The following links are sites that are either ones I visit often and therefore here for my own convenience, or they are of sufficient interest that I feel compelled to share them with visitors to the site.
If you happen to notice one of the links is no longer valid, please let me know and I’ll remove it.
Android
- Android Central - The center of the Android Universe – featuring news, reviews, help & tips, buyer guides, forums and accessories.
- Lifehacker - Daily weblog on software and personal productivity recommends downloads, web sites and shortcuts that help you work smarter and save time.
Finance
- Fidelity - Fidelity Investments
- Free Stock Charts v1 - Portfolio monitor for stocks
- The Motley Fool - Investing information and an enjoyably useful site that’s updated hourly.
Fitness
- Beginner Triathlete - Triathlon training program for the beginner triathlete offering instruction and tips in the swim, bike and run.
- Hammerhead Triathlon Club - A triathlon club and social organization based in Jacksonville, Florida.
- Runner's World - Runner’s World Magazine
- USA Track & Field - The national organization governing track and field, running and race walking.
- USA Triathlon - The official governing body of triathlon in the US, including athlete rankings, schedule, merchandise, travel information.
Genealogy
- Ancestors At Rest - Ancestors At Rest
- Ancestry.com - Ancestry.com
- Ancient Faces - Free family photos and genealogy pictures to add to your family tree. Search old free family photos of faces and places from the past at AncientFaces.
- Bureau of Land Management: General Land Office Records - BLM’s General Land Office (GLO) Records Automation web site provides access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States.
- Copy Right, Copy Sense - Several articles about copyright to explain various aspects of copyright.
- Cyndi's List - Cyndi’s list of genealogy sites on the Internet.
- Daughters of the American Revolution National Society - Non-profit, women’s organization for the descendants of individuals who aided in achieving American independence.
- David Rumsey Historical Map Collection - The David Rumsey Map Collection Database and Blog.
- Dead Fred - Free genealogy search for your family history in photos.
- Ellis Island Web Site - Ellis Island is the symbol of American immigration and the immigrant experience. Use the free search to find your immigrant ancestors arriving through the Port.
- FamilySearch - FamilySearch International is the largest genealogy organization in the world.
- Find-A-Grave - Find-A-Grave
- Fold3 - Fold3 is the web’s premier collection of original US military records, including many from the US National Archives.
- Genealogy Dictionary - Select one of the genealogy words or records to see a definition or description.
- Genealogy Today - Genealogy and family tree history, ancestry databases with 4.35 million names along with resources, lookups, records search and original articles.
- Immigration and Ships Passenger Lists - Immigration and Ships Passenger Lists stored at the University of Delaware.
- Library of Congress: American Memory Project - Historical Collections from the Library of Congress.
- Map Your Ancestors - Plot your ancestors on a Google Map that you can keep private or share with others.
- Maureen Taylor, Photo Detective - Photo historian and author of Uncovering Your Ancestry Through Family Photographs.
- Mayflower History - The Internet’s most complete resource on the Mayflower and the Pilgrims.
- National Genealogical Society - A service organization that leads and educates the national genealogical community and assist members in tracing family histories.
- National Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) - A database containing information about the men who served in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War.
- New England Historical Genealogical Society - The oldest and largest genealogical society in the United States, founded in 1845.
- Old Pictures - An educational site with a wide variety of old photographs.
- Perry-Castenada Library Maps Collection - Collection of online CIA and historical maps, with a focus on United States and Texas maps.
- Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Wiki - A web-based genealogical research co-op that functions solely by the services of volunteers.
- RootsWeb - The Internet’s oldest and largest free genealogical community.
- Social Security Death Index - The Death Master File (DMF) from the Social Security Administration (SSA) currently contains over 89 million records and is updated weekly.
- Society Hill - Locate historical societies in the United States, Canada and Australia, by state, province or territory.
- Son of the South Civil War Repository - The web’s most extensive collection of free Civil War resources.
- The USGenWeb Project - Free genealogy and family history online made possible by the USGenWeb Project volunteers.
