10 Reasons to have a Quora account

1. My Facebook feed is boring. Why waste a lot of time when you can read some answers from Quora !
2. My Google search skills are not so good and I don't want to waste a lot of time in reading all the first 10 websites which are given in the first results page.
3. On Quora you will see a lot silly questions which are not so easy to answer like "Insects: If you injure a bug, should you kill it or let it live and not die?" After seeing these kind of questions you will think of asking some hypothetical questions ! Wow ! you are giving some creative work to your brain.

5 Websites to change your way of thinking and habits

I love books. They can(and they will) change the way we think.
Now a days most of the books are available in e-book formats. Thanks to smart phones and tablets ! You can carry them anywhere with the help of smartphones.

Now lets come to blogs and websites. As blogging is much simpler than publishing a book, Most of the writers considering writing their own blog. As a blogger I have come across many websites and blogs to read some quality blog posts and to know about design issues. In the search of good websites I have found some useful self-help websites and blogs. Most of these blogs are written by experienced writers and speakers.

Print what you like-best way to save your favorite web-pages for offline reading

There will be some situations where you want to access a web-page in offline mode. Say for example you are preparing for your university end exams and you have some important reading material available in a website. In this situation you may prefer to take printouts or save them in PDF format so that you can access them in your computer(offline mode) or on your tablet.

Printing a web-page as it is may waste a lot of paper and also it wont look good as websites display advertisements which are useless and distracting. So now  our aim is to remove the advertisements and save a webpage as PDF file so that we can read it offline or take a printout of it.

Best websites to boost your productivity

Productivity is nothing but making things simple for yourself.Whether it is office work or your personal task, there exists a best way to do it.
we are listing five best websites for making your things easy and simple. All of these websites are web services for improving your productivity.
You can bookmark these website to use them frequently to boost your day to day productivity.

5 websites to bookmark for improving your English

Learning is always fun. Building vocabulary is easy nowadays with the help of lot of online resources. We are giving you a list of 5 websites which will help you to build your English vocabulary.
These websites will help you to improve your day to day vocabulary as well as for preparing competitive exams like SAT, GRE,GMAT,TOEFL etc. 

Best of Geeky Brains Blog

Today Geeky Brains Blog has finished 100 days.
In these 100 days we wrote 50 articles on various topics like computers, web,productivity tips,Digital freedom,best online resources etc.

If you have missed any of the articles you can find them here.

So what this blog is doing from the past 100 days ?

Finding the best on-line resources for learning and knowledge sharing : Internet has petabytes of information. Finding useful information where our readers can improve their knowledge base is our one of this blog's aim.

• Learn online courses from world's leading universities like Oxford, Stanford, MIT, Harvard, Yale university etc. You can download the video classes on various topics.
• Learn coding online with best websites which teach you basics and in-depth concepts of all programming languages.
• Find your favorite ebooks and download them to read offline on your computer, mobile or tablet.

Helping our readers to discover the beauty of web : Some times you may miss a part of best web using the conventional browsing. We shared some tips to find the best web.

• How to improve your Google search results and get the most of knowledge on the web.
• Help your friends who can't search the web properly using LMGTFY. Also know how others are searching the Internet for typical queries.
• we are trying to explain the bad effects of web filtering. See how to avoid online filtering

Sharing our ideas on how to browse the web in a right way : Privacy and security is the most important issue in web browsing which is ignored by many people. We are trying to instruct our readers on the topics privacy and security while browsing Internet.

• Know Why people prefer Firefox for secure browsing
• What is a cookie ?
• Some tips to improve your browsing experience
• How to choose a secured password and remember it easily
• Read a webpage like an ebook

Spreading the joy of freedom through Linux and Open source : We love 'free'dom and open culture. 

• Linux MINT, The best operating system I have ever used
• How to install Linux easily with dual boot : many people don't try Linux just because they feel 'Linux is not for the regular users'. Try Linux once and you will fall in love with it.
• People think that Windows has best softwares for it. But there are some best alternatives in Linux for all Windows applications
• Some basic Linux commands for making things simple in Linux
• Know about Ubuntu Mobile OS and Try Firefox OS on your browser which are Free and Open source.

