The first one has to be a website that has taught me so much outside of the text book learning. They’ve exposed me to so many other sites, ideas and ways of doing things with PC’s, gadgets and life in general. (You’ll see what I mean). They rely heavily on readers comments. They are so popular, that when the post something about a new site or product, it crashes the companies website. The best example of this was when they leaked the info on the Windows 7 RTM build last June. It completely crashed Microsoft’s websites. So someday, I hope to have the privilege of being “Crashed by Lifehacker”. It is run by Gina Trapani. Google her, she has amazing stamina in this industry. She also runs a more private blog, which I’ll look at again. But Lifehacker is her baby. Here is a shot of what the site looks like:
So what does Lifehacker offer?
Features
Hive Five
They run this, usually on a weekly basis. Simply at the being of a week they ask the readers what their favorite “x” is. Then out of the sometimes hundreds of comments, they showcase the best five. I am always finding software in here that I never knew about. For example, this weeks is below. It is comparing the best application docks. Windows 7 wins in this one. But click here to see all the apps, with videos to show you what they do.
Polls
This is different to the Hive Five. Polls are about anything and everything. Sometimes interesting, sometimes not so… Today they are asking What is your main operating system?. This is interesting because it opens your mind to the fact that there are equally good OS’s out there. Like Ubuntu 9.10.
How To
As the title says, they take you through tutorials on how to accomplish little things and big things both in life and in computers/gadgets. Like yesterdays post where I alerted you to the new Google Wave guide. And sometimes they get silly and put up this: How to open a bottle of wine with your shoe! Its quite funny.Dealhacker
This is good when its something available to UK and Ireland and Europe in general. But sometimes the offers are only good in the states. Simply, they make you aware of any current deals worth looking at. Sample:
Summary
I love this site and what I’ve shown you is only a glimpse. I recommend you bookmark them and check daily. Although, you’re safe in the knowledge that I will always post the newest and best bits up here in case you miss anything.
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