Sat, Oct 23, 21, This note contains apps, tools bookmarks and interesting websites for studying
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Online tools

  • AutoDraw — an drawing platform using AI to guess what you draw. Try it!

Images

Office

  • PDF tools:
  • Etherpad — a highly customizable Open Source online editor providing collaborative editing in really real-time.
  • Text recognition (OCR): newocr
  • LaTeX tools
    • Overleaf — online LaTeX editor.
    • IguanaTex — A Free LaTeX Add-In for PowerPoint on Windows
  • Obsidian — Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of
  • a local folder of plain text Markdown files.

Multi-platforms

Windows

:point_right: Note: Windows fresh installation.

  • Big Stretch Reminder — free simple reminder tool that prompts a user to take regular breaks and helps prevent the symptoms of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI).
  • cmder (Console Emulator) — (update 11/20: should use Windows Terminal with dropdown support) drop-down terminal for windows. My setting file.
  • DeepL — Quickly translate app (by using Ctrl + C + C).
  • Everything — an alternative to Spotlight in Mac. You can search any thing (app, docs, files,…) in your computer with hotkeys.
  • FastStone Capture — screen recorder.
  • Lingoes — dictionary (used alongside with GoldenDict) — its dictionaries.
  • Linux Reader – read Linux’s partition from Windows.
  • LockHunter — find what application/process is preventing us from deleting some folder/file.
  • ScreenToGif — screen recorder and auto convert to gif file.
  • Unikey — Vietnamese input method on Windows.

Linux

:point_right: Note: Linux. :point_right: Note: Ubuntu / Pop!_OS Fresh Installation.

  • Cheese (Appstore) — webcam for linux.
  • Foliate (Appstore) — Book reader.
  • gThumb (Appstore) — photo viewer + quick editing tools.
  • Guake Terminal — drop-down terminal (more settings)
  • Kazam (Appstore) — Screen Recorder.
  • Lotion — Unofficial Notion client for linux (online only)
  • Lutris — playing games on linux.
  • Notejot (Appstore) — sticky note.
  • OpenComic — read offline comic with many supported files (zip, folder containing images,…)
  • Rhythmbox (Appstore) — Music player on Linux (custom hotkeys).
  • Workrave — a program that assists in the recovery and prevention of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI).
  • exfalso (Appstore) — edit mp3 tag on linux.

MacOS

:point_right: Note: Fresh installation MacOS.

Education

  • arXiv Vanity — renders academic papers from arXiv as responsive web pages so you don’t have to squint at a PDF.
  • Connected Papers – Find and explore academic papers with graph.
  • Raindrop — bookmark to read later the articles (like Pocket)

Foreign language learning

  • DeepL — “better than google translate” app for Windows. You can use Ctrl + C + C to quickly translate a word or phrase.
  • GoldenDict — global dictionary (multi-platform). Its dictionaries.
  • Lingoes — Global dictionary for Windows. Its dictionaries.
  • QTranslate — quickly translate any word / phrase and also their pronunciation by using hotkeys (for example, you can use Ctrl + E to hear the pronunciation and Ctrl + Q to see the translation). The data is obtained from various sources including deepl and google translate.
  • LyricsTraining — a new way to learn English and other languages through music and the lyrics of your favourite songs.
  • PhimLearning — watch movie and learning foreign language with bilanguage-subtitles.
  • Grammar & Spell check online: Scriben, Grammarly, 1checker.

Math tools

Chrome extension

  • Adblock Plus - free ad blocker
  • AutoTube — YouTube nonstop (for ones who wanna listen to a video music which has more than 1 hour length)
  • AVIM — Vietnamese input method.
  • Bit.ly – shorten long url for sharing.
  • Copy URL with title — copy title and URL using [[Ctrl]] + [[C]] (Win/Linux) / [[⌥ Option]] + [[C]] (Mac). Use [[Alt]] + [[C]] (Win/Linux) / [[⌥ Option]] + [[C]] (Mac) to get them in markdown link format.
  • Google Dictionary (by Google)
  • Hush — private bookmarking
  • LastPass — Free Password Manager :point_right: Using Bitwarden instead.
  • Mate — Quick translater.
  • Microsoft Editor — Spelling & Grammar Checker
  • Picture-in-Picture Extension (by Google) — Picture-in-Picture (PiP) allows you to watch videos in a floating window (always on top of other windows) so you can keep an eye on what you’re watching while interacting with other sites, or applications.
  • Print Friendly & PDF — print any web page into pdf.
  • Raindrop.io — All-in-one bookmark manager (better than Pocket)
  • TabCloud — save current tab list

Data Science / Machine Learning

👉 Note: Resources for DS & ML & DL.

Web Dev tools & frameworks & resources

👉 Note: Web Dev tools & resources.

Illustration tools

  • GeoGebra — Free Math Apps - used by over 100 Million Students & Teachers Worldwide.
  • Microsoft Office Powerpoint (paid, Windows), OnlyOffice Presentation (free, multiplatform), Google Drawing (free, online) — quickly illustate ideas.
    • Make featured image for posts.
    • Draw simple geometrical shapes / graph / flow charts or even mathematical function graphs.
    • Make charts to illustrate data points (have a link to MS Excel or OnlyOffice SpreadSheet).
    • Support inserting math equations.
    • Save figure by capturing screen, .png format.
  • Excalidraw — Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams.
  • Desmos — make interative graphs / charts.
    • Exact function graph with formulas from input (desmos/calculator)
    • Interative graphs (examples)
    • Basic geometrical shapes (desmos/geometry)
    • Save figure under .png files or embed desmos code in your website.
  • Matcha — Draw beautiful figures/graphs like LaTeX.
  • JSXGraph — Make interactive graph inside posts.

Others

  • controller.wtf – a directory of all iOS Games with game controller support.
  • Deku Deals – for Nintendo Switch users. If you wanna be notified whenever your favorite games are on sale. Another website for checking eshop-price.
  • talentoday — Empowering Growth for Individuals and Teams
  • SocialBlade — YouTube, Twitch, Twitter, & Instagram Statistics

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