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24 alternatives to Note To Self - The Case For Infomagical

A collective FOMO course correction.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Note To Self - The Case For Infomagical launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Note to Self - The Case for Infomagical▲62

   A campaign to end information overload

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2MI
   Moocha.io – A search engine for MOOCs▲231

   2017 · moocha.io · its alternatives →

3. 3ST
   SQL Teaching – Codecademy for SQL▲166

   2015 · sqlteaching.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Seeking Wisdom: The New One Minute Manager▲70

   Lessons to help accelerate your learning.

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5CA
   CourseRoad – A Four-Year Academic Planner for MIT Undergraduates▲23

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6WA
   Writing – A lightweight distraction-free editor (MathJax and Markdown)▲133

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7AI
   An intuitive, offline capable HTML5 mind mapping application▲112

   2011 · drichard.org · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Wolfram Language▲86

   Knowledge-based programming

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Think Twice▲70

   Harnessing the power of counterintuition

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Class by Orchrd▲84

    An analytics tool for teachers

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11AC
    A career-aware course recommendation engine▲25

    2014 · courseforward.com · its alternatives →

12. 12CO
    CourseNest – Online Weekly Discussion for MOOCs▲26

    2014 · coursenest.com · its alternatives →

13. 13MM
    Mind Maps with org▲35

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14AO
    A open source taxonomy for online courses▲14

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15CA
    Classpert – A search engine for online courses▲8

    2019 · classpert.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Tinker▲16

    Building a computer program that learns from data

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17CG
    ClassConnect, Github model for K-12 lessons▲17

    2012 · hackeducation.com · its alternatives →

18. 18MM
    Mind maps to aid learning Scala and JVM / coding concepts▲6

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19RO
    Refinator, online lecture notes and PDFs with prerequisite lists▲35

    2016 · refinator.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

20. 20AC
    A crowd-sourced MOOC (Massive Open Online Course)▲15

    2012 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

21. 21MA
    minigrad – a minimal, educational autograd library (~100 loc in Python)▲5

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22MA
    MindMapIt, a simple webapp to create mind maps▲14

    2016 · josetomastocino.github.io · its alternatives →

23. 23AV
    A Visual Intro to Algorithms (forked from Cormen's/KhanAcademy Course)▲5

    2016 · educative.io · its alternatives →

24. 24GA
    GRADQUEST, a 16-bit graduate school simulation▲12

    2014 · kongregate.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →