Few days back I was sharing the importance of ‘Learning’ with my team. One of the things that I mentioned during the session was that we all know how important it is to keep learning and developing our skills but somehow we don’t seem to dedicate enough time for Learning.
The world around us is moving at a much faster rate and constantly evolving; new ideas are born each day; new technologies are introduced, new laws, new policies to govern those new laws, new problems, new solutions. This means that if we are not constantly updating ourselves with recent changes, we are getting further out of reach with the demands of the modern working world.
There are many ways you can gain knowledge but one of the major, popular and free platform where you can frequently keep learning is the Web world. Isn’t that true? Most of the things I learnt in the past, I learnt on the Web, for e.g.: I am confident that if I am stuck up with any technical issues I can search and find the answer on the Web world.
If you agree with me and wish to dedicate your time learning on the Web, this article will surely help you as I am going to introduce you to two of my favorite Web tools which helps keep me updated with the new happenings around me. If some of you reading this article might already be using these tools, can I request you to share your experiences with other readers? Some of you may have heard about them in the past but haven’t really used it effectively and for others, it will be something new.
1. Google Homepage (www.google.com/ig)
There is lot of learning we get from different sources across the Web, like for e.g. informational websites, Blogs and News sites, but it is very difficult to track new updates from the same sites, we often end up opening each of the sites whenever we get time. Just like my site www.Webscoop.net, unless you get an update from me on Facebook or Twitter you will not come to know when I post a new article.
Here is a tool that will help you receive latest updates from your favorite News sources, websites and blogs. It is a browser based application and you do not have to download any software. You can see all the updates on all your favorite Blogs and websites in a single page. I’ve been using this tool for quite some time and find it very helpful.
I found this article that will help you learn how to setup your Google Personalized homepage – http://www.wikihow.com/Set-Up-a-Google-Personalized-Homepage, do let me know if you find this article helpful.
Also find a screenshot of my Google Homepage Dashboard divided in different categories, hope it gives you a basic idea of how I manage my stuffs.
2. Delicious (www.delicious.com)
Delicious is an online bookmarking site where-in you can bookmark your favorite Web page. It is similar to your Internet Explorer Favorites, the only difference is that you can view your delicious favorites from anywhere around the world.
This not the only feature that makes delicious unique, it also allows you to browse favorite Web pages of other people. Every web page you save in delicious is linked with a tag, for eg: photoshop, design, music etc, and you identify other favorites with the help of these tags.
Here is a good article to help you use Delicious like a professional – http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-use-delicious-like-a-pro.
On the left hand sidebar of this site you will also find a link to my delicious bookmark page.
Hope this article helps you enhance your Web learning experience, do let me know your comments and views.
