Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Productive ways to spend time on the Internet


Here is the incredible list of valuable websites for you to check out to be productive.


1. Openculture.com: This website provides the best free cultural and educational media the web has to offer. While browsing the site you’ll find free university courses, audio books, movies, ebooks, language lessons, and much more.


2. Fastcompany.com: Fast Company provides outstanding article on innovation, technology, economics, leadership, and design. If you're an entrepreneur, business owner, or simply an enthusiast this website is bound to teach you new things.

3. Vocabulary.com: Well, you heard the name. If you're looking to expand on your vocabulary online, this is going to be your best resource.

4. Freerice.com: It’s a quiz put out by the United Nations World Food Program. Every time you answer a question correctly, you feed someone who is starving.

5. Goodreads.com: A great site for those who love to read. Goodreads allows you to connect with fellow book lovers to figure out what book you should read next. You can also read reviews, add friends, discuss your favorite books, and basically discover great literature.


6. Codeacademy.com: If you want to learn how to code, this website is a great start. Codecademy currently offers the following programming languages: JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Ruby, Python, and PHP.

7. Academicearth.com: Great site to check out some real college lectures that will keep you up to date on everything happening in your industry.

8. Grovo.com: This website helps you sharpen your internet skills.


9. Lumosity.com: Provides scientifically designed tests to challenge your brain. The tests are fun and creative. The site allows you to improve your attention, problem solving skills, speed, and memory recall.

10. Erowid.org: Learn about different drugs and their effects on the human body.

11. Paperbackswap.com: You can trade books with other people.

12. Showmedo.com: Open source software for you to check out and learn with video tutorials.

13. Page99test.com: This site allows you to read page 99 of a book. Why? To judge the writing of a book before buying it.

14. Thesimpledollar.com: A great site that helps you with your personal finances.

15. Lettersofnote.com: Famous people have written letters before, and here you can see and read them.


16. Quora.comQuora is a question-and-answer website where questions are asked, answered, edited and organized by its community of users. You can earn a great deal of knowledge from real time people and their experience and share with them yours.

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Do something worthwhile to be productive.

1. Start a blog

blog
Jotting down your thoughts and opinions on a blog is one of the most productive things you can do on the internet. Pick up any random subject and start writing. Not only will it hone your writing skills, but it will also make you self-aware. Sites like Wordpress, Blogspot and Tumblr will offer you interesting layouts on which you can start blogging.

2. Watch inspiring TED talks



This video podcast has the best talks and performances from the TED conferences. You will find subjects touching fields like psychology, science, mathematics and a whole lot more.


3. Learn a new language

language
There are many websites on the internet which offer free language classes. Try Dualingo, Livemocha to get started.

4. Search for motivating quotes and lines


motivation
When down, don't turn to Facebook. Turn instead to motivational websites. These have the best quotes and pieces of advice that will clear your self-doubts and help you overcome your obstacles.

5. Learn cooking while watching recipe videos




You can cook delicacies by following cooking videos on YouTube. Follow Manjula's Kitchen and India Food Network for cooking some scrumptious Indian dishes.

6. Edit Wikipedia pages


wikipedia
Become an editor by creating an account with Wikipedia and start editing useless information available on the page.

7. Know how all things work

howstuff
HowStuffWorks is an amazing platform to learn how machines, concepts and things work. 

8. Rack your brains and solve a crossword

crosswords
If you love solving puzzles and crosswords, then the internet is the best place next to newspapers. Try sites like bestforpuzzles, solvemysudoku, for the best crossword puzzles and sudokus.

9. Listen to music according to your mood

stereomood
There's music for all kinds of moods on the internet. Feeling dreamy? There's a playlist for it. Heck, there's a playlist for stargazing too! Stereomood will find an apt playlist for your changing moods.

10. Shop smart

online shopping
If you're an online shopper, then there are quite some hacks you've got to master to save money. Referring to site like Coupondunia and PayTM, you can get heavy discounts and save a lot on the selling price.
Source: Quora / Indiatimes.com

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