Bookmark This: HackCollege
Last week we introduced our spring blog series, Bookmark These: Must-Read Sites & Blogs for College Students. To kick things off, we focus our attention on the tremendously informative and delightfully irreverent HackCollege. Here's the scoop:
HackCollege: Lifehacks & Study Tips for College Students
URL: www.HackCollege.com
The Deal in a Nutshell: Inspired by, but independent of, the popular LifeHacker website, Hack College is all about "working smarter, not harder."
Mission Statement: "HackCollege is educating the students of the world about effective, open source software, putting techno-political arguments in everyday language, and creating a cult of 'Students 2.0.' If we can change the way 1 percent of college students and faculty in the world view education and technology, we've done our job."
What You'll Find on the Site: Tech tips, lifestyle enrichment advice, software and other product reviews, recommended reading, blog entries and video of the HackCollege show, updates about the HC community getting together at conferences and concerts, musings on important issues to college students (politics, the environment, internships and jobs), and of course, beer and parties.
Why We Dig It: Hack College is the perfect balance of serious and fun. There's a ton of practical advice and great resources, and it's all presented in a slick and enjoyable way. The site is organized, easy to navigate, and loaded with quality content. It's tech savvy without being prohibitively geeky, serious without ever being a buzzkill, professional without being uptight, and the vibe is honest and chill but never lazy or apathetic. It's clear that Kelly and the other HackCollege contributors take their site seriously and are committed to helping fellow students make the most of their college experiences.
Bonus Bit o' Cool: HackCollege has been so successful that in November 2008, the creators reached across the pond and launched HackCollege.co.uk to share all of the HC goodness with students in the British Isles. While the content differs between the US and the UK versions so as to address regional particulars in higher education, much of the information contained in the UK version is applicable to students in the US, and vice versa. That said, double your hacktasticness and bookmark both versions to maximize the bennies that the HackCollege brand has to offer.
--Lena
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