RapidTyping is a free touch typing tutor help you learn quick and blind keyboard printing.

It has a game plot so it makes it more fun. Training takes place in virtual, picturesque underwater world with a variety of underwater fauna.

The more you improve, the more nice underwater creatures will come to light!

It's great fun and may help you move on from hunt and peck!

Link: http://www.rapidtyping.com/typing-tutor.html

This wqeek, I'm referring you to 3 sites instead of 1, largely because they all supply a similar service; it is just a matter of which one works best for you. Plus I could have included a few more! So I will talk about these sites generally, all as one.

The sites I am referring to are internet marketplaces for freelancers to source work from businesses who are looking to get a specific task completed at a cost effective rate. The simple process is a business posts a certain task they require doing, specialists in that particular area then bid for the work. The customer then chooses who they wish to complete the work and then through the website the customer can manage the fulfillment of the negotiated work contract.

Here is an example; I am starting a business building widgets and I need a logo to put on my business cards, letterheads, cars etc. I post what I am looking for on Elance.com including some background and brief and then wait for the bids to come in. Once the bids are in you can assess not only what they are proposing but their qualifications, ratings, portfolios and skill test scores. You then award the contract to your preferred graphic designer. While they are producing the concepts you can check their timesheets and progress online via the website until you are happy with the completed work. You then simply pay the contractor the amount owed and get possession of the final design. You can then repeat the process for creating the website and so on.

It is a process all business owners go through however by using a website like odesk.com you can access talent and skill sets from around the world, not just in your local area.

However, as with any service especially an online service, it is open to scams so be cautious with who you choose to work with.

The sites provide you with the flexibility to get things done at a cost effective rate in a short period of time. Give it a go with your next project and see the response you get.

Link: elance.com odesk.com guru.com

This website is beautiful and interesting with one particular page that blew my mind.

Globaia is an educational organisation helping people to understand and hence participate in discussions around our environment.

One of the main philosophies of this organisation is that we have commenced a new geological period in the earth’s life, the Anthropocene. The reason for the claim is that humans have now had such an impact on the earth’s ecosystems that it has actually changed the planets ecological direction and hence a new era has started.

The impacts have been on climate change, biodiversity crisis, pollution of lands, seas and the air however do not expect explanations on these topics. The website does not delve into these topics to any great depth; the site is more of an advertisement for their services.

The reason I have mentioned this website is that it contains some stunning imagery and infographics. The page I spent a lot of time on is ‘The Cartography of the Anthropocene’ page. This page graphically represents the development we have made on earth. Everything from flight routes through to undersea pipelines is shown demonstrating the extent that humans have covered the planet.

It was particularly interesting to look at the ‘Global Transport System’ infographic alongside a Google Maps webpage and work out what the busiest nodes are.

I cannot imagine the resources that went into this page but it was well worth it and it is worth your time surfing around the site.

With the ever increasing reach of the internet and in particular social media sites such as Facebook our images we have created and shared with an initial few are now being accessed by a lot more people than we initially intended to.

Scaling Watermark assists you to retain ownership of the images you create by allowing you to add a watermark to the photo which changes size as the photo is resized. This means it will always remain readable.

It is a simple program to use without any bells and whistles.

I can also see this app as a great help to identify a series of images online so if some do get separated you know what series they came from if you use a descriptive watermark.

Plain, simple and does the job.

This website is less than a week old and I would assume has had many hits in the last 5 days. 

The primary reason this website was created is to provide you with the information on the new Carbon Tax which was launched by the Prime Minister last Sunday.

This is more of a website but is basically an online calculator which acts as an application.

The amount of carbon we emit is as a result of the actions we take every day, but we do not see them. They are an intangible and it is not something we can measure so we can track our progress.

This calculator uses some basic figures to work out what your emissions are from activities like:

• Your car travel
• Your plane flights
• Your power usage
• Your gas usage
• The waste you create

They also have a calculator for businesses and the opportunity to offset your emissions by planting some trees.

It is a valuable exercise to complete to give you an idea of your impact on the environment.

Link: http://www.carbonconscious.com.au

climatehotmap.org

Every now and then we will revisit some of the more popular reviews we have done in the past so if you are a new reader you do not miss out on some of the good ones.

You are getting in on the ground floor with this website as it has not been launched yet.

It is called visualize.me and in my opinion I think it is going to revolutionize the way resumes are presented.

This App is for the younger audience and the young at heart. If you enjoy your music and enjoy playing around with music then this App is something for you to consider.