Early build for friends · v0.1

Document the work while you make it.

Nool is a process log for designers and creative technologists. Capture notes, images, voice memos and references as you go, keep the works your project builds on, and post it as a case study when you're done.

Free · macOS, Windows, LinuxInstalling for the first time?

Every project is a stamp. Click one to post it.

What it does

Documenting feels like part of making, not an extra step.

Try them. Everything on this page is playable.

Enter

Capture in one keystroke

Type and press Enter. Paste a link, drop an image, record a voice note. Blocks save as you go and drag to reorder.

How the desk works →
Figma Claude Your phone

Work comes in from where it's made

Send frames from Figma, notes from Claude, Cursor or Windsurf, and photos or voice memos from your phone.

Connect your apps →
MET
Wave studyHokusai · 1830s
arXiv
Breathing as interfacePaper · 2021
GH
FastLEDLibrary · 2013

Keep what it builds on

Find precedents in museums, papers and code when you ask. The ones you keep become the lineage of your case study.

About precedents →

Talk it through

Record a voice note right on the desk. Transcribe it when you want, with an AI that does speech.

Voice notes →

Post it as a letter

Your project becomes an editorial case study. Share it as a web page, a website folder or a PDF.

Posting and sharing →
no cloud account

Your work stays yours

No account, no server. Projects live on your computer. Back up to a file, or to your own Google Drive.

Backups →
For friends testing

Thanks for trying an early build.

It's a first release, so some things will be rough. Here's what would help most.

Things to try

  • Install it and get through the welcome steps
  • Issue a stamp for something you're making right now
  • Add a note, an image, a link and a voice note
  • Send something in from Figma, Claude or your phone
  • Find precedents, keep one, write why
  • Post it, open the letter, and Share it as a web page

Tell me what happened

What was confusing, what broke, what you wished it did. Screenshots help. Short and honest is perfect.

Just message me directly.

First launch on a Mac or Windows? The app isn't signed yet, so your computer will warn you. Here's how to open it.