Circumstances can sometimes prevent you from meeting up with your board game buddies. Fortunately, it’s now possible to play board games online with friends, regardless of distance.
In this article, we list a number of different ways to play board games online with friends far away. Which means you no longer have to leave your house to enjoy a weekend gaming session.
Read 4 Ways to Play Board Games Online With Friends on MakeUseOf
IT’S BEEN MORE than three years since the lip-syncing app Musical.ly, now known as TikTok, first became popular among tweens and teens. The social network has since spread far beyond Generation Z: TikTok has been downloaded over 1 billion times, including 96 million in the United States, according to estimates from the research firm Sensor Tower. It’s also owned by the Chinese company Bytedance, now considered one of the most valuable startups in the world. The app itself revolves around sharing 15-second videoclips, which are set to music often licensed from artists and record labels.
Read: A Beginner’s Guide to TikTok on Wired
Make time for learning every day and now’s the time to do it – no matter how short it is. Focus on something you would have loved to have learned which will help you in future when things “return to normal”.
Here’s a plan to get you started.
However, the trick here is to NOT OVERWHELM yourself especially if you are co-ordinating and planning activities around a routine with family.
Take it slow.
Think of something you would like to learn then break it apart in pieces and see how you can fit it in your day around work, family and health (which come first).
These “learning” times are a brain break from worry.
Download the template from here.
At Chess.com you can play your chess games anywhere, any time, in any way. Every day, players from around the world play more than 1 million chess games from home, work, and on the go. Enjoy chess your way! For example
How to start living your best Zoom party life
Humans are social animals. Even the most introverted among us have a strong need to feel that we’re part of a network of people that appreciate us. And there has never been a better way of creating or reinforcing that feeling, fast, than having a party.
So as we come to terms with our new COVID-19 reality, as open-ended lockdowns, social distancing, and shelter-in-place orders descend across the world, it’s no surprise that video parties have exploded in popularity. Zoom — a free app and web service designed to handle multiple live videos at once without stuttering or crawling — seems best equipped to fill this primal need.
Read the full article on Mashable, 24 March 2020
Netflix Party is a new way to watch Netflix with your friends online. Netflix Party synchronizes video playback and adds group chat to your favorite Netflix shows.
Coronavirus: Ways to stay social online while in self-isolation
“Everyone should avoid non-essential contact with others to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the prime minister has said. As schools shut and some people work from home, many are feeling cut off from their everyday hobbies and social lives.
But the internet offers a means to stay connected and to keep us all entertained and educated through the days of isolation. Here are just some of the ways people are already using technology to lift their spirits.”
Read the full post on BBC News, 20 March 2020
