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== Self-improvement, Organization ==
* [http://tiddlywiki.com/ TiddlyWiki], an absurdly simple personal wiki
* [https://habitica.com/static/features Habitica], an online app to help you learn better habits
* [http://votesmart.org/ Vote Smart] provides the voting record and positions of government officials
== Books and Literature ==
== Books and Literature ==
* Find connections between your favorite authors at [http://www.literature-map.com/ Literature Map]  
* Find connections between your favorite authors at [http://www.literature-map.com/ Literature Map]  
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===...About Art===
===...About Art===
* [https://archive.org/details/guggenheimmuseum&tab=collection Guggenheim Museum's books at archive.org]
* [https://archive.org/details/guggenheimmuseum&tab=collection Guggenheim Museum's books at archive.org]
== Tech Tools ==
* ''[http://eloquentjavascript.net/ Eloquent Javascript]'', open source textbook on Javascript for beginners and advanced coders.
* Amazing book by Daniel Shiffman on the mathematical principles of nature and how to represent them in code: ''[http://natureofcode.com/ The Nature of Code]''
* Daniel Shiffman's [https://github.com/shiffman/A2Z-F16/blob/gh-pages/README.md Programming from A to Z]. Worth your time
* [http://raw.densitydesign.org/ RAW] turns spreadsheet data into vector graphics
* Turn your Google Drive folder [http://alicekeeler.com/2015/08/16/pdf-my-google-drive-folder/ into a PDF]
* Use Git to get your code to others easily [https://try.github.io/levels/1/challenges/1 tutorial/intro here]
* [https://dirtymarkup.com/ Dirty Markup] will clean up your code
===Webpage Design===
* [http://www.dontfeartheinternet.com/ Don't Fear the Internet] is a beautifully clear series of tutorials (written and video) that can guide you in how these webpage things work
* Web design in 4 minutes. It shouldn't work, but [http://jgthms.com/web-design-in-4-minutes/ this] is a really great introduction.
* If you liked that, check out [https://github.com/jgthms/web-design-in-4-minutes his code] on GitHub.
===I Like Processing.===
* Learn Processing through an [http://natureofcode.com/ interactive book]
* Learn Processing (and JavaScript) through a series of outstanding videos [https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=shiffman here]
* Learn Processing through some [http://hello.processing.org/ intro videos]
* Processing [http://www.openprocessing.org/ examples and code]
===These are ''Almost'' Tools.===
* [http://stella.sourceforge.net/ Atari 2600 VCS emulator]
*  Run Windows 95 [https://win95.ajf.me/ in your browser]
* [https://sciencevsmagic.net/castles/#7u7uqqqqLS0t3 Castles Made of Castles]


== Historical Media ==
== Historical Media ==
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* [http://www.snagfilms.com/ SnagFilms] lots of free documentaries here, too, as well as low-budget short films to inspire
* [http://www.snagfilms.com/ SnagFilms] lots of free documentaries here, too, as well as low-budget short films to inspire
* [http://www.ted.com/ TED]—always worth your time
* [http://www.ted.com/ TED]—always worth your time
== Self-improvement, Organization ==
* [http://tiddlywiki.com/ TiddlyWiki], an absurdly simple personal wiki
* [https://habitica.com/static/features Habitica], an online app to help you learn better habits
* [http://votesmart.org/ Vote Smart] provides the voting record and positions of government officials
== Tech Tools ==
* ''[http://eloquentjavascript.net/ Eloquent Javascript]'', open source textbook on Javascript for beginners and advanced coders.
* Amazing book by Daniel Shiffman on the mathematical principles of nature and how to represent them in code: ''[http://natureofcode.com/ The Nature of Code]''
* Daniel Shiffman's [https://github.com/shiffman/A2Z-F16/blob/gh-pages/README.md Programming from A to Z]. Worth your time
* [http://raw.densitydesign.org/ RAW] turns spreadsheet data into vector graphics
* Turn your Google Drive folder [http://alicekeeler.com/2015/08/16/pdf-my-google-drive-folder/ into a PDF]
* Use Git to get your code to others easily [https://try.github.io/levels/1/challenges/1 tutorial/intro here]
* [https://dirtymarkup.com/ Dirty Markup] will clean up your code
===Webpage Design===
* [http://www.dontfeartheinternet.com/ Don't Fear the Internet] is a beautifully clear series of tutorials (written and video) that can guide you in how these webpage things work
* Web design in 4 minutes. It shouldn't work, but [http://jgthms.com/web-design-in-4-minutes/ this] is a really great introduction.
* If you liked that, check out [https://github.com/jgthms/web-design-in-4-minutes his code] on GitHub.
===I Like Processing.===
* Learn Processing through an [http://natureofcode.com/ interactive book]
* Learn Processing (and JavaScript) through a series of outstanding videos [https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=shiffman here]
* Learn Processing through some [http://hello.processing.org/ intro videos]
* Processing [http://www.openprocessing.org/ examples and code]
===These are ''Almost'' Tools.===
* [http://stella.sourceforge.net/ Atari 2600 VCS emulator]
*  Run Windows 95 [https://win95.ajf.me/ in your browser]
* [https://sciencevsmagic.net/castles/#7u7uqqqqLS0t3 Castles Made of Castles]


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Revision as of 15:59, 9 August 2017

Books and Literature

...About Art

Historical Media

Science Materials

  • Encyclopedia of Life seeks to collect information and pictures of all forms of life on Earth
  • PLOS, Public Library of Science, nonprofit publisher of scholarly works and academic papers
  • BioRxiv, biology research
  • SocArXiv, sociology research
  • arXiv, open access to 1,180,311 e-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics
  • PeerJ, peer-reviewed, open-access articles on life-, bio-, health sciences and computer science

Open-source Scholarship

  • Directory of Open-Access Journals disseminates free academic papers
  • ShareOK, shared resources between OU and OSU
  • MLA Commons, repository of open access materials
  • Open Library of Humanities open-access, peer-reviewed articles from classics, modern languages and cultures, philosophy, theology and history, to political theory, sociology, anthropology, film and new media studies, and digital humanities

Free Education!

Documentaries and Videos

Self-improvement, Organization

  • TiddlyWiki, an absurdly simple personal wiki
  • Habitica, an online app to help you learn better habits
  • Vote Smart provides the voting record and positions of government officials

Tech Tools

Webpage Design

  • Don't Fear the Internet is a beautifully clear series of tutorials (written and video) that can guide you in how these webpage things work
  • Web design in 4 minutes. It shouldn't work, but this is a really great introduction.
  • If you liked that, check out his code on GitHub.

I Like Processing.

These are Almost Tools.

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