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CarCareKiosk: Get Various Car Repair Video Tutorials

Umar — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:01:15 +0000

When you visit a car mechanic for repairs to your car, you are often presented with a bill that does not justify the labor put into the car. To save money, the next time your car is giving you any problems, you should first give the repairs a go yourself by getting instructions from CarCareKiosk.

CarCareKiosk is a free to use website that offers users video tutorials on various car repairs. What sets the site apart from other mechanic video tutorials is that special attention is paid to the car. Thus you know exactly which the car model the tutorial is for. After watching regular video tutorials you might have thought “My car isn’t wired like that!” with this website you can find tutorials precisely for your car.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Offers video tutorials on car repair.
Has a large collection of tutorials on various car models.
Lets you search for tutorials for the car model you own.
Similar sites: AutoMD Auto Repair, RepairPal and VehicleFixer.

Check out CarCareKiosk @ www.carcarekiosk.com (By Umar from AllthatIsApple)

Interactive Vim Tutorial: Familiarize Yourself With Vim The Easy Way

MOin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:01:03 +0000

Although there are a lot of useful text editors available online, the most efficient one is arguably Vim. But familiarizing yourself with Vim is difficult for most users simply because of its different interface. Here to show the ropes when it comes to Vim is a web service called Interactive Vim Tutorial.

Interactive Vim Tutorial is a free to use website that provides you with interactive tutorials that familiarize you with Vim’s interface. Using the site is very simple – simply follow the tutorial and press the highlighted keys relevant to the tutorial you are at. These keys are highlighted to show you how exactly a certain feature in Vim is utilized.

Vim’s tutorials are neatly sorted into different sections. You can quickly skip to certain sections by using the sections list in the rightmost pane.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Offers you interactive tutorials on Vim.
Highlights appropriate keys to make use of certain features.
Sorts tutorials into different sections you can skip to.
Also read related article: The Top 7 Reasons To Give The Vim Text Editor A Chance.

Check out Interactive Vim Tutorial @ www.openvim.com/tutorial.html (via LifeHacker) (by MOin from Urban Savior)

Tildee: Search, Share & Create Step By Step Tutorials For A Variety Of Tasks

MOin — Sat, 21 May 2011 17:01:28 +0000

If you know of a simple way to accomplish a task, you should share it with others so they can benefit from your procedure. To do this you need a platform where you can share your helpful tutorials about tasks of various natures. In addition to posting tutorials, you should also be able to get tutorials from this platform. Tildee is exactly such a platform.

Tildee is a free to use web service that lists tutorials on different tasks. Ranging from computer related tasks such as setting up a static IP address to relationship tutorials such as how to lose a guy in 10 days, you will find a variety of tutorials on the site. You can browse the tutorials listed on the homepage or search for them via keywords.

In addition to finding tutorials you can create an account on the site and create tutorials for any task that you like. You can then share the link of this tutorial with your friends so they can benefit from it.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Offers tutorials on a wide range of topics.
Tutorials are clearly presented.
Presents tutorials under unique URLs for easy sharing.
Lets you create tutorials on any topic.
Similar tools: YuDo Magic, Easy2DIY, OnlinePianist and FlashVillage.
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Check out Tildee @ www.tildee.com (via LifeHacker) (by MOin from ThumbPress)

TutorHub: Get & Give Tutions With a Social Twist

TehseenBaweja — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 06:04:10 +0000

Unlike, hundreds of other tutoring websites that use traditional methods. TutorHub takes a different approach to tutoring. The website gives tutoring a social touch by turning every question or problem into a separate topic and allowing other students and tutors to post answers to the problem. Each answer appears chronologically and gives you an option to view a detailed profile for the user so you can judge how reliable their answer would be based on their experience.

There is no charge to post questions or answers, however, you have to create a free account and sign in before you can post. You can also browse through hundreds of questions that have already been asked and answered. Questions can also be filtered by subject such as Math, Science and English. For students who need even further help, TutorHub provides one-on-one tutoring sessions where independent tutors help you in getting up to speed. All the tutors are screened and based in the UK.

Also, the online tutoring sessions offered through TutorHub are more like Facebook-chat based instead of the traditional Skype or white board style methods. This provides an enhanced interaction between the student and the tutor without all the technological baggage. The site is also great for tutors who can give one-on-one lessons from their home and set their own rates and working hours. The service is currently offered to tutors based in UK at the moment but will soon expand to US as well.

Over all, TutorHub is a great tool to get tutoring help without going through all the hassles.

Features:

Get tutoring help online for any subject.
Each questions or problem is a separate topic.
Anybody can provide help by answering questions.
Get a private tutoring session for further help.
All tutors are screened and based in UK.

Visit TutorHub @ www.tutorhub.com

YouTube Creator Program: Get Professional Help To Improve Your Video Making Skills

MOin — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:01:35 +0000

For all the filmmaking enthusiasts out there, the Internet offers various tutorial websites that help polish your movie making and movie editing skills. To improve its users’ video making skills, YouTube is now offering a lot more than online video tutorials with its YouTube Creator Program.

The YouTube Creator Program is a competition that YouTube is holding for residents of the US who are more than 18 years of age. Along with submitting a video you will need to answer two questions that resemble personal statements. Since YouTube videos comprise of shorts, webcasts, and a variety of other forms, YouTube has not placed any restriction on the genre of video you submit. The format restrictions include a maximum length of 2 minutes and the complete absence of any music, even your own.

People selected by the program will earn video-making tuition, round-trip airfare, food, and rooming costs. Members of the program will learn from a newly-created new media curriculum while using new media tools. They will engage intimately with world-class faculty, industry leaders, YouTube leaders, and top YouTube stars. They will build a customized and upgraded brand channel, video blog on experiences, and start building a global audience.

