• Scrivener (writing and organizing research)
• Books in Progress (public comments)
• X (public interaction)
• Google Docs (private comments)
• Google and Bing Copilot (search)
• Grammarly (grammar)
• WordHippo (synonyms)
• Amazon (books)
• Bookends (book citations)
• Scribbr (article and paper citations)
• Descript (transcription)
• Apple Notes (outlining)
• Bike (outlining)
• EasyCrop (image handling)
• GraphicConverter (image refining)
• Clipdrop (image enhancement and retouching)
• Keynote (image blending)
• Yandex (image search)
• YouTube (video research)

Cool idea from the living cool idea Stewart Brand. He included a list of software used to help write his book in the book credits. First I’ve ever heard anyone author giving credit to their tools.

Surprised non of the major LLMs hit the list.

Wow. Also Scribbr where have you been the last 24 months?

Stewart Brand, Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One (San Francisco: Stripe Press, 2026), 13.