How to use internet efficiently(for Engineers)

For Engineers............

Does not imply that not for others.....but Engineering student will get more help out of this.So be ready for an interesting journey.

Everyone knows that the internet is the one of the best medium to gain knowledge,share your feelings,communication,entertainment,news.........

The list will never end.

But the fact is that it needs exploration.If you will use internet properly then you will get  lots of useful things there or else in other ways then also a lots of things but not useful to increase your knowledgebase.

So I will give you some links and tools which will help you in a great way.(But my advice is that do not limit yourself with the things below only becoz the internet is not limited to any boundry,keep exploring....and in the mean time you will be aquanted with some more unexpected useful things)

1.Do you have an email account?If yes then you are eligible to read the article else close the article and open up an email account now....yes   now and the again come to read the rest.

Assuming you have an email account now

    a.Start communicating by emails and learn how to send a good mail.

    b.Use your email_id as much as possible.

2.start using Google Reade.It will be your best companion throughout the life and it is more useful for them who have a slow internet connection.

"Google Reader is a Web-based aggregator, capable of reading Atom and RSS feeds online or offline. It was released by Google on October 7, 2005 through Google Labs. Reader graduated from beta status on September 17, 2007."

In the above definition there are several terms which needs explanation

Atom and RSS:

The internet is consisting of  lots of web blogs or websites and out of these some are of your liking.But a problem with this is that you need to view the full site again and again to know the new contents.Sometimes you will not find a new article while visiting that site ,which kills your time and also resources.So is there any solution for this?Yes it is RSS which solves the problem.RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication".If you will suscribe to the RSS of one site then the newly updated contents will be sent to your email account periodically.

Atom:

Atom is not much different from RSS.But Atom is a new technology as compared to RSS.You can find the difference here

 

cool!

So what is google reader's relation with RSS?

It is nothing but a cool RSS reader from Google using which you can subscribe to blogs to get latest updates and posts. So if you have a gmail account you are ready to go.i.e all your favourite website's updated contents at one platform.

To know how to use google reader watch this video from commoncraft Watch it now!

3.Now as you know how to use google reader,its time to suscribe some blogs and websites which are going to help you a lot.So,suscribe the sites below

1. Techcrunch.com (King of Technology Blogs)
2. Gigaom.com (Michale Arrington of Techcrunch considers Om as his Guru)
3. ReadWriteWeb.com 
4. Pluggd.in (Indian Techcrunch)
5. JoelOnSoftware.com (a must read for programmers)
6. CodingHorror.com (another must read for programmers)

So suscribe as many of sites you want and enjoy.....but my friends never stop exploring!

5.www.stackoverflow.com is the best question answer site for programmers and developers.You can ask any question related on any topics and i am sure you will be answered within 24 hrs.So start questioning and also Answering and go on building reputation points which will help you in many ways.

6.Use commoncraft:our product is explanation and watch the videos there which are damn good and make you understand things from scratch.You will find videos there on cloud computing,twitter in plain english,RSS reader and many others.

Here is a video on RSS

RSS_in_Plain_English_-_Common_Craft_-_Our_Product_is_Explanation.mp4 Watch on Posterous

Here is google reader in plain english

 

 

I am greatful to commoncraft for such great things.

Custom_Video-_Google_Reader_in_Plain_English_-_Common_Craft_-_Our_Product_is_Explanation.flv Watch on Posterous

7.start watching the videos at youtube and google video.Lots of good stuffs are there.

8.what you do at home by bunking the classes?Do you bunk the class because you do not feel it interesting?If Yes then visit academicearth.org where you will find the lectures from Havard,Oxford,stanford,Michagon,MIT etc.Beleive me I have personnaly used all these and  I am sure that you will bunk the classes after watching these lecture videos.

9.For freshers I will suggest freshersworld.com,Here you will find lots of placement papers,exam infos etc and lots of other useful things.

10.Go on exploring Google with the search techniques I explained in my first article and the journey will be more pleasent.

11.Use Wikipedia:the free encyclopedia.This one of the best sites I have ever seen.

12.Best website for web designers is W3schools.com.Here you will get all the things related to web-designing and developement,starting from HTML to PHP.

13.Most of may be awered of online compilation.These are the platforms where you can compile your source code directly with out any compiler installed in your computer.The recommended site for that is http://compiler.com

14.If you know something about web programming, read "Getting Real" from 37Signals.

 

and the list continues......................

So,my friends thats it from me now.If you like the article or not or want to add anything new then please do not forget to comment.

But thing is that "Do not stop exploring..............................."