EASYUNI Ultimate University Guide 2013 Issue 2 | Page 25

CO O L TE CH
NOISECANCELLING
HEADPHONE

DROPBOX

Dropbox is a free online
service that enables you to share
files easily over the Internet. Such online
services are known as “cloud storage sites”.
It is simply an Internet location where you can
save the files you need to share with others.

There are times you would love to
scream “Shut up!” to noisy people
who disrupt your revision for an
approaching exam. As polite people,
however, telling people to shut up isn’t
the right thing to do. Why not consider
a noise-cancelling headphone?

Dropbox creates a common folder on your
computer that is web-browser enabled. You
could work on a group assignment that requires
collaborative effort without sending files to one
another. Instead, multiple users could use the
same file on this shared
folder, reducing the need
to keep multiple copies
of the same files.

This device can detect incoming noise
and cancel out any ambient noise you
are hearing. This way, you could focus
on your studies, enjoy your music
without having to turn up the
volume and, most importantly,
give your fellow students or
housemates the freedom to
speak out loud.

EVERNOTE

E-LEARNING
WEBSITES

You may have come across people who attend
evening classes to enhance both their soft skills
and technical knowledge. That’s great, but these days
you don’t have to travel to get to evening schools. Instead,
tech-savvy you could gain extra knowledge through e-learning
websites such as www.khanacademy.org or www.udemy.com,
which provide free or paid courses in various fields ranging from
chemistry to finance.
For a start, you might want to try streaming their free videos.
However, as you get more engaged with their learning materials,
you would be enticed to pay more to subscribe to their videos for
learning specific topics.
For example, a tutorial
on Microsoft Excel 2013
costs only RM29.00!
If you are keen, this
short online course
is definitely
worth the
money.

If you like taking
notes, kudos to you—
you are a step nearer to
be an ace in the classroom.
You are making an effort to organise new
ideas and can customise and absorb these ideas
as your own knowledge. Evernot