an accessible and interoperable web. Essential reference for developers and designers working to meet global web standards.

Visit W3C Resources
2.2

WCAG 2.2

Web

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 detail how to make web content accessible to people with disabilities, adding new success criteria around dragging movements, target size, and consistent help. This latest version builds on 2.1 with practical improvements that address real-world usability barriers. Understanding what's new in 2.2 and what's coming in 3.0 keeps your work ahead of compliance requirements.

Read WCAG 2.2

WCAG 3.0 / What's Next

Web

An early look at the next major version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. WCAG 3.0 aims to address a wider range of user needs with a more flexible conformance model.

Learn More

WebAIM Contrast Checker

Web

WebAIM's Contrast Checker is a free tool that helps designers and developers ensure their text and background color combinations meet WCAG accessibility standards. Simply enter foreground and background hex values to get instant pass/fail results for both AA and AAA compliance levels. It's one of the most trusted and frequently used accessibility testing tools in the industry.

Check Contrast
Category 02

AI

Artificial intelligence tools for content creation, image generation, research, and workflow automation.

★ Nick's Pick

Anthropic Claude

Web

Advanced AI assistant by Anthropic known for thoughtful, nuanced responses and strong reasoning capabilities. It's a reliable collaborator for creating, refining, and organizing ideas at scale.

Try Claude

ChatGPT

Web

OpenAI's conversational AI tool enables natural language interactions for creative and informational tasks. ChatGPT can brainstorm ideas, draft content, debug code, analyze data, and serve as a thinking partner across disciplines. The Plus and Teams tiers add GPT-4 access, image generation, and custom GPTs tailored to specific workflows.

Try ChatGPT

CopyAI

Web

An AI-powered content generation tool that creates marketing copy, social media posts, emails, and more in seconds. CopyAI offers dozens of pre-built templates for different writing needs, from blog intros to product descriptions. It's particularly useful for L&D teams who need to quickly generate communications, course descriptions, or promotional materials for learning programs.

Visit CopyAI

DALL-E

Web

An AI model developed by OpenAI that generates high-quality images from text descriptions, unlocking creative possibilities for non-designers. DALL-E can create custom illustrations, concept art, icons, and visual metaphors on demand. For learning professionals, it's a game-changer for rapid visual prototyping and creating unique imagery without a design team.

Try DALL-E

DiffusionBee

Mac App

A Mac-native application that simplifies AI image generation using Stable Diffusion models, running entirely on your local machine. No cloud processing means your prompts and images stay private. DiffusionBee offers text-to-image, image-to-image, inpainting, and outpainting capabilities through a clean, beginner-friendly interface.

Get DiffusionBee

Eightify

Web

An AI-powered app that generates concise summaries of YouTube videos, saving time by distilling key points from lengthy content. Eightify breaks videos into timestamped sections with bullet-point summaries so you can quickly scan for the information you need. It's invaluable for L&D professionals who need to evaluate video resources or curate content efficiently.

Try Eightify

Gamma

Web

An AI-powered tool for creating stunning presentations, websites, and documents quickly. It uses AI to generate polished, professional content from simple prompts, making it perfect for educators, business professionals, and creatives who want to save time on visual storytelling.

Try Gamma

Gemini

Web

Google's multimodal AI, formerly Bard, excels at understanding and generating text, images, audio, and code. Users looking for a comprehensive AI tool that handles diverse tasks across multiple formats will find Gemini especially powerful.

Try Gemini

Loveable.dev

Web

A platform that enables users of any skill level to create full-stack web applications by describing what they want in plain English. Features GitHub integration, Supabase support, and real-time collaboration for rapid prototyping and MVP development.

Try Loveable

MidJourney

Web

An AI tool for generating unique, artistic images from text prompts, known for its creativity and surreal visual quality. MidJourney excels at producing stylized, editorial-quality imagery that feels handcrafted rather than AI-generated. It's become a go-to for creating course artwork, presentation visuals, and concept imagery that stands out from typical stock photography.

Visit MidJourney

Napkin AI

Web

A tool that uses AI to quickly turn rough ideas and notes into structured, visual content such as presentations and mind maps. Perfect for brainstormers and creatives who want to transform fleeting thoughts into polished outputs.

Visit Napkin AI
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NotebookLM

Web

A Google AI tool that helps users organize and interact with their research, providing summaries, Q&A, and note-taking features powered by language models. Ideal for researchers, students, and professionals who want to deeply engage with their data and documents.

