tools I love.

I do not receive monetary gain from any of the sites below. These are sites that I have found over the years that I use extensively. I'll continue to update it as I discover more resources

General Tools

Information is Beautfiul is a stunning site that really pushes the envelope on how data is displayed. It has data on everything from COVID-19 to science news. Check out their beautifulnewsdaily as well to stay informed on the world around you.

Canva is a great site for everything from posters to presentations to wireframes. It has amazing designs that can help convey your ideas in a personal or professional space.

Scheduling Tools

Doodle is one of the best ways to find a time to meet with someone or a group of people. It also integrates with Google Calendar (another staple of mine).

Calendly is a calendar reservation app that really helps schedule appointments. It allows you to set times you're free and others to book those time slots.

WebDev Tools

MDN (Mozilla Developer Network) is site that documents html, css, javascript and even certain frameworks. The documentation is clear, extensive and includes lengthy examples.

Font Awesome allows you to seamlessly incorporate icons into your website with just a few lines of code.

Codeply allows you to write, test, and sample a combination of html, css and javascript and includes common frameworks like Bootstrap and jQuery.

Google Fonts allows you to download and incorporate a wide variety of fonts directly into your website.

We all know how large images can get, Optimizilla allows you to compress images (relatively losslessly) so that the image file sizes are smaller which leads to faster loading websites.

UI/UX Tools

Laws of UX serves as a great guide when thinking about the user experiences.

a wheel showing the emtions associated with various colors

The Psychology of Colors is a great infographic that shows what colors subliminally represent to us.

a wheel showing the emtions associated with various colors

The Psychology of Type Choices is a great infographic that shows what typesets subliminally tell us.

Design Kit is a great resource for all things HCD (human centered design).

Coolors is my favorite color scheme generator, you can start with a random scheme or choose a popular theme made by others. Coolors also allows you to pick the colors you like and then keep generating ones that match.

Sneakpeekit is a site that provides prinatble grids to design wireframes (an essential part of the ideation process).

Dribbble is an amazing site to peruse for ideas or if you just have some free time. Top designers post their ideas on the platform and there truly are a lot of stunning designs

Flaticon is a site with millions (literally) of icosn that you can use (with attribution) for your websites/ presentations or various other mediums

Nutrition/Fitness Tools

The TDEE Calculator is a great tool that calculates your total daily energy expenditure based on gender, age, weight, height, activity and optionally body fat. Based on this it gives you options for macronutrients, weight ranges, BMI and other metrics. I typically do not love fitness metrics as everyones body is truly different, however this tool gives you a lot of data that I would strongly encourage you read all of. After all, according to BMI, Dwayne the Rock Johnson is obsese.

Eat This Much is a great site that generates meal plans that fit within certain macro nutrient and caloric limits. It also will generate weekly shopping lists if you're willing to pay a little. It's a savior for meal prep plus you can ensure that the reccomended meals do not contain certain ingredients.

Jefit is a mobile application that allows you to keep track of sets, reps and exercieses. While the UI leaves some to be desired, this app is reliable, useful and helpful. It's database of exercises is extensive and even has videos and instructions to help you work on new adopting a new routine.

a wheel showing the emtions associated with various colors
a wheel showing the emtions associated with various colors