- U.S. Geological Survey: Geographic Names Information System - The Federal and national standard for geographic nomenclature.
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration - Explore our nation’s history through our documents, photos, and records.
- U.S. National Archives: National Personnel Records Center - The National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records (NPRC-MPR) is the repository of millions of military personnel, health, and medical records.
- U.S. National Archives: Resources for Genealogists - Learn how you can use the resources at the National Archives to explore your family’s ancestry.
- U.S. National Archives: Veteran's Service Records - Resources and services for Veterans and their families.
Mac
- Hey-Siri - All the commands you can issue to Siri.
- Inside Omnifocus - Workflows and tips for using OmniFocus
- Lifehacker - Daily weblog on software and personal productivity recommends downloads, web sites and shortcuts that help you work smarter and save time.
- Mac OS X Automation - Download automation actions and services for Mac OS X
- MacWorld - Product reviews and buying advice, instructional how-to articles, and news and opinion about Apple Computer and the Mac.
- Nerd Gap - Bridging the Nerd Gap is about being good at technology.
- Übersicht - Übersicht lets you run system commands and display their output on your desktop in little containers.
People
- Asshole Parents - Humor site for bad parents who won’t let their kids to dangerous stuff.
- Cal Newport - Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University, who specializes in the theory of distributed algorithms.
- David Thorne - He’s quite possibly the most annoying guy on the internet. He’s also my hero.
- Jamie Rubin - Evernote Paperless Lifestyle Ambassador
- Laurie Ruettimann - HR Expert, Author, Speaker
- Michael Hyatt - Michael Hyatt is a speaker and author on leadership and productivity. Search his site for great resources on Evernote.
- Ryan Terry - A talented interactive designer, developer and illustrator.
- Ryan Terry (Flash Site) - Ryan Terry’s Flash Site (v3)
- The Muir Project - A team of artists hiked and documented their adventures along the John Muir Trail.
- Wolter's World - Travel Tips. Travel Advice on Budgeting, Planning, Scams & More.
Political
- Cook Political Presidential Scorecard - Electoral Scorecard for Presidential Election
- Donald Trump Conflicts of Interest - An interactive view of Trump’s many conflicts of interest.
- Donald Trump Factbase - Database of Donald Trump statements
- Sarching for Evidence of Trump's Charity - Amazing example of an interactive infographic
- SCOTUS Blog - Discussion of recent developments in U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence.
Professional
- Asian Efficiency - Asian Efficiency is the leading website on time management and productivity. Learn how to be efficient, get things done (GTD), and stay motivated.
- Asian Efficiency - Asian Efficiency is the leading website on time management and productivity. Learn how to be efficient, get things done (GTD), and stay motivated.
- Barking Up the Wrong Tree - A productivity blog
- Bullet Journal - Bullet Journal is an analog journaling and note taking system for the digital age.
- Evernote Blog - The Evernote family of products help you remember and act upon ideas, projects and experiences across all the computers, phones and tablets you use.
- GTD Forums - Forums for the Getting Things Done productivity web site.
- Inside Omnifocus - Workflows and tips for using OmniFocus
- iSixSigma - Six Sigma Quality Resources via free articles, tools and resources.
- Junk Charts - The Web’s first data visualization critic
- Officer.com Forums - Law Enforcement’s leading source for News, Training, Jobs and Online Forums for local, county, state and federal law enforcement police and officers.
- Productivity on StackExchange - A question and answer site for people wanting to improve their personal productivity.
- Project Management Institute - A not-for-profit professional organization for the project management profession.
- purplezengoat - Exploring the interface between zen, writing and productivity
- Simple Productivity - The Simple Productivity Blog
- Society for Human Resource Management - A professional human resources association headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.
- State of Florida Department of Corporations - Forms, information and online filing for business entities in Florida.
- Sue Raisty - AKA The Cranky Product Manager
- Task Warrior - An open-source, cross platform time and task management tool that uses a command-line interface rather than a GUI.
- The Cranky Product Manager - An anonymous product manager’s advice, humor, triumphs, failures, and snark.