Try NotebookLM

OpenAI

Web

The home of OpenAI's groundbreaking research in artificial intelligence, offering access to models like GPT-4 and DALL-E. OpenAI provides APIs for developers and consumer products that have redefined how people interact with AI. Their platform documentation and playground are essential for anyone building AI-powered learning experiences or exploring what's possible with large language models.

Visit OpenAI

Perplexity

Web

An AI-powered search and answer engine that provides accurate, well-researched answers to questions by summarizing information from credible sources. Users seeking a reliable, AI-driven alternative to traditional search engines for quick, trustworthy information will find this tool invaluable.

Try Perplexity

Poe

Web

A platform that gives users access to multiple AI models, including GPT-4 and Claude, for generating content, coding assistance, and more. It's ideal for users who want to compare and leverage different AI tools from one centralized platform.

Visit Poe

Runway

Web

A powerful platform that offers AI-driven tools for video editing, image generation, and creative production, making it a go-to for media professionals. Users looking for advanced AI-powered video and image editing tools to enhance their creative process should explore Runway.

Visit Runway

Scribe

Web

A documentation tool powered by AI that automatically creates how-to guides and process documentation by recording your screen. It's a must-have for anyone needing to create step-by-step instructions for their team or users quickly and easily.

Visit Scribe

SnackPrompts

Web

A collection of curated prompts for AI models like GPT to help users get more creative, tailored, and effective responses. Think of it as a recipe book for AI — browse by category, copy a prompt, and customize it for your use case. It's a great starting point for learning professionals who want to get better results from AI tools without becoming prompt engineering experts.

Browse Prompts

Sora

Web

An OpenAI model designed to generate realistic video content from text prompts, showcasing the next frontier of AI-driven media creation. Users interested in exploring cutting-edge video generation technology should keep an eye on Sora.

Try Sora

Suno

Web

AI powered music creator that generates original music compositions from text descriptions, enabling anyone to create custom songs and soundtracks without musical expertise.

Visit Suno

Udio

Web

AI powered music creator that generates high-quality original music from text prompts, enabling creators to compose custom soundtracks and musical content instantly.

Visit Udio

V0

Web

Vercel's AI tool that generates React/Next.js components from text descriptions. It's ideal for designers and developers looking to quickly prototype and build functional web components without extensive coding, leveraging AI for rapid UI development, and empowering non-technical users to build functional web apps efficiently.

Try V0
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WisprFlow

Mac

Voice-to-text dictation that types into any app at the speed you can talk — email, code, docs, chat. Picks up natural punctuation and learns your style, so the output reads like you wrote it.

Try WisprFlow
Category 03

AR / VR / Mixed Reality / Spatial Computing

Hardware and software for immersive experiences, 360° content, and spatial computing.

★ Nick's Pick

Apple Vision Pro

Hardware

Apple's mixed reality headset blends AR and VR, offering immersive experiences for productivity, entertainment, and collaboration in a sleek, user-friendly design. Perfect for early adopters and professionals looking for spatial computing.

Explore Vision Pro

Bubb.li

iOS

An app for capturing and sharing immersive 360-degree photos and videos, enabling users to create virtual experiences. Great for adding an interactive, panoramic element to visual storytelling.

Try Bubb.li

Google Cardboard

Hardware

An affordable VR viewer that works with smartphones, turning any phone into a basic virtual reality platform. A great entry point for exploring VR content and experiences.

Explore Cardboard

Google Lens

AndroidiOS

Google's suite of AI-powered services offers tools from voice assistants to AI-driven recommendations and search enhancements. Explore the power of Google's AI for everyday tasks.

Try Google Lens

Google Translate AR

Web

Google Translate's AR feature uses your camera to translate text in real time. Point your phone at a sign, menu, or document and see the translation overlaid instantly.

Try Translate

Insta360 Camera

Hardware

A versatile 360-degree camera that captures immersive video and photos. Perfect for content creators looking to produce engaging, interactive visual content.

Visit Insta360

Leo AR

iOS

An augmented reality app that lets users place and interact with lifelike 3D objects in their real environment. Great for exploring AR possibilities and creating fun, immersive content.

Get Leo AR

Meta Quest

Web

Meta's standalone VR headset offers immersive gaming, social experiences, and productivity applications. A leading platform for accessible, high-quality virtual reality.

Explore Quest

Zapworks

Web

A toolkit for building augmented reality experiences, from simple image tracking to complex world-scale AR. Ideal for marketers and educators looking to create interactive AR content.

