MaDD-Static
-
24 Invaluable Skills To Learn For Free Online This Year
Here’s an easy resolution: This stuff is all free as long as you have access to a computer, and the skills you learn will be invaluable in your career, and/or life in general.
1. Become awesome at Excel.
Chandoo is one of many gracious Excel experts who wants to share their knowledge with the world. Excel excellence is one of those skills that will improve your chances of getting a good job instantly, and it will continue to prove invaluable over the course of your career. What are you waiting for?
2. Learn how to code.
Perhaps no other skill you can learn for free online has as much potential to lead to a lucrative career. Want to build a site for your startup? Want to build the next big app? Want to get hired at a place like BuzzFeed? You should learn to code. There are a lot of places that offer free or cheap online coding tutorials, but I recommend Code Academy for their breadth and innovative program. If you want to try a more traditional route, Harvard offers its excellent Introduction to Computer Science course online for free.
3. Make a dynamic website.
You could use a pre-existing template or blogging service, or you could learn Ruby on Rails and probably change your life forever. Here’s an extremely helpful long list of free Ruby learning tools that includes everything from Rails for Zombies to Learn Ruby The Hard Way. Go! Ruby! Some basic programming experience, like one of the courses above, might be helpful (but not necessarily required if you’re patient with yourself).
4. Learn to make a mobile game.
If you’re not interested in coding anything other than fun game apps, you could trythis course from the University of Reading. It promises to teach you how to build a game in Java, even if you don’t have programming experience! If you want to make a truly great game, you might want to read/listen up on Game Theory first.
5. Start reading faster.
Spreeder is a free online program that will improve your reading skill and comprehension no matter how old you are. With enough practice, you could learn to double, triple, or even quadruple the speed at which you read passages currently, which is basically like adding years to your life.
6. Learn a language!
With Duolingo, you can learn Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, or English (from any of the above or more). There’s a mobile app and a website, and the extensive courses are completely free.
Full disclosure: BuzzFeed and other websites are in a partnership with DuoLingo, but they did not pay or ask for this placement.
7. Pickle your own vegetables.
Tired of your farmer’s market haul going bad before you use it all? Or do you just love tangy pickled veggies? You too can pickle like a pro thanks to SkillShare and Travis Grillo.
8. Improve your public speaking skills.
You can take the University of Washington’s Intro to Public Speaking for free online. Once you learn a few tricks of the trade, you’ll be able to go into situations like being asked to present at a company meeting or giving a presentation in class without nearly as much fear and loathing.
9. Get a basic handle of statistics.
UC Berkeley put a stats intro class on iTunes. Once you know how to understand the numbers yourself, you’ll never read a biased “news” article the same way again — 100% of authors of this post agree!
10. Understand basic psychology.
Knowing the basics of psych will bring context to your understanding of yourself, the dynamics of your family and friendships, what’s really going on with your coworkers, and the woes and wonders of society in general. Yale University has its Intro to Psychology lectures online for free.
11. Make your own music.
Step one: Learn how to play guitar: Justin Guitar is a fine and free place to start learning chords and the basic skills you’ll need to be able to play guitar — from there, it’s up to you, but once you know the basics, just looking up tabs for your favorite songs and learning them on your own is how many young guitar players get their start (plus it’s an excellent party trick).
Step two: A delightful free voice lesson from Berklee College Of Music.
Step three: Have you always thought you had an inner TSwift? Berklee College of Music offers an Introduction to Songwriting course completely for free online. The course is six weeks long, and by the end of the lesson you’ll have at least one completed song.
Step four: Lifehacker’s basics of music production will help you put it all together once you have the skills down! You’ll be recording your own music, ready to share with your valentine or the entire world, in no time!
12. Learn to negotiate.
Let Stanford’s Stan Christensen explain how to negotiate in business and your personal life, managing relationships for your personal gain and not letting yourself be steamrolled. There are a lot of football metaphors and it’s great.
13. Stop hating math.
If you struggled with math throughout school and now have trouble applying it in real-world situations when it crops up, try Saylor.org’s Real World Math course. It will reteach you basic math skills as they apply IRL. Very helpful!
14. Start drawing!
All kids draw — so why do we become so afraid of it as adults? Everyone should feel comfortable with a sketchbook and pencil, and sketching is a wonderful way to express your creativity. DrawSpace is a great place to start. (I also highly recommend the book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain if you can drop a few dollars for a used copy.)
