Whether you carry around notebooks for sketching, journaling, or keeping a running grocery list, one thing is for certain; we’d be lost without these little pads of paper. They quickly become a part of our lives, holding ideas and thoughts, even if is just a reminder to buy toilet paper. Today The Morpholio Project, the innovative creators behind Mood Board and Crit, launches a brand new app to their suite: Journal.

This free app for iPhones and iPads redefines the sketchbook as a catch-all for your photos, drawings, ideas, and thoughts. Think of it as your trusty notebook, but just way more intuitive. Now creatives of all mediums can write, draw, sketch, collage, paint, or color on anything, anywhere.

Sketch your way over here

Move over Instagram, this new technology is going back to the photo fad that started it all–Polaroid. A French startup company has spent the past year developing the Prynt Case, which can instantly turn a cell phone into a Polaroid instant camera. The case can even print the vintage-looking photos on the spot.

Learn more about the phone case here

• Avoid Sketchy Areas with This New App: You know that weird vibe you get when walking down a shady street? Now there’s to help you navigate those mixed emotions! Crains reports that SketchFactor, launched yesterday for iPhones, uses crowdsourced tips to warn users of areas that are less-than-desirable.
• How Rooftops Went from Servant Quarters to a Social Venue: Let us guess, you’re headed to happy hour tonight at a rooftop bar? CityLab reminds us that only 140 years ago the only things up on roofs were wet laundry and servants.
• Future Plans for Phase 2 of the Second Ave Train Includes “Rider Enhancements”: Phase 1 will be completed in 2016; Phase 2, um, TBD. NYDN tells us that MTA has proposed plans for “countdown clocks on lettered subway lines and a swipe-less replacement of the MetroCard fare-payment system.”
• A Refrigerator That Doesn’t Use Electricity: Inhabitat features a clay refrigerator that doesn’t need energy to keep food cold which makes this invention perfect for people who live in rural areas were electricity is scarce.

Images: Copyright Patrick Cashin for MTA courtesy of NYDN (left); MittiCool Refrigerator courtesy of Inhabitat (right)