Latest
Here are twenty of the latest tools and inspirations I have added to the site.
You should be able to open this up, figure out how it works and have fun with this. There are lots of online "toys" that are actually worth playing with just for the experience, they'll give you ideas.
This category is for things that may take a little learning but don't need lots of effort.
These items will require some studying but are worth the time. You can watch a few YouTube videos to get to grips with it, right?
These are complex tools for those who are more technically minded, or researchers or professionals. But hey, don't let that stop you.
Open DAW Studio
An online DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). Wow! This looks VERY complex, but incredible. Must explore later.
Google Vids
Strange video assembling tool. I added a prompt and AI really helped me break down my story into scenes, and generated AI godawful voice overs. It's like using Google Slides with extra features.
AI P5JS Coder
OK, so this a great demo. Talk to AI and it makes the p5js code. Except it doesn't, and then it doesn't again, and again.
AI Whiteboard Workflow
Bizarre and brilliant tool... sort of a flowchart but for AI lumps and other stuff ... It turned my webcam into an image and described me as "slightly displeased". It made this story out of my webcam image. About right.
Draw Audio
Really interesting audio tool where you draw kind of midi notes and and tweak effects and envelopes etc.
Quickpoint Author
CardStock
Callooh! Callay! A HyperCard clone that doesn't suck AND has programming in Python (rather than HyperTalk). Brilliant!
British Placename Mapper
Search for British placename by "starts with" or "ends with" ... for things like "wold" or "brough".
Zettlr
Zettlr is personal notebook, in which you use the Markdown format to create and link your notes together into a "Digital Garden" or Personal Knowledgebase. There are lots of tools like this (NotionAI, Obsidian, AnyType etc) but Zettlr has nice features, is free, and open.
Diigo
My favourite bookmarking, or tagging, app. Others include Pocket, Pinterest, Pinboard etc. With these, using any account (both your Chrome personal account, and York account) you can save a bookmarks, and even on your mobile device too. AND you can annotate PDF etc. I have used the free version for over 10 years.
AskPandii
A search engine that uses AI but can do interesting things with your results, such as "create me a timeline about xxx" or "give me alternatives to xxx" . Requires (Google) login.
Globe Explorer
Globe Explorer is a search engine (that uses AI, but in an interesting manner)... When you do a search for a topic, it returns the results in a categorised form, as if you were going to learn that topic.
Community Atlas of Urban Phenomena
Brilliant collection of good and bad things spotted in the urban environment.
There To Here
A tool that maps an area based on your criteria (to help you move house). Interesting idea.
An Interactice Timeline of Infographics
Brilliant visual representation of the development of visualisation
Bop Spotter
Lumen Prize Finalists 2024
Some really interesing digital art projects, but you have to ignore the embarrassingly awful art speak. Sheesh. Still, worth a look.
SimplyScripts
Just a lot of scripts and screenplays in various formats (PDF, txt, even comic .cbz etc)
Collection of Equirectangular Images
A Flickr collection of equirectangular images, many of which are Creative Commons licenced for use in your own VR creations.
Lots more here.
Collection of Posters
Fabulous collection of posters from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the 1930s
A REVIEW OF NINE INTERACTIVE NARRATIVE SYSTEMS
An academic paper about interactive narrative systems.