After a while, to be on the internet all day wasting time on Facebook, on video games or reading newspapers, watching idiot videos on Youtube you get tired and it would be appropriate to do something else. In this blog we often try to report new sites to visit, new programs to try and applications to install to have fun or for real utility.
In this article we do a different thing, we list 11 useful and productive things that can be done online, to give more value to the time spent sitting in front of a PC, so as not to constantly get stuck in losing your mind with futile things.
It is not meant here of work or demanding activities, but simply of useful things that can be done online when you have a few free minutes, to learn or create something new every day, at home and even in the office.
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1) First of all on the internet it is possible to learn a new language, with constancy, without pretending to become master of it in a short time, but without making too much effort and in a fun way.
Duolingo is a site and app to learn and learn foreign languages by playing which I have already talked about in detail.
Memrise instead is the site to memorize new words of other languages every day.
2) Sites to improve reading speed
There are free web applications that allow you to practice fast reading.
A free online app like Spreeder promises to make it possible to read 15 A4 pages in 15 minutes (300 words per minute)
Everything is based on highly effective innovative techniques, which are worth trying.
3) Travel the world on Google Street View
StreetView is a splendid service, a website where you can look at the real world by walking on the roads around the world and watch panoramas and monuments live, according to the computer.
Google Street View is the ideal virtual window to think about the next vacation or to discover new places.
In another article, we also discovered several interactive games based on StreetView and the real world that are magnificent pastimes.
4) Maintenance of the computer to put it on
When you have some time, and the Christmas holidays would be the ideal time, you cannot avoid working on your computer to do some maintenance so as to correct errors, remove garbage and unnecessary programs and do it come back as fast as he was after buying it.
For all these operations and much more, it is not necessary to go to other sites, just search here on Navigaweb for all the articles to optimize Windows and the PC
5) Learn on YouTube
Youtube is a great television portal for finding tutorials and learning new things of all kinds.
As in the best TV on demand, it is possible to find on Youtube the best video tutorials of cooking, drawing, of different types of art, videos with instructions for do-it-yourself, DIY, electronics, makeup, cutting of hair, to play, to fix things and much more, just search.
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6) On the internet you can learn to play almost any instrument, with different approaches made possible by techniques that are not exactly conservatory, but still effective.
In other articles we have seen websites to learn how to play guitar online, with online piano lessons and to play drums.
7) Write a diary of your life
Of course, you can use Twitter or Facebook to write everything we do and our habits, but a personal blog is still the best thing to keep memories and thoughts, in private or even public form for everyone to read.
To do this you can use blog platforms such as Blogger, Wordpress, Tumblr, ideal for writing private notes of our lives.
8) Exercise your memory
The site, already mentioned in the past, is called Memorize Now and provides a foolproof approach to memorize a poem or any written text in a short time.
9) Travel through space and become a Martian .
In another article, the best sites for exploring space, the stars and planets were mentioned, including Be a Martian, NASA's site for becoming a citizen of Mars.
10) Maintaining the Linkedin Curriculum profile
15 minutes a day can be decisive to create professional contacts and get noticed in Linkedin to perhaps find a new better job.
We have already written two guides in this regard:
- Create a professional profile on Linkedin to be noticed
- Complete guide to LinkedIn, the social network of work that connects people and companies.
11) Train and keep fit in front of the computer with online fitness sites
One of these is, for example, 7 Min, a 7-minute training program that can be done at home every day to keep you in good physical shape.
If you know other useful and productive sites, let them know!
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