Teach Yourself How to Code: How many times have you picked up a programming book only to get bored and drop it by about the third chapter? Lifehacker's Gina Trapani has a great post on how to find your programming niche and teach yourself to learn languages and build applications or websites. Add speed to your efforts with these tips from Nettuts.

Universities with the Best Free Online Courses: If you don't have the time, money, or SAT scores to go to a top university, don't let that stop you from getting an education. Education-Portal posted a list of their top ten universities with online courses, including MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, and Carnegie Mellon. You can find more free online university courses in our directory.

How to Schedule Your Writing Like a Professional Writer: Study Hacks has a lot of great tips that are particularly suitable to academics and researchers. If you only take one tip away from the whole article, try this one on: write early in the morning when your brain is fresh and before distractions set in.