There’s an untapped knowledge resource staring you in the face every time you launch your browser.

It’s called your homepage, and by setting it to the right place (not Google – that’s what your search bar is for!), you can quickly and thoroughly learn

Keyboard Shortcut List – Take a quick glance at the list each time your homepage loads. Take note of just one shortcut you aren’t currently using, and make a point to try it out.

A Little of Everything – Productivity Ninja – 101 Ways to Rock the Keyboard (http://www.dumblittleman.com/2007/05/productivity-ninja-101-ways-to-rock.html)
Mac OS X – Dan Rodney’s Mac OS X Shortcuts (http://www.danrodney.com/mac/index.html)
Windows – Microsoft’s Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449)

Random Wikipedia Page – Learn about a new topic. Recent random topics: John George (athlete), Crayenborgh lecture series, and lowrider.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random

Random wikiHow Page – Pick up a new skill, idea, or project. Recent random wikiHows: How to Catapult Your Online Sales, How to Adjust a Football Mouthpiece, and How to Move to Utah.

http://www.wikihow.com/Special:Random

Word of the Day – http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/

Quotations – http://thinkexist.com/

Your Own Flashcard Page – Learning a new language? Trying to memorize all the two-letter Scrabble words? Declining amo, amas, amat? Whip up a quick HTML page with key terms or facts. (No HTML experience? Try TiddlyWiki!)

The Latest News @ Truemors - Guy Kawasaki’s new project is a social compilation of news snippets. Contributors often beat the mainstream media in both timeliness and content. Just a quick glance at a Truemors homepage will keep you in the know every time you launch your browser window! (Also check out the Twitter News Network!)

http://www.truemors.com
http://www.truemors.com/tnn (Twitter News Network)

Do you have a creative way of using your homepage? Please share in the comments!