Sketch and take handwritten notes.
AdorkaStock Sketch
A web based app for gesture drawing, figure practice and general sketching.
Fragment | A modern toolkit for creative coding
Fragment lets you sketch, render, and export canvas-based graphics with ease, from quick experiments to production-ready visuals. Built on top of Vite, Svelte and Mediabunny.
Ink
Handwriting and drawing directly between paragraphs using a digital pen, stylus, or Apple pencil.
supernote-cli: pen, paper, and a pipe
A recent NYT piece argued we need a mental fitness revolution to combat the cognitive decay caused by algorithmic feeds and generative AI. It's an efficient one-two punch. If you're not brainrotting on short form video content, you're outsourcing all of your thinking to an LLM. The result is a kind of cognitive strip-mining. What's left requires active defense. For me, one way of defending that capacity for deep work is with a pen on e-ink. Whether it's annotating a paper or starting a sketch from scratch, I'm intentionally making room for focused thought. My army of clawed Claudes and Codexes will just have to wait.
Magic Paper
Working notes by Michael Nielsen, November 2017. Followup to (but doesn't require) my notes on Chalktalk.
How I'm able to take notes in mathematics lectures using LaTeX and Vim
A while back I answered a question on Quora: Can people actually keep up with note-taking in Mathematics lectures with LaTeX. There, I explained my workflow of taking lecture notes in LaTeX using Vim and how I draw figures in Inkscape. However, a lot has…
Tiles Notebook | Note Taking Tool With AI Agents
A notebook that makes working with AI agents easier.
Mochi - Spaced repetition flashcards
Take notes and make flashcards using markdown, then study them using spaced repetition.
OmniCanvas - Free Infinite Canvas Notes App
Free infinite canvas notes app for visual thinkers. Organize ideas spatially with drawing, linking, and collaboration.
Lunagraph: Design canvas that writes code, powered by Claude Code
Design and create UI using real HTML, CSS and React code. Stay consistent with zero handoff.
PlayBook: A Programmable Paper Notebook
Scratch – A minimalist markdown scratchpad
An offline-first, open source markdown note-taking app. No cloud, no account, no subscriptions.
Note taking apps
Notes, Outliners, Markdown Editors, PKMs, Memexs, Second Brains, Commonplace books, and more
OmniCanvas - Free Infinite Canvas Notes App
Best Notes App - Write and Organize with UpNote
Antinote — a $5 scratchpad for macOS
NotePlan – Notes, Tasks and Calendar in One Daily Note
Let your thoughts sink in — Gravity
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