Some Useful How to guides :

• How to shut down your PC automatically
• Play youtube videos in VLC media player without any ADs
• How to increase your dropbox storage for free
• Know how many time you visited a website
• How to create an ebook form wikipedia articles
• Install your favorite fonts on Linux and Windows PC
• Create a GIF image easily

Some more interesting articles :

• Do you know that your Facebook account has 2 passwords ?
• best websites you must bookmark
• 10 creative and funny cartoon websites for relaxing
• How Youtube videos become viral

We are not listing each and every post here. You can find the full list of articles on our site-map

Finally we thank each and every one who helped us to build this informative blog. We will keep developing this blog for making things simple.
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Best websites for free ebooks

 Technology is making things simple. Now a days most of the books are available on electronic formats like PDF, epub etc. 
But finding free and open e-books is still an issue. So Geeky Brains is giving a list of websites where you can download free E-books

1.project Gutenberg : it is the number one open e-book resource available on the web.Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and still working in this project to make e-books open. More than 40,000 e-books are available for free download. there are many options to download the e-books like e-pub, kindle,html formats.
You can also download your e-book into dropbox directly(need more dropbox space for free ?)
You may also try ManyBooks which is basically working from the database of Gutenberg. It gives more options for downloading the e-books in different formats

2.OpenLibrary : One web page for every book ever published. This site is especially for classic book lovers. The user interface is good with a digital reader feel in the browser itself. It can read the text aloud for you.


3.BookYards : Try searching for your book here. you will get some good downloads and resources here.

4. Daily Lit : Choose a book here and read it directly in your mailbox. The Daily Lit team will send your book in parts to your mail so that you can read it on your workstation or mobile.
good idea. Isn't it ?

5.Get Free eBooks : scroll down and see right side panel for categories. You will find some latest collection here.

6.e-book directory is a good website which gives download links to various e-books for free.This is not an illegal website as it provides homepage link for each book to download.

7.The Online Books page : over 1 million books are listed here for free. Some of the banned books are also included in this site.
8.Questia : you can browse for some free books here.

9.ObookO : Sign in and download your favorite e-book in epub format.Scroll down and see on the left panel to choose your desired category.

10.FeedBooks : Although all the books are not free here, still there are thousands of books which we can download for free. 
11.Bartleby : You can get fiction, non-fiction and reference e-books for free.

Let us know if you have some good resources for  free e-books. We will update here, along with your name.

[Update]: As commented by one of the reader I am adding 2 more website for free e-books .

• eBook Cafe 
• eBook Junkie 

Thanks to Liz for suggesting these eBook resources to our readers :) 
AS A BOOK LOVER YOU MAY TRY : making an e-book from Wikipedia articles
or Read a webpage like an e-book 

Best websites to learn coding easily

Writing a piece of code is almost same as dealing with your girlfriend.Most of the times you will get an error, then you start debugging it.Sometimes you may get the output first time of compilation itself(never happened to me except for those boring 'hello world' shit !).

How many times you have handled your girl friend without any confusion ?  How many times you have implemented a logic with understanding it properly ?

People think that coding is complicated. Watch this amazing video once to cross check your opinion. 

"Code is poetry"
if(you understand it);

 Best websites to learn programming for free

• Learn Street : A best place to learn Javascript, Python, Ruby. I liked this website as it has an interactive user interface with a terminal on left side and instructions on right side. This is what I call 'making hands dirty' which shapes your programming skills.There is a garage with existing projects where we can join and improve them. over all this site is cool for the beginners. 
• P2PU : It is simple group study kind of learning. At P2PU people work together to learn a particular topic by completing tasks, assessing individual and group work.Sounds good...Right ! Then sign up at P2PU

