Hello 2014!

Another day. Another month. Another year. Glad to start the new year with the family at home.

2013 was an awakening year. Full of hope and lessons. 2014 is going to be even better.

Some of the things I have planned and act to do in the year 2014 are:

Learn 1 new language.

French it will be. Will finish the course from Duolingo. Check out the site if you also want to learn a new language.

Get healthy

Will go to gym and work out hard the body for at least 10 months. Have to get 2 pack abs by the end of the year.

Read Books

I will read a minimum of 50 books. That means 1 book a week. Will update the name of the books as I read.

Write One Book

Have thought about it a lot and this year is going to the year. Even if it means bringing out a collections of GK question I will write a book.

Blog Every Week

Going to be the toughest among my plans. Have been saying this to myself since last 5,6 years. This year is different. I WILL BE BLOGGING.

That's it folks. There will be many things which you will see me learning in the year 2014 and all cannot be mentioned in the blog right now and as far as the top priorities are concerned the above listed ones takes up the spots.

Happy New Year. Have a great 2014 :)

What I learned this week - #05

Google Dictionary Plugin

Probably one of the best browser plugin for those who wants to read huge number of articles on the browser. Just double click on a word and it will show up its meaning on the browsing page itself.

No need to Google search or open another dictionary software.  Check the photo out.

NMAT EXAM

Gave my first NMAT exam. Was a good experience. The one thing I learned from giving the exam was the use of rough pad. It was not the usual pen and paper as it happens with most of the competitive/entrance exams.

The pen got replaced with Marker pen and the rough pad acted like a marker board. Nice way to save papers :)

Zoho Mail

If you have a custom domain and want to use it for your own email id like "your-name@your-domain.com",  there is no better than Zoho Mail right now. Yes, people do use Google App and Microsoft's live.com but I like Zoho Mail better.

Get it here at ZohoMail.

 

That’s it folks from my side,  so What Did You Learn This Week?

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What I learned this week - #04

Custom Domain Name for Bitly

Was thinking about using a custom short domain for this blog using Bitly. Learned that I will have to register another domain for that.

For eg. Yourstory.in is a domain use for publishing contents. They also have bought another domain called your.st just to shorten their links. When you click on your.st link, you will not be visiting the YourStory main site but will be redirected towards Bitly.

Good technique but not essential for me right now. Can't afford another domain!

3rd Industrial Revolution

3rd industrial revolution is happening and 3D printing is going to play a major part in it.  If you have any plans of becoming rich in the near future and want to learn something new GO learn something about 3D printing.

Do explore Thingiverse for more information.
If you have time do read Makers: The new Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson.

Advent Christmas

Christians celebrate Advent Christmas and it happens in the month of November(any date).

Words

Bane: Poision
Banel: Unoriginal

That’s it folks from my side,  so What Did You Learn This Week?

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What I learned this week - #03

Remove Google Ad Setting

By now you must have seen the Google alert telling you that they are using your G+ profile name and profile photo for their ads known as "Shared Endorsements".  You can manually unchecked this service from your Google Account setting. It's very easy.

Go to Google Profile Setting  and unchecked it. Don't forget to save the settings.

Fashion is a whole new world!

After cashing out from last week's Amazon cheque I went out and bought a pair of shoes from Zara. This is my first pair from a non-sports brand. Being a curious guy I googled to learn more about the fashion industry and I have become wiser since last week.

I have learned the difference between high street and high end brands. What a designer label is and the word "Haute couture".

To learn more I am reading Dressing the Man: Mastering the Art of Permanent Fashion  by Alan Flusser.

Just for Laugh Gags Youtube channel is the best

If you love comedy and haven't watch any Just for Laugh gags videos. you are missing out on fun. Check out the videos.

 

That’s it folks from my side,  so What Did You Learn This Week?

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What I learned this week - #02

Amazon Mechanical Turk pays Indian users via Citibank

Thought of withdrawing some amount from Amazon's Mechanical Turk account in Indian rupees. Received a cheque from CitiBank.

What will I do with the amount?  Probably contribute some to Rangde and get this shoes!

There is a guy called Arjun and he rocks!

At first I thought this guy was crazy. Then realised he was making more sense than I do. Arjun makes videos and earns money via Fiverr. He performs crazy testimonials for his clients. Check out his videos here.  Have put up one as an example.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKVwYxInLx8

Two clean places to start writing.

Just as I thought Medium was the best place to write anything on the internet, I found two more sites where you can edit and practice writing anything you want. The editor is very clean, better than any Windows/Mac document editor I have use. Check out Editorally and Draft.

There is a Firefox Plugin called AdblockPlus.

Someone should have told me about this Plugin long long time ago. This add-on block ads on any pages and help users(includes you and me) surf internet at very fast pace. If you haven't install this, you are making a BIG BIG mistake. Get it here at AdblockPlus.

Google Street View and how to upload images.

Probably the coolest thing I learned this week. We can now upload 360 degree photos via Android on Google Street Views. Some of the streets which I have watched are fantastic. To know more about Google Street view go here.

 

That's it folks from my side,  so What Did You Learn This Week?

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What I learned this Week - #01

Tracking Gmail Messages

We can now manually track our sent Gmail messages. This means we can now know whether our recipient has open our mails or not.

Here is how:
1. You can install a plugin called "Signals" developed by Hubspot. Till the time of writing this blog it only works in Chrome Browser.

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2. Another way is to use Google Analytics. Read this tutorial by Amit Agarwal of Digital Inspiration.

Gawker Media

Gawker media is BIG and a parent company. Gawker.com, Deadspin, Lifehacker, Gizmodo, io9, Kotaku, Jalopnik, and Jezebel comes under Gawker media.

MailChimp has a great lab

Check out MailChimp's Labs. Love their Tiny Letters and LongReply projects.

New Words

Antithesis: the direct opposite. [anti= against, thesis= position]
Ameliorate: to make better . [ a= to , melior= better ]

 

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