I recommend the following sites to keep you aware, motivated, educated or otherwise amused. Visit them, bookmark their site, and subscribe to their feed or email updates.
If you want to learn something quickly - use as many of your senses as possible. Videos are great becasue you can listen and look at the sound, images and text.
You need to visit blogs and websites that exist for the sole purpose of helping people get started on the Internet and get you started with your own blog.
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