15. Make your own animated GIF.
BuzzFeed’s own Katie Notopoulos has a great, simple guide to making an animated GIF without Photoshop. This is all you need to be the king or queen of Tumblr or your favorite email chains.
16. Appreciate jazz.
Have you never really “gotten” jazz? If you want to be able to participate in conversations at fancy parties and/or just add some context to your appreciation of all music, try this free online course from UT Austin.
17. Write well.
Macalester College’s lecture series is excellent. If you’re more interested in journalism, try Wikiversity’s course selection.
18. Get better at using Photoshop.
Another invaluable skill that will get you places in your career, learning Photoshop can be as fun as watching the hilarious videos on You Suck At Photoshop or as serious as this extensive Udemy training course (focused on photo retouching).
19. Take decent pictures.
Lifehacker’s basics of photography might be a good place to start. Learn how your camera works, the basic of composition, and editing images in post-production. If you finish that and you’re not sure what to do next, here’s a short course on displaying and sharing your digital photographs.
20. Learn to knit.
Instructables has a great course by a woman who is herself an online-taught knitter. You’ll be making baby hats and cute scarves before this winter’s over!
21. Get started with investing in stocks.
If you are lucky enough to have a regular income, you should start learning about savings and investment now. Investopedia has a ton of online resources, including this free stocks basics course. Invest away!
22. Clean your house in a short amount of time.
Unf$#k Your Habitat has a great emergency cleaning guide for when your mother-in-law springs a surprise visit on you. While you’re over there, the entire blog is good for getting organized and clean in the long term, not just in “emergencies.” You’ll be happier for it.
23. Start practicing yoga.
Most cities have free community classes (try just searching Google or inquiring at your local yoga studio), or if you’re more comfortable trying yoga at home, YogaGlohas a great 15-day trial and Yome is a compendium of 100% free yoga videos. If you’re already familiar with basic yoga positions but you need an easy way to practice at home, I recommend YogaTailor’s free trial as well.
24. Tie your shoelaces more efficiently.
It’s simple and just imagine the minutes of your life you’ll save!
(via fingledoonbush)
-
Oversharing Asks
(Disclaimer: These questions are very personal and may touch on sensitive subjects; you may want to look over them before reblogging. You can strike out or totally delete questions you don’t want to deal with.)
- Who hurt you the most?
- Who have you hurt the most?
- Who do you miss the most?
- Who do you want out of your life the most?
- Who had the biggest positive impact on you?
- Who had the biggest negative impact on you?
- Who do you wish you could be honest with?
- Who have you harbored (any kind of!) secret feelings towards?
- Who would the world be better off without?
- Who do you wish you’d treated differently?
- What was the worst day of your life?
- What’s your greatest fear?
- What’s your biggest insecurity?
- What’s your biggest regret?
- Describe your ideal world.
- Describe your personal hell.
- What’s a hopeless dream you’re still holding on to?
- What’s the most embarrassed you’ve ever been?
- What’s the angriest you’ve ever been?
- What’s the saddest you’ve ever been?
- What’s the most scared you’ve ever been?
- What’s the most hopeless you’ve ever felt?
- What’s the most frantic you’ve ever felt?
- What’s the bravest you’ve ever felt?
- What’s the best case scenario for your future?
- What’s the worst case scenario for you future?
- What’s the most physical pain you’ve ever felt?
- What’s the most emotional pain you’ve ever felt?
- Describe a time you felt like a hypocrite.
- Describe a time you felt like a traitor.
- Describe a time you felt like a hero.
- Describe a time you felt inhuman.
- Describe a time you felt like a failure.
- What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?
- What are you proudest of?
- What’s your relationship with your family like?
- What’s your relationship with religion like?
- Talk about someone you’ve lost.
- Talk about someone who abandoned you.
- Talk about a desire you have that scares you.
- What’s something you wish you were capable of?
- What’s something you’re afraid that you’re capable of?
- Describe the kind of life you wish you’d been born into.
- Describe your worst heartbreak.
- Describe your worst disappointment.
- Have you ever taken a fall for someone?
- Have you ever forced or let someone take a fall for you?
- Have you ever done serious physical harm to someone?
- Have you ever done serious emotional harm to someone?
- Have you ever self-harmed?
- Have you ever attempted suicide?
- Have you ever stolen something?
- Have you ever cheated on someone?
