Last Updated: June 28, 2025
Useful Resources
Tools, platforms, and resources that I find helpful for research, development, and productivity
Research & Writing
🧠 Obsidian
Powerful knowledge management and note-taking app that links your thoughts together. Perfect for building a personal knowledge base and connecting ideas across research projects.
Notes Knowledge Graph Free
📚 Zotero
Free reference management software. Automatically captures citation info from papers, generates bibliographies, and syncs across devices.
References Free Sync
🐻 Bear
Beautiful, flexible writing app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Great for notes, essays, and long-form writing with Markdown support and excellent organization features.
Writing Markdown Apple
🍃 Leaflet
Collaborative document and publishing platform for creating rich, multi-page documents. Fast, flexible writing tool with social publishing features built on Bluesky. Perfect for blogs, newsletters, and shared documents.
Documents Publishing Collaboration
🌿 iNaturalist
Global platform for sharing nature observations and getting species identifications from experts and AI. Excellent for field research, biodiversity studies, and citizen science projects.
Nature Citizen Science Free
🐛 BugGuide
Comprehensive database and identification guide for insects, spiders, and other arthropods of North America. Essential resource for entomology research, field identification, and taxonomic studies.
Entomology Identification Free
📝 Bear Dev Blog
Development blog and resources for Bear app users and developers. Features tips, updates, and insights about writing workflows, Markdown, and productivity techniques using Bear.
Bear App Writing Tips Development
🧬 QIIME2
Powerful bioinformatics platform for microbiome analysis and multi-omics data. Provides reproducible, interactive, and extensible workflows for analyzing microbial communities. Essential for microbiome research and computational biology.
Bioinformatics Microbiome Open Source
📝 Edna
Note-taking app for developers and power users. Cross between Obsidian and Notational Velocity with block-based notes supporting markdown, code, and math. Works offline, syncs across devices, and optimized for fast writing and switching between notes.
Developer Notes Code Blocks Web-based
Development & IDEs
🤖 Dia Browser
AI-first browser from The Browser Company. Chat with your tabs, summarize articles, and get AI assistance directly integrated into your browsing experience.
AI Browser Beta
🐙 GitHub
Version control and collaboration platform for code. Essential for managing research projects, backing up code, collaborating with others, and hosting open-source work.
Git Collaboration Free
🐍 PyCharm
Professional Python IDE by JetBrains with intelligent code assistance, debugging, testing, and web development support. Excellent for complex Python research projects and data science workflows.
Python IDE Professional
📊 RStudio
Popular IDE specifically designed for R programming and statistical computing. Features integrated console, syntax highlighting, plotting tools, and package management for data analysis and research.
R Statistics Free
🔬 Positron
Next-generation data science IDE from Posit, built on VS Code. Combines the best of RStudio and VS Code with native support for both R and Python, plus interactive data exploration and visualization features.
Data Science R & Python Beta
⚡ Zed
High-performance, collaborative code editor built in Rust. Lightning-fast with real-time collaboration features, excellent for pair programming and team development work.
Fast Collaboration Modern
📝 Formspree
Backend service for handling form submissions without server-side code. Perfect for adding contact forms, surveys, and data collection to static websites and research projects.
Forms Backend Free Tier
Design & Creative
🎨 Figma
Collaborative design platform for creating user interfaces, prototypes, and graphics. Essential for designing academic posters, presentations, and research visualizations.
Design Collaboration Free Tier
📸 Photopea
Free online photo editor that works like Photoshop. Perfect for editing research images, creating figures, and processing photos without needing expensive software.
Photo Editing Free No Download
🔧 RedKetchup
Suite of free online image tools for resizing, converting, compressing, and editing images. Handy for preparing figures and images for papers and presentations.
Image Tools Free Conversion
🔄 VERT.sh
Free, fast file converter for images, video, and audio files. No ads, no tracking, open source, and all processing (except video) is done locally on your device for maximum privacy.
File Conversion Privacy Open Source
🎞️ 3D GIF Maker
Online tool for creating animated 3D GIFs with customizable effects. Add text, filters, rotation, and other 3D effects to create eye-catching animations. Perfect for presentations, social media, and visual content creation.
3D Animation GIF Creation Visual Effects
News & Information
📰 Particle News
AI-powered news app that summarizes stories from multiple perspectives. Features "Opposite Sides" to break filter bubbles, AI chatbot for questions, and personalized feeds. Great for staying informed with balanced coverage.
AI News Multiple Perspectives
Productivity & Organization
✅ Things 3
Award-winning task management app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Beautiful design with powerful organization features including projects, areas, and natural language input. Perfect for managing research tasks and academic deadlines.
Tasks Apple Premium
🔖 Raindrop.io
Smart bookmark manager and web clipper for organizing research materials, articles, and resources. Features tagging, full-text search, and collaboration tools. Perfect for collecting and organizing academic sources.
Bookmarks Research Organization
Storage & Utilities
🔒 Proton Drive
Encrypted cloud storage with strong privacy protection. Perfect for backing up sensitive research data, papers, and personal files with end-to-end encryption.
Cloud Storage Encrypted Privacy
🔐 Proton Pass
Encrypted password manager with end-to-end encryption from Proton. Secure password generation, autofill, and 2FA support. Essential for managing academic accounts and research platform credentials safely.
Password Manager Encrypted Security
💬 Signal
Private messenger with state-of-the-art end-to-end encryption. Perfect for secure communication with research collaborators, sharing sensitive data, and maintaining privacy in academic discussions.
Messaging Encrypted Free
🛡️ uBlock Origin
Efficient, wide-spectrum content blocker that blocks ads, trackers, and malware. Essential browser extension for faster browsing, privacy protection, and distraction-free research sessions.
Ad Blocker Privacy Free
📤 file.io
Simple, anonymous file sharing service. Upload files up to 4GB, get a secure link to share, and files are automatically deleted after download. No account required, encrypted, and perfect for secure temporary file sharing.
File Sharing Anonymous Auto-Delete
📥 cobalt.tools
Free, open-source tool for downloading public content from social media platforms without ads or tracking. Supports YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, and more.
Downloader Open Source Ad-Free