TEACH YOURSELF - For FREE

Welcome To All Who Desire To Improve Themselves

First some words that served me well during my working career:

Read & Study, Read & Study and Read & Study some more.
The wider your background, the wider your possibilities.

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Invest in yourself, don't hesitate to buy a book, a piece of hardware or software, or whatever.
It is easier to get forgiveness then it is to get permission.
Don't take a 'NO' from somebody who does not have the authority to say 'YES'.
When asked 'Can you ...' the answer is 'YES', then hit the library, the web, or ...
If they knew who else could, they would have asked them,
and if you fail, well, they couldn't do it either.
Failure is Learning
Only those who don't try, don't fail

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High School Courses from the University of Washington
High School Courses from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
OPEN CULTURE - A great list of 225+ online courses for FREE
The KHAN Academy - Watch, Practice, Learn almost anything for free.
Yale University - Open Yale Courses provides free and open access courses
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Open Course Ware
Stanford University - Free Computer Courses
Electronic Design and Layout Software - FREE
Education for Younger People

In addition to taking structured courses of interest to you,
you also need to open your mind to other subjects.
The more rounded your are, the more rounded your opportunities.
OPEN CULTURE - The best FREE Cultural & Educational media on the web.
TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) - Ideas Worth Spreading - Riveting talks by remarkable people

Open Source Software = Free Software - I use it and so should you

Operating Systems (OS) - If the basic software your computer runs on is Windows then you need to add Linux.
You can have both OS's on you computer at the same time, I use UBUNTU
When booting (turning on) your computer you can select LINUX and if you do nothing it will default to Windows
The following programs work on most OS's including Linux and Windows
Firefox Web Browser, if you are tired of advertisements, this is the browser for you
Thunderbird - Email made easier
LibreOffice or Open Office
Both are replacements for Microsoft Office.
GIMP - replaces programs such as Photoshop
Scribus - is a great book, magazine article or document layout and publishing tool.
And there is a lot more. The place to start is:
Sourceforge - Find, Create, and Publish Open Source software for free

Open Source Hardware = Free Hardware Designs, Development Tools and Tutorials - I use it and so should you

Arduino - An open-source electronics prototyping platform based on low cost, flexible, easy-to-use hardware and free software.
Raspberry Pi - An ARM (Advanced RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) Machine) GNU/Linux box (computer) for $35. Take a byte!
Adafruit - a great source of materials for the above sights plus more.

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Do you have a good self education link or some other topic?
Email me at:
CU9419@gmail.com
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