There is a ton of content on the web which is really exciting to watch but we can't exactly spend all of our lives on Youtube. Here are a few tools you may or may not have come across, that make life on the internet a lot easier.
Watch Later
Youtube has a great feature that doesn't need much explanation. It's a great way to stay on track while you're surfing the net. Now don't get distracted from work by videos you're worried you may never find again. Of course this also means that you have to find more time to actually go through everything on your watch later playlist.
Speed Settings
Youtube also lets you play most videos at a higher speed. Imagine getting through a whole season of Breaking Bad in half that time. Intense! Exactly the same with slowly dictated tutorials about something you're dying to know.
Figuring out the gibberish you hear at 2x is another challenge altogether :P
Feedly
For the not so tech savvy, RSS feeds are a quick way of keeping track of updates from your favorite blogs and websites. Feedly is an RSS feed Reader that collects all your favorite feeds in one place. I use it a lot for keeping track on Core 77 and Yanko Designs as well as websites I wouldn't visit ever otherwise. It's available on computers as well as on app stores.
Clearly
Ever felt really intense hatred for a website's look, deep down in your gut? Or if you'd like Wikipedia to look less displeasing, the Clearly plug in is your answer. This product from Evernote makes the web a more beautiful place, because simple can be beautiful.
Pinterest
If you've ever trawled through Google image results for inspiration, you'll release how hit and miss it is. Pinterest is a site that lets you pin images to your own board and find images on other people's boards. The boards could be as specific or random as you like. Its is a great tool for designers especially for curating reference images that you could go through later for inspiration.
Since everything is sorted out, you're basically using somebody else to do your image trawling for you.
Watch Later
Youtube has a great feature that doesn't need much explanation. It's a great way to stay on track while you're surfing the net. Now don't get distracted from work by videos you're worried you may never find again. Of course this also means that you have to find more time to actually go through everything on your watch later playlist.
Youtube also lets you play most videos at a higher speed. Imagine getting through a whole season of Breaking Bad in half that time. Intense! Exactly the same with slowly dictated tutorials about something you're dying to know.
Figuring out the gibberish you hear at 2x is another challenge altogether :P
Feedly
For the not so tech savvy, RSS feeds are a quick way of keeping track of updates from your favorite blogs and websites. Feedly is an RSS feed Reader that collects all your favorite feeds in one place. I use it a lot for keeping track on Core 77 and Yanko Designs as well as websites I wouldn't visit ever otherwise. It's available on computers as well as on app stores.
Clearly
Ever felt really intense hatred for a website's look, deep down in your gut? Or if you'd like Wikipedia to look less displeasing, the Clearly plug in is your answer. This product from Evernote makes the web a more beautiful place, because simple can be beautiful.
If you've ever trawled through Google image results for inspiration, you'll release how hit and miss it is. Pinterest is a site that lets you pin images to your own board and find images on other people's boards. The boards could be as specific or random as you like. Its is a great tool for designers especially for curating reference images that you could go through later for inspiration.
Since everything is sorted out, you're basically using somebody else to do your image trawling for you.
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