Hidden Gems

Hidden Gems

Since there many websites per topics/subjects, in many languages etc, I thought it might be worth sharing those sites that you found value in. For example, if you were looking for some information relating to some sport or other, you might visit 5-6 sites before you found one that suited your needs. You would have ran an internal quality meter on all the sites that you visit, quickly discarding any obviously rubbish ones, ones that you cannot understand, any ad trap, any poor quality information etc

...until you slowly collect a bespoke research tool that's perfect for you.

Since there are very few people who can dedicate all their time and effort into doing this stuff I thought it would be useful for us center-quartile groupies to share what we have, in whatever form it takes, as long as you think it is a useful site. Sooner or later, if a lot of people participate, all those sites could be collated and used to make a personalized research app or something helpful to everyone.

Personally, I have a lot of geeky subjects earmarked for use if I ever needed them. I have eFolder's packed with useful PDF's but you know the drill, out of sight, out of mind.

Now it's the case wtf do I do with them now? 

As I get older it is getting harder and harder to Recall things, memories, names, facts etc so I'm trying to create some that will help me in the future (while I still can and if thinks don't turn for the worse socially).


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