Stumble upon – time waster
I don’t need an excuse to waste time online or another way to discover new sites, but Stumble Upon is the perfect way to waste even more time in front of the computer. After going through an easy registration process, you select the genres that are of interest (see image 2 for my selection), download the app and a Stumble Upon tool box sits at the top of your page giving you the remote to viewing 1,000’s of sites. When the sites appear you have the choice to decide if you give them thumbs up or thumbs down. This helps to build up a list of your favourite websites (see image 3 for my favourites).
Currently, there are over 4,100,000 people using this application to discover new websites that they normally wouldn’t reach.
One of the drawbacks is that this only works in Firefox and Internet Explorer. It is definitely worth switching over to spend time playing.
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Summary:
The best downtime tool ever. Can also be good if you have writers block. Shows you a lot of sites that you wouldn’t normally come across.
Rating (out of 10):
Design: 8
Functionality: 9
Service: 9
Originality: 8
OVERALL: 8.5
Who should use it:
Anyone who is sick of watching the TV and being dictated to regarding the shows they watch, when. Creative’s looking for inspiration.
