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Realizing how much time I idly check my phone but am not actually doing anything. Legit just doom scrolling and occasionally reading a random news article or 2 and getting bummed out by the state of the world.

If Im going to be on my phone itd be cool if I was actually doing something productive. I downloaded a couple writing/journal apps but I find it hard to do any legit writing on anything thats not a lap top or pen and paper, but maybe something with solid short prompts might work for me. Was doing Duolingo but kinda phased out of that after it went super AI driven.

Not sure what educational apps are out there, I tried Nibble and it seems alright but not super in depth. Would love any suggestions for good apps (preferably free but if its cheap I can consider it) that give at least some sense of productivity or learning, or just anything thats not full on brain rot.

lately I've had fun getting lost in tcrf.net reading about prototypes or changed/unreleased aspects of games. Early Pokemon titles in particular have mountains of cut content or completely different phases of development.

This next one is less educational but more "old internet" stuff - neocities.org is great for browsing around. Almost all the content there is focused on 90s/2000s era website design without any modern crap.

Cricklers

crickler.com

They have an Enigma Device game and also daily crossword puzzles. For a real challenge, set the handicap to zero and do the CanSpell puzzle. Youll learn lots of new words.

Thank yall, Ill have to check those out for sure.

Maybe check out the freeCodeCamp app? The service itself isn't perfect but if you ever wanted to learn anything about coding it's a good starting point. Website is better imo. Also they revised all their curriculum in the past year so it's a lot different.

JKwaffle posted...

Not sure what educational apps are out there

Problem with this is anything worth while you have to pay for.

If you're willing to do that, check out Pimsleur which is way better than duolingo for learning languages.

Anki is an absolutely based flashcard platform (mobile apps, desktop software).

But it is only what you make of it. And making something of it takes a bit of work.

Brilliant just made courses free but just two lessons a day (and annoyingly something you're in at midnight counts for both days unlocks)

See if your library does Libby, Kanopy, Hoopla (a lot of fluff but I think does have "The Great Courses" at least here), or Mango Language

LinkedIn learning I've heard good things about but that might also be through a library