Visit Zapworks
Category 05

Collaboration

Whiteboarding, shared workspaces, and real-time collaboration platforms for teams.

Category 08

Design & Creativity

Graphic design, illustration, image editing, typography, and creative production tools.

★ Nick's Pick

Adobe Capture

iOSAndroid

A creative tool that turns your smartphone into a design asset generator, converting photos into color themes, patterns, and vector shapes.

Get Adobe Capture

Adobe Creative Cloud

Web

Adobe's comprehensive suite of creative tools—including Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and InDesign—covering everything from graphic design and video editing to web development and photography. Essential for creative professionals and teams seeking industry-standard tools for high-quality content creation.

Visit Creative Cloud

Adobe Express

Web

Adobe's easy-to-use design tool that empowers anyone to create social media graphics, short videos, and other visual content quickly and effortlessly. Perfect for marketers, small business owners, and educators who need polished designs without a steep learning curve.

Try Adobe Express

Adobe Firefly

Web

Adobe's generative AI toolset for creating and enhancing images, text effects, and designs, integrated within Adobe's Creative Cloud. Ideal for designers and creatives seeking to leverage cutting-edge AI for their projects.

Try Adobe Firefly
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Adobe Fonts

Web

A massive type library bundled with Creative Cloud — sync foundry-quality fonts straight into Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, and the web with one click. Great for designers who want premium typography without per-license headaches.

Browse Adobe Fonts

Autodesk Sketchbook

All

A professional-grade drawing app with an intuitive interface, offering a wide range of sketching and painting tools for digital artists.

Visit Sketchbook

BunnyStudio

Web

A platform offering professional voiceover services and audio production, with fast turnaround and high-quality results for e-learning and video.

Visit BunnyStudio

Canva

Web

User-friendly graphic design platform that empowers anyone to create stunning visuals, presentations, videos, and social media content with drag-and-drop ease. With thousands of templates, AI-powered tools, and seamless collaboration features, it's perfect for both beginners and pros to design anything, anywhere.

Visit Canva

ClipDrop

WebiOSAndroid

An AI-powered creative suite for removing backgrounds, upscaling images, and generating visuals for quick, polished image editing.

Visit ClipDrop

CodePen

Web

A browser-based playground for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript with instant visual feedback. Great for experimenting with UI patterns and animations.

Visit CodePen

Coolors

Web

A color palette generator that helps designers quickly create and explore beautiful color combinations for consistent, harmonious designs.

Visit Coolors

Design Thinking Kit

Web

A comprehensive resource that provides frameworks, activities, and guidance for applying design thinking to problem-solving and innovation. Ideal for teams and individuals looking to adopt a human-centered approach to creativity and product development.

Visit Design Thinking Kit

Drawify

Web

A whiteboard animation tool that creates hand-drawn style videos and presentations for storytelling and explainer content.

Visit Drawify

Explain Everything

iOS

An interactive whiteboard app for creating engaging presentations, tutorials, and animated explainers.

Visit Explain Everything
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Figma

Web

A web-based collaborative design tool used for UI/UX design, prototyping, and visual design with real-time collaboration. Essential for design teams seeking a cloud-native platform that enables seamless teamwork on design projects.

Visit Figma

Google Earth

Web

A 3D representation of Earth based on satellite imagery, allowing users to explore geography, landmarks, and more. A valuable tool for educators, researchers, and curious minds seeking to explore the world from their desktops.

Visit Google Earth
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Google Fonts

Web

A library of free, open-source fonts for web and design projects. Essential for high-quality typography.

Browse Google Fonts

Gravit Designer

Web

A full-featured vector design application available in the browser for logos, icons, illustrations, and UI designs.

Visit Gravit Designer

Haiku Animator

Web

A web-based tool for creating animations and interactive web content without needing extensive coding knowledge. Perfect for designers and developers looking to add dynamic, animated elements to their web projects.

Visit Haiku Animator

Icons8

Web

A platform offering a vast collection of icons, illustrations, photos, and design tools for web and app development. Ideal for designers and developers who need high-quality, ready-to-use visual assets for their projects.

Visit Icons8

iMovie

iOS

Apple's mobile and Mac video editing app offers an intuitive interface and powerful editing tools for creating polished videos on iPhones and iPads. Perfect for casual video creators looking to make impressive videos quickly.

Get iMovie

LottieFiles

Web

A library of lightweight, scalable animations (Lottie format) for web and mobile apps. Designers and developers can find, create, and implement animations easily, adding engaging visual elements to apps and websites.