• Codecademy : Codecademy is a team of hackers working hard to build a better way for anyone to teach, and learn, how to code.
• Code Racer : I have never seen a site like this. Like multi-player gaming, here is Multi-player coding. Awesome place to try coding on HTML, CSS, iOS.
• .Code School  : Code School is an on-line learning platform that teaches a variety of programming and web design skills. Courses range from beginner to advanced levels and the user can earn rewards and badges as he completes each class.
• learnpython.org This is a free interactive Python tutorial where you can learn the basics and important concepts of Python
• W3Schools : one of the best place to learn web technologies. The list contains  HTML |  CSS  | JAVASCRIPT  | JQUERY | XML  | ASP.NET| PHP  |SQL  learn through interactive 'try it' editor on the browser itself
•  StackOverFlow : Ask any of your programming doubt here. It will be solved by the experts for free.Sometimes reading other's questions increase your curiosity towards programming.
• programr.com :Programr is the world's online playground for programmers. Its is a good website with simple interface.
• CODEPLAYER : Learn HTML5, CSS3, Javascript and more
• Mozilla Web developer Forum : Sit on the shoulders of Mozilla, Learn to create websites using HTML, CSS, Javascript.
• HTML5 ROCKS : The name itself says that its all about HTML5, the all new web technology.
• GENERAL ASSEMBLY : Its all about user experience design, product management etc. According to them "General Assembly transforms thinkers into creators through education and opportunities in technology, business, and design".
• Google Developers Courses : try this once for Android and other mobile and web development courses.
• CodingBat is a free site of live coding problems to build coding skill in Java and Python. The site design is quite simple without any distractions. This site will be useful if you know some basics of Java and Python. Then you can practice coding here.
• ADUNI : Site Looks crazy with raw html pages, but really good for concentrating on the content. You can a lot about programming basics here. 
• CODE.org : a non profit organization which is trying to teach coding for everyone.

 We are trying to update the list to make you more comfortable while learning. So keep an eye on this site. If you feel this content is useful please like us on facebook to support us. Feel free to drop a comment on this post.
Happy Coding :)


Want to learn a course online for free from Harvard, Stanford, MIT etc. Then read this post : OPEN ONLINE UNIVERSITIES

See what others searching on Google with LMGTFY

Let me Google that for you is a best website for the power Google users. If you want to show your friend how to search for a particular query on Google, you can record it and send the link to your  friend (poor Google user !)
If you don't know about 'let me Google that for you' service, read it here

There is another tool on this website which shows the all queries entered by other people. This is not possible in Google as Google won't reveal any search data of others with you.
Where as in Let me Google that for you, We can see what others are searching for as a live-stream. This trick is implemented by taking the log files of lmgtfy.com search queries.

see what others are searching on google through lmgtfy.com

Do you want to try this now. Then go here to see what others are searching on Google while their friends are not able to do it easily.

Open Online Universities - making education free on web

I was born in a village where it takes 4 hours to travel just 40 miles. I started my schooling in a shed where we used to sit on the floor filled with sand. There were hardly 2 teachers who taught me to read, write and basic maths. There is no scope of Computers or Internet at that time (especially at my place....even now !)

But the world is changing now(again..... not my place!!) . The Web is changing the way of education. You can now sit in your home and listen to your favorite programming class directly from Harvard university(or any of your favorite one).

Geeky Brains Blog is always trying to find informative and useful web content. Now we are introducing you the concept of "Open Online Learning" in order to make education simple and open for all.

Learn from Open learning initiatives 

Here is a list of resources which are teaching online without charging a penny.

Udacity : Attend classes from top ranked universities in the world. You can track your progress after signing up (for free!)

Coursera : Coursera has tied up with world class universities to make the quality education available to every one at free of cost.

Khan Academy : A non-profit organisation founded by Salman Khan(not the BollyWood star !!) with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education for everyone.

EDX : A beautiful website with wonderful video-classes inside it.

TED Edu : This is from my favorite TED.com's product. Again this has a pretty awesome interface.

Academic Earth : While writing this post I am listening to a class on "Making dynamic websites" by David J. Malan from Harvard University. Why don't you try this ? There are many other courses also available.

MIT Open cources : Go to topics and explore your favorite filed of study. 

Stanford Online : Some good videos on Computer networks and other classes. Register yourself here for free.