- Have you ever been cheated on?
- Have you ever taken revenge on someone?
- Have you ever seriously considered killing somone?
- Have you ever betrayed someone who trusted you?
- Have you ever experienced something supernatural or unexplainable?
(via fingledoonbush)
- Who hurt you the most?
-
I’LL DO IT
This could be fun (or extremely depressing)
1: Name
2: Age
3: 3 Fears
4: 3 things I love
5: 4 turns on
6: 4 turns off
7: My best friend
8: Sexual orientation
9: My best first date
10: How tall am I
11: What do I miss
12: What time were I born
13: Favourite color
14: Do I have a crush
15: Favourite quote
16: Favourite place
17: Favourite food
18: Do I use sarcasm
19: What am I listening to right now
20: First thing I notice in new person
21: Shoe size
22: Eye color
23: Hair color
24: Favourite style of clothing
25: Ever done a prank call?
27: Meaning behind my URL
28: Favourite movie
29: Favourite song
30: Favourite band
31: How I feel right now
32: Someone I love
33: My current relationship status
34: My relationship with my parents
35: Favourite holiday
36: Tattoos and piercing i have
37: Tattoos and piercing i want
38: The reason I joined Tumblr
39: Do I and my last ex hate each other?
40: Do I ever get “good morning” or “good night ” texts?
41: Have I ever kissed the last person you texted?
42: When did I last hold hands?
43: How long does it take me to get ready in the morning?
44: Have You shaved your legs in the past three days?
45: Where am I right now?
46: If I were drunk & can’t stand, who’s taking care of me?
47: Do I like my music loud or at a reasonable level?
48: Do I live with my Mom and Dad?
49: Am I excited for anything?
50: Do I have someone of the opposite sex I can tell everything to?
51: How often do I wear a fake smile?
52: When was the last time I hugged someone?
53: What if the last person I kissed was kissing someone else right in front of me?
54: Is there anyone I trust even though I should not?
55: What is something I disliked about today?
56: If I could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?
57: What do I think about most?
58: What’s my strangest talent?
59: Do I have any strange phobias?
60: Do I prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?
61: What was the last lie I told?
62: Do I perfer talking on the phone or video chatting online?
63: Do I believe in ghosts? How about aliens?
64: Do I believe in magic?
65: Do I believe in luck?
66: What’s the weather like right now?
67: What was the last book I’ve read?
68: Do I like the smell of gasoline?
69: Do I have any nicknames?
70: What was the worst injury I’ve ever had?
71: Do I spend money or save it?
72: Can I touch my nose with a tounge?
73: Is there anything pink in 10 feets from me?
74: Favourite animal?
75: What was I doing last night at 12 AM?
76: What do I think is Satan’s last name is?
77: What’s a song that always makes me happy when I hear it?
78: How can you win my heart?
79: What would I want to be written on my tombstone?
80: What is my favorite word?
81: My top 5 blogs on tumblr
82: If the whole world were listening to me right now, what would I say?
83: Do I have any relatives in jail?
84: I accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow me with the super-power of my choice! What is that power?
85: What would be a question I’d be afraid to tell the truth on?
86: What is my current desktop picture?
87: Had sex?
88: Bought condoms?
89: Gotten pregnant?
90: Failed a class?
91: Kissed a boy?
92: Kissed a girl?
93: Have I ever kissed somebody in the rain?
94: Had job?
95: Left the house without my wallet?
96: Bullied someone on the internet?
97: Had sex in public?
98: Played on a sports team?
99: Smoked weed?
100: Did drugs?
101: Smoked cigarettes?
102: Drank alcohol?
103: Am I a vegetarian/vegan?
104: Been overweight?
105: Been underweight?
106: Been to a wedding?
107: Been on the computer for 5 hours straight?
108: Watched TV for 5 hours straight?
109: Been outside my home country?
110: Gotten my heart broken?
111: Been to a professional sports game?
112: Broken a bone?
113: Cut myself?
114: Been to prom?
115: Been in airplane?
116: Fly by helicopter?
117: What concerts have I been to?
118: Had a crush on someone of the same sex?
119: Learned another language?
120: Wore make up?
121: Lost my virginity before I was 18?
122: Had oral sex?
123: Dyed my hair?
124: Voted in a presidential election?
125: Rode in an ambulance?
126: Had a surgery?
127: Met someone famous?
128: Stalked someone on a social network?
