The internet is, obviously, an incredibly valuable resource. There’s now pretty much no aspect of daily life that isn’t somehow informed or affected by the internet. Whether it’s shopping, socializing, or working, the internet dominates our thinking; we’re either using smartphones to augment our daily activities, or we’re hammering away on desktop PCs or laptops on a daily basis. With that in mind, though, the internet is huge, and there are many websites that aren’t really worth your time. Here are the best websites to bookmark in 2023.
Money Dashboard
As one of the only financial services that don’t constrain itself to a mobile app (although you can find one of those as well), Money Dashboard is essential if you like to manage your finances from your desktop PC. From overseeing your online loans to managing investments, Money Dashboard will show you all the financial information you’ll ever need to build a better budget and conquer that insecurity, giving you better control over your money.
Unsplash
If you need images for creative projects, then Unsplash is definitely a site you need to add to your favorite bar. It has a huge repository of free high-res photos you can use, and you won’t need to worry about the images being plastered with watermarks either. You’ll find everything from tech shots to lifestyle images here, and there are plenty of other categories to choose from. There’s also an Unsplash Plus service you can sign up for with some fun extras.
Google Fonts
What Unsplash is to images, Google Fonts is to, well, fonts. You’ll find a massive library of fonts to use here, most of which are extremely attractive (or at least fun to plaster all over a poster). The default fonts for apps like LibreOffice can be somewhat unattractive, so if you need something classier and more minimalist, Google Fonts will provide it. You never know when you might be in a pinch and need a nice-looking font for a presentation or ment, after all.
PDFEscape
How many times have you ed a PDF document and needed to make changes, only to realize that in order to do so, you’d need to (or use) Adobe Acrobat? Those times are over now, thanks to PDFEscape. It’s a free PDF editor you can access right from your browser, allowing you to edit, annotate, and share PDFs without paying a penny. There’s also a desktop app version available if you’d rather work with something a little more permanent.
Invoice Generator
Why create an invoice all the way from scratch when you can use a clean, simple, and beautiful template website like Invoice Generator? This site will let you bill clients for services, put in how much you’re charging per item, and input details for payment as well. It’s got everything you’ll need for simple invoice generation, and while it doesn’t have a lot of the bells and whistles that other, more expensive apps have, it’ll certainly do for getting started.
Midomi
When you’ve got a song stuck in your head, and it’s looping round and round without any indication of freeing you from its torment, you need Midomi. It’s got similar functionality to the Google Sound Search app on Android devices, letting you sing or hum a song in order to identify it (and you can also simply let your device listen to a song that’s playing in the background). No longer will you need to worry about half-ing a set of lyrics that have been bugging you for weeks.
Privnote
Need to send some private information and don’t want to risk it falling into the wrong hands? You need Privnote. This site allows you to send a self-destruct note that will be permanently deleted after it’s been read, and that means nobody, not even the recipient or the sender, will be able to recover it. This is a great site if you want to send things like s or other sensitive info and you want to make sure that nobody else can see it. Just to check whether there are people around you first!
Urban Dictionary
It might sound a little obvious, but if you want to understand some of the words you might be seeing online nowadays, then Urban Dictionary is the place to go. All of us will inevitably lose track of slang and meme language, which is moving much faster these days thanks to the internet. When that happens, it’s helpful to have an anonymous source that you can use to search for what certain words mean. Take everything you see on Urban Dictionary with a pinch of salt, but use it as a resource nonetheless.
Snopes
It is extremely important that if you don’t bookmark Snopes, you bookmark a site just like it. Using sites like Snopes to check the authenticity and veracity of information is just one of the ways you can stay on top of the information war these days. A lot of fake information is being circulated right now, and websites like Snopes are trying to make sure that it’s easy to sort the fake info from the real stuff. Don’t be part of the problem; if you see a meme, a joke, or a viral post, check Snopes first to make sure that you’re not falling for fake news (and there’s no shame in it if you are!).