I am going to be spending way too much time on this website! Bring back the weird internet. I love you Brik.space. What weird tool are you going to build?
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You Need A (Gentle) Deadline!
Do you need an invitation to step away from the algorithm?
An invitation to reconnect with your creativity?
Cool. But you also need a deadline!
I got both: Cue RELEASE DAY!
Release Day just launched and 1,482 creative humans have already pledged to create something during the month of May and then release it on May 29th.
A month of creating?
I’ll be sketching and drawing in my sketch book ever day to reconnect with Art School Days Tina. My poet daughter aims to put together her second poetry book. And my partner Tim is finishing and releasing songs he’s never shared with the world.
Will you join? Go to creativemornings.com/releaseday and join us!
Thank you Creative Quests and Adobe for making this happen. My favorite activation in 18 years of running CreativeMornings!
Subscription Cost Visualizer
Subscription Cost Visualizer is a lightweight, interactive tool that turns your subscriptions into a visual grid. Instead of a list of numbers, you get a clear, proportional view of where your money is going—larger blocks represent higher costs, making your spending instantly legible.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is one of the oldest and most generous corners of the internet: a vast, free digital library built by volunteers. Founded in 1971, it offers more than 75,000 eBooks—mostly classic works whose copyrights have expired—available to read, download, and share without cost.
Future Me
FutureMe is a quiet little corner of the internet with a simple premise: you write an email to your future self, and the site delivers it later.
You choose the date—months or years from now—type out whatever’s on your mind, and hit send. Then you forget about it. At some point down the line, it shows up in your inbox like a message from a past version of you.
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Personal Encyclopedias
Using wiki software, old photos, family stories, bank transactions, social media posts, and an LLM to sift through everything to build a personal encyclopedia? Yes, please! whoami.wiki as an open source project. The encyclopedia is yours, it runs on your machine, your data stays with you, and any model can read it.
(via Jason)
Worldwide Sidewalk Joy Map
Sidewalk Joy spots are free, curated public galleries, exchanges and displays. Installed in curb gardens, front yards or sides of buildings these projects were created to bring a bit of whimsy and inspiration to the community. Examples include Free Little Art Galleries, Puzzle Exchanges, Toy Swaps, year-round and often updated yard displays, Wishing Trees, and more!
Cassette Label Generator
This Cassette Label Generator lets you make an old-school cassette label from a Spotify playlist. The best part: It comes with a QR code one doesn’t actually have to own a cassette player to listen to it. SO FUN!
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Protocol Cards
Protocolcards.com is a digital deck of evidence‑backed nervous system “protocols” you can pull up when you don’t know what to do with yourself.
(via Cool Tools)
Libation
In an effort to detangle myself of all things Jeff Bezos, I am bookmarking: Libation is a free, open-source application for downloading and managing your Audible audiobooks.
Here’s another tutorial on how to convert Audible (.aax) files to mp3 with ffmpeg. I am looking to switch from Audible to Libro.fm. And of course, there is Libby.
WikiFlix
Imagine if The Criterion Channel and Netflix had a baby, but the baby only streamed public-domain classics — and it was completely FREE. That’s WikiFlix.
It’s a clean, modern interface where you can scroll, search, and dive into a whole catalog of classic films, restored gems, silent-era legends, and old-school cinema history… all legally available because they’re in the public domain. No subscription, no account, no ads. Just movies.
(via MikeMixTape)
Play Phrase
Go to PlayPhrase.me and type in a phrase of your choice and it will show you snippets of movies where this phrase is being said. Way cool! I tried, give me cheese please and where’s the butter.
Loadmo.re
loadmo.re a collection of unconventional and fun mobile web pages. For example, I found Busy Simulator. Totally made me smile.
Make sure to follow them on Instagram.
Musclewiki
I love the internet, because it has sites like Musclewiki.
The Perfect Ai Prompt
OpenAI’s President Greg Brockman just shared the best way to structure the perfect prompt.
The framework originally from Ben Hylak, is built on four key pillars:
1.Goal – Define what you want clearly.
2. Return Format – Specify exactly how you want the response structured.
3. Warnings – Highlight any important details the AI should double-check.
4. Context Dump – Provide background info to improve the response.
Explanation in this video.
Marginalia-Search
Marginalia-Search is a search engine that prioritizes non commercial content. I love this so much!
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The PARA Method
Seems like I feel like organizing my digital life. I stumbled upon PARA, a simple, comprehensive system for organizing any type of digital information across any platform. Intrigued.
Capacities
Wow, Capacities looks useful.
And if your first thought is, this looks like Notion, here’s a comparison.
Superwhisper
Tempted to try Superwhisper!
Turn your Phone into a Dumb Phone
I am trying to figure out to not spend so much time on Instagram/YouTube/Threads… I came across this YouTube in which Reysu explains how he dumb-ified his phone and reduced his screentime. Intriguing.
Vimcal
The fastest way to send someone your availabilities. pic.twitter.com/WcUGTGndpH
— Vimcal (@vimcal) May 29, 2020
Vimcal has some super cool features, my favorite is Slots, a super easy and fast way to send someone your availability. (I don’t use Calendly)
Screen.Studio
I saw Jason Friend rave about this screen recording software by Screen Studio. (Posting here, in my personal public archive, so I will find it again.)
Email Sign-Offs
This collection of email sign-offs over on Arena is a treasure trove. I usually sign-off with Waving from Brooklyn, or Warmly, but I might have to add a few of these to the list now.