- The Dashboard Spy - Must-see collection of Business Intelligence Dashboards and Enterprise Reporting Software Interfaces.
Technology
- 222 Excel Keyboard Shortcuts - A master list of the 222 Excel keyboard shortcuts for both Mac and Windows.
- 54 Excel Shortcuts You Really Should Know - The best shortcuts for both Windows and Mac.
- Apollo Mission Photos - NASA collection of photos from Apollo missions
- Evernote Blog - The Evernote family of products help you remember and act upon ideas, projects and experiences across all the computers, phones and tablets you use.
- Font Library - An open source project to tag and organize Google fonts
- Google Design Device Metrics - Metrics of common devices for use in design projects
- Hey-Siri - All the commands you can issue to Siri.
- Hyperpolyglot - Awesome tool for looking up differences and similarities between programming languages.
- Inside Omnifocus - Workflows and tips for using OmniFocus
- International Preparedness Network - A New York City based not-for-profit NGO that began as a F.E.M.A. civilian emergency preparedness managers program called the New York Preparedness Network.
- ISS High Definition Earth-Viewing System - The High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) experiment places four commercially available HD cameras on the exterior of the space station and uses them to stream live video of Earth for viewing online.
- Jamie Rubin - Evernote Paperless Lifestyle Ambassador
- Lean Crew - Writes about technical interests
- Lifehacker - Daily weblog on software and personal productivity recommends downloads, web sites and shortcuts that help you work smarter and save time.
- NASA.gov Earth Page - NASA’s website for all news, images and videos related to Earth science. Your planet is changing. We’re on it.
- Nerd Gap - Bridging the Nerd Gap is about being good at technology.
- Two Factor Auth - Two Factor Auth tracks sites that offer multi-factor authentication for their users.
- Wolfram Alpha - A computational knowledge engine or answer engine developed by Wolfram Research.
- World's Biggest Data Breaches & Hacks - Dynamic Infographic of large security breaches around the world, with supporting data and details.
Travel
- US History Traveling Salesman Problem - Shortest-possible tour to 49,603 sites from the National Register of Historic Places
Web Design
- A List Apart - A List Apart explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on web standards and best practices.
- Abduzeedo - Learn web design, Photoshop and Illustrator via tutorials and get design inspiration.
- Accessible Color Palette - Accessible Color Palette Builder
- Crazyleaf Design Blog - Web Design and Graphic Design Blog providing news and resources for beginners and advanced designers, coders and graphic artists.
- CSS Reflex - CSS Generators, Code Snippets, Tools And Resources for Front-End Developers.
- Designmodo - One of the most popular Design and Web Development blogs in the world.
- Eric Meyer - Eric A. Meyer is an internationally recognized expert on the subjects of HTML and CSS.
- How to Center in CSS - Consolidates the many ways to center in CSS and gives you the code you need for each situation.
- InstantShift - A leading design and inspiration related community which provides daily resources for web designers and developers.
- Jeffrey Zeldman - Publisher of A List Apart and founder of Happy Cog design studio.
- Ryan Terry - A talented interactive designer, developer and illustrator.
- Smashing Magazine - Smashing Magazine is an online magazine for professional Web designers and developers, with a focus on useful techniques, best practices and valuable resources.
- Underworld Magazines - A design blog displaying some of the best design news, resources, and interviews from around the web.
- Web Appers - Some of the best Open Source resources for Web Developers.
- Web Design Ledger - Web Designer Ledger is a collection of design-oriented articles by web designers for web designers.
- WPMU - Wordpress Multi-User Dev Group.
Wordpress
- Big Foto - Free web site image source
- Can We Image - Free web site image source
- Documentation - Wordpress Documentation
- Feedback - Wordpress Feedback
- Free Media Goo - Free web site image source
- IM Creator - Free web site image source
- New Old Stock - Free web site image source
- Plugins - Wordpress Plugins
- WordPress Blog - Wordpress Blog
- WordPress Planet - WordPress Planet
- Wordpress Support Forums - Wordpress Support Forums
- Wordpress Themes - Wordpress Themes