Yale University Open Cources : For the physics lovers and other arts fields this site is worth to visit.

Code Academy : This is not a University kind of thing but its all about coding. I have completed 20 sessions on Html within 2 hours without any break. The login page itself says about the website(yeah! it has a beautiful black terminal instead of login prompt)
Course Hero : learn from other people with Study guides, lecture notes and practice problems. More than 7 million study documents are stored here.

Open learning Initiative : This is from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Good to spend some time to learn something here.
With all these Online resources  we can learn what we need at right time at any place(and at any age !)
We are trying to update this post soon with some more resources. So please follow us on our Facebook page to get important updates
Be curious and be creative :) 

 [update] : If you want to learn coding online for free then read BEST websites to learn programming for free

Let Me Google That for You

This one is especially for the lazy people like me. 

Imagine a situation where your friend is unable to search for a topic on Google (due to keyword mismatches!) then you can send him a link and show how to Google for a particular topic.

If you want to see an example click this link

If you want to show your friend how to search for a topic go to LMGTFY

Not only for Normal search, this service is available for image, maps etc. Even this site gives chance to search in Bing also.

choose your search option in lmgtfy.com

 

Enter your query, you will get a link to share it with your friend. That's all.

Happy Googling :)
Read this, If you want to see what others are searching on Google using LMGTFY, 

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Make your presentations beautiful with prezi

I hate Power Point presentations even the topic is interesting to me. In fact Power Point presentations make me sleep faster than sleeping pills. Power Point Presentations are one of the old methods we are still using for presenting an idea or concept.

Also creating a powerpoint presentation is a big job without any creativity.

 So lets make our  presentations beautiful and simple with prezi, an online presentation tool. 

Geeky Brains made a small presentation about the blog using Prezi. For better experience use full screen mode by clicking at bottom right corner. 

 

Go to Prezi.com and create an account for free. You can watch the 1 minute video tutorial to understand about prezi presentation making. 
 We can choose from a wide range of templates and edit it.Finally save it and share with the people you want to present.

ADVANTAGES OF PREZI :

• You can use it Offline presentations too
• You can embed the presentation in your blog or website
• You can download the presentation as a PDF file
• You can attach any video or image to your presentation

Finally and most importantly Prezi presentations are more creative and beautiful than an ordinary paper presentation. 

So present your ideas using Prezi to make it simple and creative :)

Readers ! please drop a comment if you have any doubt. If you like this post please like our facebook page. 

10 creative and funny WebSites you must visit

Creativity has no limits, now with the help of digital technologies and Web, Artists are turning into crowd-pullers. Geeky brains has made a list of 10 websites based on the content,quality and dedication towards their work. You can visit these sites and relax for sometime

1. theoatmeal.com : I have never imagined that a site can be made like this. Matthew Inman has turned his artwork into webpages. I am sure you will like this ! Read the comic about Nikola Tesla here. You can't just leave this site.

2.savagechickens.com: Made out of 30 characters, you can definitely spend some time here  

3.bigeyedeer.wordpress.com : Visit for some for fresh cartoons.

4.hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com : I think this is one of the most seen blog running on blogger. According to it's facebook page "Hyperbole and a Half is not really a web comic, but it isn't really a blog either. Basically, it has lots of pictures and words and it really tries hard to be funny" Cool description!

5.nedroid.com: I found some high quality drawings here. Later I found that all the drawings are Digitally made by using Wacom tablet. check it out once.

6.wumocomicstrip.com: I don't recommend this if you want clean comics.But some drawings will definitely make you laugh.Don't forget the facebook page.

7.aniboom.com- See animation movies made by professionals all over from the world.

8.drawn.ca : seems to be a good choice if you want to think in different way while drawing.

9. thefunnyblog.org Collection of some best funny pics. and videos around the web.

last but the least

10. robbinwaldemar.com : Designed by two art directors, this blog contains some beautiful content.

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE TOP 10 WEBSITES TO BOOKMARK

Top 10 websites you must bookmark

Staring from the invention of the web there are thousands of websites which help the user to increase his productivity. These can be used in your office, college and personnel life also.

