A Visual Notebook Series

Resources, apps + links to level up your skills.

Welcome to the resource hub. Explore, play, test, and take action on the tools and ideas shared across sessions โ€” curated for anyone looking to spark creativity, boost collaboration, streamline process, or deliver better learning experiences.

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Chapter 01

Accessibility | Universal Design

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

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
Chapter 02

AI

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

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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
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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
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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
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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 โ€” 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Chapter 03

AR / VR / Mixed Reality / Spatial Computing

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

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Apple Vision Pro

Web

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Chapter 05

Collaboration

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

Chapter 08

Design & Creativity

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

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Adobe Creative Cloud

Web

Adobe's comprehensive suite of creative toolsโ€”including Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and InDesignโ€”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
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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
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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 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
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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
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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
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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
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ClipDrop

WebiOSAndroid

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

Visit ClipDrop
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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
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Coolors

Web

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

Visit Coolors
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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
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Drawify

Web

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

Visit Drawify
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Explain Everything

iOS

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

Visit Explain Everything
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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
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Gravit Designer

Web

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

Visit Gravit Designer
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Remove.bg

Web

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

Visit Remove.bg
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Squoosh

Web

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

Visit Squoosh
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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
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uMake

iOS

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

Visit uMake
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WhatTheFont

iOSAndroid

A font identification tool โ€” snap a photo of any text and instantly identify the font.

Try WhatTheFont
Chapter 13

Media: Audio & Video

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

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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
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AirTime

Web

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

Visit AirTime
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Anchor Podcast

WebiOSAndroid

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

Visit Anchor
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Descript

Web

A powerful video and audio editing tool with AI-driven transcription, overdubbing, and text-based editing.

Visit Descript
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DoubleTake

iOS

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

Get DoubleTake
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Ecamm Live

Mac

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

Visit Ecamm Live
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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
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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
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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
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iMovie

iOS

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

Get iMovie
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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
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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
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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
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OBS Project

Web

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

Visit OBS
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Play.ai

Web

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

Visit Play.ai
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Podbean

WebiOS

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

Visit Podbean
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Podcaster Starter Kit

iOS

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

View Kit
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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
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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
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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
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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
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FlowStudio

Web

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

Visit FlowStudio
Chapter 15

Note Taking

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

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Chapter 16

Present, Meet, Webinar, Workshop

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

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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
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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
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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
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GoTo Meeting

Web

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

Visit GoTo Meeting
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Google Meet

All

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

Visit Google Meet
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Presentify

Mac

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

Visit Presentify
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Webex

Web

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

Visit Webex
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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
Chapter 18

Project Management

Task tracking, Gantt charts, kanban boards, and team workflow management.

Chapter 22

Sealworks Interactive Studios

Custom solutions for learning โ€” from courses to apps, web platforms, and immersive experiences.

A collage of Sealworks Interactive Studios work โ€” learning platforms, mobile apps, web tools, and interactive experiences shown across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.
Sealworks Interactive Studios logo

Learning experiences that are
both effective and beautifully crafted.

Sealworks partners with organizations to develop custom learning solutions โ€” online courses, mobile apps, web-based platforms, and immersive experiences. Deep expertise across instructional design, front-end development, and creative direction.

  • Online course design
  • Mobile application development
  • Web platforms & tools
  • Immersive & interactive media
  • Instructional design
  • Prototyping & UX strategy
Portrait of Nick Floro, Founder of Sealworks Interactive Studios.
Nick Floro ยท Founder, Sealworks
About the curator

Built for makers,
by a maker.

I'm Nick Floro โ€” a designer, developer, and learning strategist with a long career building digital experiences that help people learn, create, and connect. I founded Sealworks Interactive Studios to partner with teams who take craft seriously and want their learning products to feel as considered as the best consumer software.

This notebook is my working library โ€” the apps, tools, and ideas I pull from when I'm prototyping, teaching, or shipping something new. It grows with every project and every conversation.

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