Khan Academy 21 Excellent Web Apps For College Students There is no doubt that college students depend heavily on the internet for a lot of their needs. And it’s not only the entertainment quotient of the internet (movies, music, torrents, games) which attracts them. There are also useful web based tools available which helps them immensely in their day to day lives. The following list includes 21 great tools/sites for school and college students. The tools are completely web based and almost all of them are free to use. Wikipedia This has to be the first tool when we talk about web based tools for college students. Zoho Suite Although targeted towards professionals and web workers, Zoho has some very impressive tools which could be used by college students too. Evernote A superior web based note taking app which also provides a desktop software plus you can use it through and sync it to your cell phone. Remember the MilkRTM is an amazing web based task management and reminder app which syncs with your Gmail and Google Calendar too. Cheers,
99 of the best Windows freeware programs you may not know of Due to the popularity of my previous article on Help Desk Geek entitled 99 ways to make your computer blazingly fast, I’ve decided to write another list post with 99 items, but this time on Windows freeware programs that you may have not heard of. If you search for “best freeware programs” or “top freeware apps”, you’ll get lots of lists, but mostly with programs everyone has already heard of: AVG anti-virus, 7-zip, Firefox, OpenOffice, etc., etc. That’s all nice and fine, but what about all those little gems programs that work great, but don’t get all the headlines? In this article, I will try my best to mention as many small name freeware programs as I can that can help make you more productive! These are written in no particular order! Additionally, some of the programs I mention have free versions that have a few restrictions or are limited in some way. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
The importance of WordPress Customization and WordPress development | WordPress - best CMS for website development WordPress development and WordPress customization are necessary to make any website successful. A successful website means many visitors would keep coming back to the site. Customizing WordPress actually is a lot of fun as soon as you find out how it works. One way of making visitors keep coming back to your site is through attractive WordPress development and WordPress customization. WordPress customization and WordPress development themes could be very intimidating for those who are not familiar with how they work. Before you start doing changes to your website, you should understand the structure of the theme and how it works. Below are some of the template files: 1. 2. 3. 4. Full WordPress customization and WordPress development now easy because today’s one could customize a blog easily by using various themes and third-party plug-ins. Like this: Like Loading...
The 10 Best Games for Learning About the Stock Market Much like skydiving, playing the stock market is not an activity you want to learn through your mistakes. Fortunes are made and lost all the time by people who think (or thought) they had a handle on stock trading. If you have a few million you can afford to lose, or you're investing with someone else's money (you're a bank, in other words), by all means, jump right in. But for the other 99%, we recommend simulating the experience of stock market investing first, to learn what to do and not do with your hard-earned cash. Here are the 10 best games to help you do that. WeSeed:While some of the games on this list may be more concerned with purveying entertainment than education, WeSeed's No. 1 goal is to teach people about the stock market and take the fear out of investing.
25 Great Travel Sites & Tools To Check Before You Go On Vacation Unless you are hopelessly workaholic, you are one of those people who cherish a nice, long vacation in their favorite destinations. While it's a nice feeling to have, imagining yourself lying lazily on a beach beside sunshade, sometimes vacation planning could turn out to be really cumbersome and if not done properly, could spoil your trip. The following list of sites would help you overcome the pre-vacation planning syndromes. From trip itinerary planner to a travel community, flight delay alerts to cheap apartment hunting, and from locating ATMs worldwide to a guide on sleeping in airports, we've got you all covered. 1. Lonely Planet is a great resource for travelers and has a huge database of information about travel destinations around the world. Apart from general travel information, Lonely Planet offers travel guides and a vibrant community of travelers who are there to answer any question you have. 2. 3. 4. 5. Since this is a new tool, it is far from perfect. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived Additional notes from the author: If you want to learn more about Tesla, I highly recommend reading Tesla: Man Out of Time Also, this Badass of the week by Ben Thompson is what originally inspired me to write a comic about Tesla. Ben's also got a book out which is packed full of awesome. There's an old movie from the 80s on Netflix Instant Queue right now about Tesla: The Secret of Nikola Tesla. It's corny and full of bad acting, but it paints a fairly accurate depiction of his life.
10 Web Apps To Build The Next Big Thing Without Writing Any Code Ever wished that someone would overlay some data that fascinates you on a Google Map? Ever have an idea for a new desktop widget to take the computing world by storm? Well, no matter what your skill level is, there are tools out there in the world that will help you realize your dreams just by dragging-and-dropping what you need and in the order you want it. Take a look through these ten solutions — which range from common, everyday type of Google Maps mashups to heavy-hitting, enterprise-level applications — and be amazed at how very little work can bring big results. DevHub: A point-and-click solution for developing a site, with monetization in place from the day you open it up. Iceberg: Iceberg is a business development application tool that operates completely within a visual editor, allowing anyone to build and launch an application for their employees. JackBe: JackBe is a mashup builder with a enterprise slant to it.
100 Amazing Online Tools to Learn About Outer Space Everyone from kids to teachers to adults who want to reach for the stars encounters problems. Telescopes are expensive and complex to operate. Observatories can be difficult to access. Information can be loaded with jargon. But with the help of the internet, these problems can be a thing of the past. Below are the most 100 amazing resources, sites, and free tools to help everyone learn about outer space. General Space Sites Ranging from the experts at the top of the game to amateurs, these sites have loads of information on outer space, exploration, technology, and much more. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. Best Space Learning for Kids The below sites focus on kids, teens, parents, teachers, and the space explorer who is young at heart. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74.
Reinstall Windows and outfit your system with all freeware programs I recently clean installed Windows XP on my laptop, and this meant that I had to re-install all the essential software that I use. It also presented an opportunity to write a posting about how you can outfit your computer with all the essential (and non-essential) software you need using strictly 100% freeware and/or open source titles.This posting could have been titled any of the following: Pre-installation: before reformatting my hard drive, I used the following programs: Installation: re-installed Windows XP on the re-formatted primary partition. Used the CD that came with my laptop to install all the proper drivers without hitch. If you have drivers issues try to find the drivers you need on the internet and, if not 100% successful, use the ones from the DriverMax backup (#4 above). Post installation: now the fun begins.
100 Web Tools for Learning with a Disability The Internet and the computers we use to access it are full of educational possibilities that can help to speed up, complement or provide endless opportunities to expand our knowledge. Unfortunately, sometimes those with disabilities may find these resources more difficult or sometimes impossible to access. Whether you need to use the computer for research, to write a paper or just to learn a new skill, those with disabilities of all kinds can check out these resources to help them improve their learning potential while surfing the Web. Text to Speech Tools Those who have visual disabilities or who have trouble reading can use these text to speech tools to get information delivered to them in audio format. Thunder: This free screen reader program makes it easy to browse the Web, get email and more by reading all content aloud to users. Alternative Formats Get textbooks and other educational information delivered in format besides text with these tools and resources. Math Help