Visit LottieFiles

Pixlr

Web

An accessible, web-based photo editing tool that offers a wide range of features similar to Photoshop. Ideal for users who need quick, professional-level edits without the complexity of full-scale editing software.

Visit Pixlr

Post-It App

iOSAndroid

A digital version of sticky notes, allowing users to capture, organize, and share handwritten notes digitally for brainstorming.

Get Post-It App

Remove.bg

Web

An AI-powered tool for instantly removing backgrounds from images for professional visuals.

Visit Remove.bg

ScreenPal

Web

An easy-to-use screen recording tool, perfect for quick tutorials and walkthroughs. Users who need a quick, no-fuss solution for screen recording should consider ScreenPal.

Visit ScreenPal

Squoosh

Web

An image compression tool that reduces file size without sacrificing quality for faster web loading times.

Visit Squoosh

The Noun Project

Web

A massive library of icons and stock photos for design projects. Easily find visually cohesive icons to enhance UI/UX designs or presentations.

Browse Icons

This by TinRocket

iOS

A simple app for annotating photos by adding text and arrows to point out key elements for quick visual communication.

Get This

TinyPNG

Web

A tool for compressing PNG and JPEG images without significant quality loss, making it ideal for optimizing web images. Users seeking to reduce load times and improve site performance will find TinyPNG invaluable.

Visit TinyPNG

uMake

iOS

A 3D design app for sketching, modeling, and visualizing 3D concepts quickly on iPad.

Visit uMake

Unsplash

Web

A popular platform offering high-quality, royalty-free images for any project. Ideal for designers, marketers, and content creators who need visually stunning images without worrying about licensing fees.

Visit Unsplash

WhatTheFont

iOSAndroid

A font identification tool — snap a photo of any text and instantly identify the font.

Try WhatTheFont
Category 11

Hardware

Cameras, microphones, lighting, stream decks, and production gear for content creation.

★ Nick's Pick

Apple iPad Pro & Pencil

Hardware

A serious sketching, note-taking, and prototyping rig — pair the iPad Pro's responsive display with the Apple Pencil for low-latency drawing, marking up PDFs, mind-mapping, and storyboarding. Doubles as a mobile workstation for design reviews and on-the-go content capture.

Visit Apple

DJI OM Series

Hardware

Smartphone gimbals that provide smooth, stabilized video capture for mobile content creation. Perfect for polished video walkthroughs, demos, and training content.

View DJI
★ Nick's Pick

Elgato

Hardware

A suite of premium content creation hardware including Stream Deck, FaceCam, Key Light, and Green Screen. Elgato products are the standard for professional streaming, video production, and polished virtual presentations.

Visit Elgato
★ Nick's Pick

HyperX QuadCast S

Hardware

A USB condenser microphone with RGB lighting, anti-vibration shock mount, and four selectable polar patterns. Great for podcasting, streaming, and recording professional-quality audio.

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★ Nick's Pick

Insta360 X2 Camera

Hardware

A compact 360-degree camera that captures stunning immersive photos and video. One of Nick's favorites for creating VR and AR content on the go.

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Litra Glow

Hardware

A compact, USB-powered key light that clips on top of your monitor and instantly cleans up the look of any video call or recording. Skin-tone tuned, dimmable, and small enough to throw in a bag — easy upgrade if your webcam is doing all the work.

View Litra Glow

Logitech Brio

Hardware

A 4K ultra HD webcam with HDR, offering crystal-clear video quality for streaming, video conferencing, and recording. Ideal for professionals who require high-quality video for presentations.

View Brio

Padcaster

Hardware

A mobile video production kit that turns tablets and smartphones into professional video rigs with microphones, lighting, and teleprompter capabilities.

View Padcaster
★ Nick's Pick

reMarkable

Hardware

An e-ink paper tablet that feels like writing on real paper — distraction-free, made for handwritten notes, sketches, and marking up PDFs. Great for anyone who wants the focus of a notebook with the convenience of digital sync.

Visit reMarkable
Category 13

Media: Audio & Video

Video editing, podcasting, AI voiceovers, screen recording, and media production tools.

Adobe Premiere Rush

iOSAndroid

A mobile video editing app for professional-quality videos on the go with powerful editing tools and social media sharing.

Get Premiere Rush

AirTime

Web

A video presentation tool that integrates with conferencing platforms for customizable backgrounds, slides, and polished virtual presentations.