The following list is not based on their  popularity but just as per the usefulness and good user interface.
So you may have your own top 10 websites bookmarked in your browser. But I hope this list will definitely help you.

 TOP 10 WEBSITES TO BOOKMARK

1.If you are looking to build good vocabulary visit VOCABULARY.com

this is an ad free website with stunning user interface.you can sign in and build your vocabulary.There is an on line dictionary facility also provided. I really wonder there is any other online dictionary which will load as fast as vocabulary.com . As a believer in open knowledge environment I love this ad free (and no fee)website

2.If you are doing some study or research through Internet you may need to print the pages or save them.
Here i suggest you to convert the entire webpage into a PDF file and store it with you so that you can print or read offline also
 Go to PrintWhatYouLike.com

Here you can remove the ads from the page so that while printing (or reading offline) the ads wont disturb you.

3.Love sticky notes . Then you may try EverNote.com
You can sync your notes and documents across your devices . The user interface is simply superb here.Similarly there is a websiteRememberTheMilk.com . It is also a good note taking site with simple interface

4.Now this one is not exactly about productivity but for relaxation. I always feel fresh music will increase one's productivity. browse a list of fresh music @ hypem.com. Remember the blackberry tag "Love what you do , Do what you love"

5.Now here another one for entertainment but at the same time this site can teach many things.
 Yes it is xkcd.com   this site's home page shows a lot of comic pictures randomly. But if you click on the what if section you will love it. The best thing is this website is under creative common license which means you can share (or copy) their content .

6.Scienceblogs.com  is a group of blogs by National Geography channel. Believe me , I can spend hours of time here!
sciencedaily.com  is also a similar  website where you can find all research results on science. Don't feel like "its all PhD guys stuff" . If you browse some topics you may really like some articles.

7.Have you ever tried a search engine other than google(well! Dont say yahoo or bing. I am asking something different)
wolframalpha.com  is not a regular search engine but a Computational knowledge engine. See the home page , Its really cool and User friendly.

8.Love creativity Thinking and mind matters. Then you should enter into creativethinking.net  I don't like the home page by Michael Michalko but I must applaud his works on the website. See the exercises page for testing your creative thinking.

9.typetester.org is an online tool to see how your text font appears upon a website.You can use this tool to test the font of your presentations also.

10.Some times we cant live without Google.Say for example last week you have searched for a key word in google and found something. But now you forget the keyword. So what you do now? simply click on google.co.in/history

But remember you must sign in to save your history.


Lets book mark these sites . Don't filter yourself to restricted area on the web. Keep reading this blog to get more updates :)

How to get more free DropBox storage

Have you ever lost your important files ? Have you ever faced a situation where you forget your Pen Drive just before giving a presentation ? 

Then you must sign in to Drop Box .Dropbox is one of the leading file hosting service which is giving a 2.25GB free online storage space.

But some times this default storage limit may trouble you. If you wish to add your camera rolls to your dropbox account then you definitely need to increase your space.

Of course you may not apt for paying options. But here is a good news that you can easily increase your Dropbox storage limit to 18GB.

To get an additional space of  2.35GB follow the instructions

         What you have to do                                -   What you will get

1. complete the getting started guide                 -    250MB
2. link your account with facebook                   -    125MB
3. link your account with twitter                       -    125MB  
4. tell why you love dropbox                            -    125MB
5. follow dropbox on twitter                             -    125MB
6. post something about dropbox on twitter      -    125MB
7. Upload your camera pictures too dropbox    -    1.5GB    

  Now there is one more option to get space upto 18GB . For this you need to refer dropox to your friends. If they accept and register dropbox  you will get 500MB storage. thats it. All you need is to invite all your friends and ask them register for Dropbox. 

To give you an idea you can see my earned space on dropbox

 


You can wonder why to earn space like this if google drive is giving 10GB by default. But DropBox has a lot of advantages compared to any other cloud  storage services . particularly the uploader for Dropbox is very good.So start dropping  all your files at DropBox.