In this advanced era, getting some sort of information is just one click away from you. The internet lets you see the information from every aspect. But, how to get information in the best way is upto you. So, here are some sites listed which will help you spend your time on the internet “The productive way”.
1) Ted
As its slogan says, “Ideas worth spreading”, the site owned by a private non-profit foundation offers videos to view online. The videos are global conferences on topics related to technology, entertainment and design. Some of the famous TED speakers includes Bono, J. J. Abrams, Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, and Stephen Hawking. Here is the link to some of the best ted-talks(Top 20 TED Talks That Can Improve Your Life).
2) Quora
* Personal favourite
Quora is a question and answer website, where you can ask questions, answer them as well as edit them. You can get best of the web on any topic here. And, the best thing about Quora is you get smart answers. I’ve also seen cases where the founder of Wikipedia, founder of Quora, Product designer of Facebook messenger, CEO of Netflix answered questions related to their topics, Which makes Quora a great platform to use. Here is the link to the best answers on quora.(271 Best Answers on Quora)(Go and fall in love with Quora!)
3) Duolingo
There are millions of people around the globe who can’t get better educational or job opportunities because of not knowing of some particular foreign language. Duolingo is there to help those people out. It is a free language learning platform offering Latin American Spanish, French, German, Brazilian Portugese, Italian and Dutch for English speakers as well as American English for Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Hungarian, Romanian, Japanese, Hindi, Indonesian, and Korean speakers. Duolingo is available on ios, android and on the web platform. The best thing about Duolingo is that the information is taught in such a way that it becomes very easy to learn.
4) Codecademy
“Codecademy is an education company. But not one in the way you might think. We’re committed to building the best learning experience inside and out, making Codecademy the best place for our team to learn, teach, and create the online learning experience of the future.” Says the team of codecademy about themselves. You can learn many skills like html & css, javascript, jquery, Python, ruby, PHP and many API’s on Codecademy.
5) Calm
The way our lifestyles are, we always are in hurry. But, it’s necessary to take out some time to step back and relax. This site called calm.com helps you get relaxed by listening to some sort of relaxing music with many function.
* Personal favourite
This site gives you the best of “Inspirational advice and practical tips for life”. As stated by the writer Marc and Angel, the site currently contains over 600 articles on happiness, productivity, emotional intelligence, relationships, and general self-improvement. And has attracted over 100 million page views and 100 thousand subscribers since its inception in 2006.
7) Mathway
Mathway provides students with the tools they need to understand and solve their math problems. With hundreds of millions of problems already solved, Mathway is the number 1 problem solving resource available for students, parents, and teachers. All the types of math problems like Basic Math, Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Precalculus, Calculus, Statistics, Finite Math, Linear Algebra could be solved here.
* Personal favourite
This website contains articles full of awesome tips and advice. Each article on this site is so productive that, each one can change your life.
9) Lifehacker
As the name says, this is a website on software and personal productivity tips which helps you work smarter.
10) Lifehack
Being a Guest writer at Lifehack.org, I can say that if there is a site on Internet which can make you addict by reading just one article on site, it has to be this. Trust me, try it! My article (www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/9-extraordinary-superpowers-you-didnt-know-you-already-possessed.html)
Some bonus links :-
1) minutes.io – Quickly capture effective notes.
2) privnote.com – Write a note to someone that will self-destruct after they read it!
3) virustotal.com –Scan any suspicious file or email attachment for viruses.
4) Mind tools – A blog that teaches you practical career skills.
5) wetransfer.com –Share big files online.
6) Time Zones– A less confusing view of the world time zones.
7) bubbl.us – Create mind-maps, brainstorm ideas in the browser.
8) omegle.com – A random-chat website that you’ll definitely enjoy
9) rainymood.com – Relax with the sound of rain.
10) FutureMe.org – Send yourself an email at any date up to 30 years in the future.
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