Visit AirTime

Anchor Podcast

WebiOSAndroid

A podcast creation and hosting platform that simplifies recording, editing, and distributing to major platforms.

Visit Anchor

BBC Sound Effects

Web

A library of thousands of free sound effects from the BBC archive, available for personal, educational, and research use. A treasure trove for audio producers and content creators.

Browse Sounds
★ Nick's Pick

Descript

Web

Edit podcasts and videos by editing the transcript like a doc — cut filler words, remove silences, and rearrange takes in seconds. Recent updates layer in AI voice cloning (Overdub) so you can fix flubs by typing, plus Studio Sound to clean up bad audio in one click. The Eye Contact effect quietly redirects your gaze to the camera, and built-in templates spin long recordings into vertical social clips fast. If you make videos or podcasts solo, this is the closest thing to a one-person studio.

Visit Descript

DoubleTake

iOS

A multi-camera recording app for capturing video from two iPhone cameras simultaneously for interviews and reactions.

Get DoubleTake

Ecamm Live

Mac

A professional live streaming and video production tool for Mac integrating with YouTube, Facebook, and Zoom.

Visit Ecamm Live

ElevenLabs

Web

Cutting-edge AI voice synthesis platform offering realistic, customizable voices for content creation, storytelling, and accessibility. Perfect for creators who need lifelike voiceovers, narration, or voice cloning in multiple languages.

Visit ElevenLabs

FlowStudio

Web

An AI-powered video creation platform for producing professional videos at scale.

Visit FlowStudio

Genny by Lovo

Web

An AI voice generator offering high-quality, natural-sounding text-to-speech and voice cloning for videos, podcasts, and e-learning. Ideal for content creators seeking polished voiceovers without hiring voice talent.

Visit Lovo

HeyGen

Web

An AI-powered video creation platform that generates realistic talking avatars for personalized videos. Ideal for marketing teams, e-learning developers, and sales professionals who want to scale personalized video content quickly.

Visit HeyGen

iMovie

iOS

Apple's free video editing app with an intuitive interface for polished movies and trailers.

Get iMovie
★ Nick's Pick

Loom

Web

A screen recording tool that allows users to capture video messages and screen shares, with AI-driven feedback and performance analytics. Ideal for remote teams or educators who want to communicate more effectively with asynchronous video messages.

Visit Loom

Murf.ai

Web

AI-driven text-to-speech platform that enables users to create natural-sounding voiceovers in over 20 languages, offering a selection of more than 120 voices. Ideal for e-learning developers, marketers, and content creators who need high-quality voiceovers quickly.

Visit Murf.ai

OBS Project

Web

Free, open-source software for video recording and live streaming with powerful scene composition and broadcasting.

Visit OBS

Osmo Mobile

Hardware

A gimbal stabilizer for smartphones, designed to help users capture smooth, cinematic videos. Ideal for content creators who want professional-quality mobile video.

Explore Osmo

Play.ai

Web

An AI-powered platform for creating interactive voice experiences and conversational AI agents.

Visit Play.ai

Podbean

WebiOS

A podcast hosting platform with monetization, analytics, and distribution to all major directories.

Visit Podbean

Podcaster Starter Kit

iOS

A mobile production kit for podcasting and video creation using iPad with professional-grade accessories.

View Kit

Reflector

MacWin

A screen mirroring app that allows users to share their screen wirelessly across devices. Ideal for educators, presenters, or developers who need seamless device-to-device content sharing.

Visit Reflector

Scribe

Web

Create step-by-step guides by automatically capturing your clicks and keystrokes as you work. Scribe turns any process into a shareable visual document.

Try Scribe

Synthesia

Web

An AI video generation platform that creates videos with realistic AI avatars from text, supporting multiple languages and customizable settings. Ideal for marketers, educators, and businesses looking to create personalized video content quickly without the need for on-camera talent or production skills.

Visit Synthesia
Category 15

Note Taking

Digital notebooks, handwriting recognition, and transcription tools for capturing ideas.

★ Nick's Pick

GoodNotes

iOSAndroid

Goodnotes is a powerful digital note-taking app that lets you handwrite, type, and organize notes in a beautifully intuitive interface. With real-time sync, AI-powered search, and flexible templates, it's perfect for students, professionals, and anyone who wants to capture ideas naturally and keep everything organized.

Visit GoodNotes

Google Keep

WebiOSAndroid

A simple and versatile note-taking app that integrates with Google services, allowing users to create, organize, and share notes, lists, and reminders. Ideal for anyone looking for a lightweight, cross-platform note-taking solution that syncs seamlessly with their Google account.