129: Peed outside?
130: Been fishing?
131: Helped with charity?
132: Been rejected by a crush?
133: Broken a mirror?
134: What do I want for birthday?
135: How many kids do I want and what will be their names?
136: Was I named after anyone?
137: Do I like my handwriting?
138: What was my favourite toy as a child?
139: Favourite Tv Show?
140: Where do I want to live when older?
141: Play any musical instrument?
142: One of my scars, how did I get it?
143: Favourite pizza toping?
144: Am I afraid of the dark?
145: Am I afraid of heights?
146: Have I ever got caught sneaking out or doing anything bad?
147: Have I ever tried my hardest and then gotten disappointed in the end?
148: What I’m really bad at
149: What my greatest achievments are
150: The meanest thing somebody has ever said to me
151: What I’d do if I won in a lottery
152: What do I like about myself
153: My closest Tumblr friend
154: Something I fantasise about
155: Any question you’d like?DOOOO IT
(via fingledoonbush)
-
70 cute questions ... go ahead!!! :D
- 01: Do you have a good relationship with your parents?
- 02: Who did you last say “I love you” to?
- 03: Do you regret anything?
- 04: Are you insecure?
- 05: What is your relationship status?
- 06: How do you want to die?
- 07: What did you last eat?
- 08: Played any sports?
- 09: Do you bite your nails?
- 10: When was your last physical fight?
- 11: Do you like someone?
- 12: Have you ever stayed up 48 hours?
- 13: Do you hate anyone at the moment?
- 14: Do you miss someone?
- 15: Have any pets?
- 16: How exactly are you feeling at the moment?
- 17: Ever made out in the bathroom?
- 18: Are you scared of spiders?
- 19: Would you go back in time if you were given the chance?
- 20: Where was the last place you snogged someone?
- 21: What are your plans for this weekend?
- 22: Do you want to have kids? How many?
- 23: Do you have piercings? How many?
- 24: What is/are/were your best subject(s)?
- 25: Do you miss anyone from your past?
- 26: What are you craving right now?
- 27: Have you ever broken someone’s heart?
- 28: Have you ever been cheated on?
- 29: Have you made a boyfriend/girlfriend cry?
- 30: What’s irritating you right now?
- 31: Does somebody love you?
- 32: What is your favourite color?
- 33: Do you have trust issues?
- 34: Who/what was your last dream about?
- 35: Who was the last person you cried in front of?
- 36: Do you give out second chances too easily?
- 37: Is it easier to forgive or forget?
- 38: Is this year the best year of your life?
- 39: How old were you when you had your first kiss?
- 40: Have you ever walked outside completely naked?
- 51: Favourite food?
- 52: Do you believe everything happens for a reason?
- 53: What is the last thing you did before you went to bed last night?
- 54: Is cheating ever okay?
- 55: Are you mean?
- 56: How many people have you fist fought?
- 57: Do you believe in true love?
- 58: Favourite weather?
- 59: Do you like the snow?
- 60: Do you wanna get married?
- 61: Is it cute when a boy/girl calls you baby?
- 62: What makes you happy?
- 63: Would you change your name?
- 64: Would it be hard to kiss the last person you kissed?
- 65: Your best friend of the opposite sex likes you, what do you do?
- 66: Do you have a friend of the opposite sex who you can act your complete self around?
- 67: Who was the last person of the opposite sex you talked to?
- 68: Who’s the last person you had a deep conversation with?
- 69: Do you believe in soulmates?
- 70: Is there anyone you would die for?
-
if you’re black, reblog this
I guess i have to bc I fasho aint white
^^^^^
“I fasho ain’t white” 🤣
And proud of it!
-
-
That guy who lectured you is just jealous cause you didn't wanna fuck him and he's probably a creepy, socially wrong, douche who believes in the "friend zone" cause he doesn't know how to get with beautiful girls like you
Anonymous
but i wanted to fuck this guy for ages and he pretty much friendzoned me and since i gave up on him hes turned into my dad bahaha but thank you aw
I bet that wasn’t the response he or she was looking for. Lol
-
You can fucking rotate pictures on tumblr? This is amazing for some reason.
-
“Most people are really nice but some stare, like you`re some kind of zoo exhibit and not a real person with real feelings.” ― Emma Watson
😍😍😍 perfection in every frame 😍😍😍
(via ohyeahemmawatson)
-