Finally the members will produce a single piece of work, whether it be a talk show, nature video, short film, etc, that, by the end of the program, will be promoted by YouTube and its partners.

Demo video:

Features:

Get free YouTube video making tips.
Provides online video tutorials.
Similar sites: VideoSchool.
Also read related article: Top 5 Online Tools to Make a Movie Online for Free.

For submission and other details on the YouTube Creator Program, pay a visit to www.youtube.com/creators (by MOin from ThumbPress)

YuDo Magic: Video Tutorials For Magic Trick Enthusiasts

Umar — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:01:31 +0000

Magicians have to go through a lot of training before they can pull off their tricks. If you are interested in becoming a magic tricks performer, then you need all the help available. One good place to start is a site called YuDo Magic.

YuDo Magic is a simple website with video tutorials on how to perform various magic tricks. The site does not serve to expose magic tricks but as a tool for magic performing enthusiasts. To fulfill this purpose the site makes only a few tutorials viewable; visitors can view the rest only after they upload a magic trick video of their own; this ensures that video viewers are actually performers themselves.

In addition to magic trick videos, the site provides a forum to its users where they can interact with each other to share advice and expertise.

Features:

A user-friendly website.
Meant for people who want to perform magic tricks.
Tries not to expose magic trick secrets to the general site visitor.
Offers numerous magic trick videos to serve as tutorials.
Provides a forum for users to interact with one another.

Check out YuDo Magic @ http://www.yudomagic.com (By Umar from TechCityInc)

Google Code University: Online Courses & Tutorials On Computer Science

abhijeet — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 01:01:12 +0000

Google Code University is an online repository of tutorials and course content in the form of text, video and slides to help people get started with various computer science topics, especially those that center around web development. You’ll find courses related to web programming, web security, Android, Google APIs, tools and much more. There’s also a Curriculum Search link in the sidebar that helps you search courses across CS curriculum in various universities.

All the courses on the site fall under the Creative Commons license, thereby making it easy to use and share. You don’t need a Google account to access the courses either. It’s as simple as it can get. Typical of a Google product.

Features:

Computer science lectures, courses, tutorials.
No sign up required. No Google account needed either.
Courses on beginner to advanced level programming topics.
Courses on web programming, web security, distributed systems etc available.

Check out Google Code University @ code.google.com/edu (By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

IKEAHackers: Profiles Creative IKEA Hacks & Projects

MOin — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:01:22 +0000

IKEA furniture is greatly easy to assemble. Many people have created simple but highly useful furniture using IKEA parts. At IKEAHackers, you can read about how other people have been creative with IKEA parts.

IKEA Hackers is a great website to visit if you want to make something creative and useful out of IKEA parts. On the homepage you will find user-submitted accounts and pictures describing their IKEA creations. You can search for specific projects by browsing categorically or by using the supported keywords search feature.

You can also visit the site’s “Instructables” section to get how-to guides on different creative furniture pieces.

If you ever need any special help, you can log onto the site’s forums and interact with more experienced IKEA furniture enthusiasts to get advice and suggestions.

Features:

A user friendly website.
Helps people share details of creative IKEA furniture creations.
Lets you browse and search others’ IKEA creations.
Provides how-to guides.
Has a forum that helps interact with others and get furniture building advice.
Similar tools: IKEA Fans and IKEA SpaceMaker.

Check out IKEAHackers @ www.ikeahackers.net (by MOin from ThumbPress)

VideoSchool: Online Learning Resource For Beginner Filmmakers

Umar — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 23:01:38 +0000

If you have a video camera, a knack for filmmaking, and an interest in improving your video skills then the Internet is perhaps your best friend. There are countless online resources that guide beginner filmmakers in developing and improving their techniques. Out of these, perhaps the best one is Vimeo Video School.

Vimeo, as everybody knows, is a popular video sharing website. The site is full of videos that showcase the creative talent of numerous filmmakers. The site also has its very own learning portal for amateur filmamkers: Vimeo Video School. The school contains online tutorials on various aspects of filmmaking. The tutorials are quite detailed and their textual form is always accompanied by a demonstration or explanatory video.

The tutorials cover a wide range of filmmaking topics from camera details and filming gear to lighting and editing your movies. You can easily jump from one category to another by using the links published in the right pane of the site. This way you can quickly jump to filmmaking skills you need to improve right away.

Features:

A user friendly website.
A great amateur filmmaker school online.
Contains instructional videos and explanatory textual tutorials on filmmaking.
Tutorials are organized to start from the basics and progress to advanced topics.
Tutorials can be viewed categorically.

Check out Vimeo Video School @ www.vimeo.com/videoschool (By Umar from TechCityInc)

DeviceKnit: Directory Of Electronic Gadget Implementations

abhijeet — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:01:42 +0000

If you are a gadget freak who owns all kinds of different devices, and you love to play around with them trying out various implementations, then DeviceKnit is something you should check out. It’s a website dedicated to gadget implementations. That means you’ll find all kinds of tricks, hacks, techniques and tutorials that involve different gadgets. You can sign up and submit what you tried at home in the form of a step by step tutorial, which can include screenshots and video.

The site is new so therefore you won’t find a lot of user submitted implementations at the moment. But, as the site grows, this could well become one of the most sought after destinations for gadget lovers. The layout of the site isn’t bad either.

Features

Find tutorials, tricks and hacks involving all kinds of electronic devices.
Contains mainly user submitted device implementations.
The content includes text, images and video.

Check out DeviceKnit @ www.deviceknit.com (By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)