Visit Google Keep
★ Nick's Pick

Granola.ai

Mac

AI meeting note-taker that listens during your calls and turns them into clean, editable notes. Combines your scribbles with a polished transcript and action items so you leave every meeting with usable follow-ups.

Visit Granola

Microsoft OneNote

All

A digital notebook that allows users to capture and organize notes, ideas, and tasks across devices, with powerful integration into the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Ideal for students and professionals who need a versatile, cross-platform tool for organizing notes, drawings, and multimedia content.

Visit OneNote

Nebo

iOSAndroidWin

A handwriting recognition app that converts handwritten notes into digital text, making it easy to organize and share ideas across platforms. Ideal for users who prefer handwritten notes but need the flexibility and searchability of digital text.

Visit Nebo

Notability

iOS

A note-taking app that combines typing, handwriting, drawing, and audio recording, making it easy to capture ideas in multiple formats. Perfect for iPad users who want a flexible, all-in-one tool for annotating PDFs, taking lecture notes, or sketching ideas.

Visit Notability

Notion

WebiOSAndroid

An all-in-one workspace for note-taking, project management, databases, and collaboration, offering extreme flexibility. Perfect for individuals and teams who want a unified platform to organize their work, knowledge, and tasks.

Visit Notion

Obsidian

App

A knowledge management and note-taking app that uses markdown and linking to build a personal knowledge graph. Perfect for researchers, writers, and professionals who want to create a deeply interconnected system for their notes and ideas.

Visit Obsidian
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Otter.ai

WebApp

An AI-powered transcription service that converts spoken audio into text, offering real-time transcription for meetings, interviews, and lectures. Great for users who need accurate, automated transcriptions.

Visit Otter.ai
Category 16

Present & Meet

Video conferencing, virtual event platforms, presentation enhancement, and workshop facilitation tools.

AhaSlides

Web

An interactive presentation tool that allows users to create live polls, quizzes, and word clouds to engage audiences during meetings or events.

Visit AhaSlides

AirMeet

Web

A virtual event platform designed for hosting large-scale conferences, workshops, and social events with interactive features like networking lounges and live polls. Perfect for creating engaging and immersive virtual experiences.

Visit AirMeet

Epic Pen

WinMac

A screen annotation tool that lets you draw, highlight, and write on top of any application, making presentations and training sessions more dynamic and engaging.

Visit Epic Pen

Google Meet

All

Google's video conferencing solution integrated with Google Workspace, offering reliable meetings with captions, recording, and breakout rooms.

Visit Google Meet

GoTo Meeting

Web

A reliable video conferencing platform offering HD video, screen sharing, and meeting recording for professional collaboration.

Visit GoTo Meeting
★ Nick's Pick

Presentify

Mac

A Mac app for annotating your screen during presentations — draw, highlight, and point to things on any app in real-time.

Visit Presentify

Webex

Web

Cisco's enterprise video conferencing platform with AI-powered features, webinar hosting, and deep integrations with enterprise tools.

Visit Webex

Zoom

Web

The ubiquitous video conferencing platform offering meetings, webinars, breakout rooms, and whiteboarding. Zoom remains the default for virtual training delivery and remote collaboration.

Visit Zoom
Category 17

Prototyping

UI/UX design, wireframing, prototyping, and design thinking resources.

Attention Insight

Web

AI-powered tool that predicts where users will look on your designs before testing with real users.

Visit Attention Insight

Awesome Figma Tips

Web

A curated collection of tips, tricks, and resources for getting the most out of Figma. Essential for designers looking to level up their workflow.

Visit Awesome Figma Tips

DesignBetter

Web

Free design thinking and creative process books, guides, and podcasts from InVision.

Visit DesignBetter
★ Nick's Pick

Figma

Web

A cloud-based design tool for real-time UI/UX collaboration, from wireframing to high-fidelity design and prototyping.

Visit Figma
★ Nick's Pick

Google Analytics

WebFree

Free traffic and behavior analytics for your site or app — see who visits, where they come from, what pages hold attention, and where they drop off. Pair it with your prototypes to validate ideas with real usage data instead of guesses.

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A resource collection focused on mobile application design patterns and strategies for creating effective learning experiences on mobile devices.

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Resources and strategies for applying prototyping methodologies specifically to the design and development of learning experiences.

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An AI-powered design tool for creating UI designs, wireframes, and prototypes from text prompts or hand-drawn sketches.

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