Date: March 10th, 2010
A while back I discovered this website that essentially has instructions for everything. Need to know how to change a tire? Its there. What about the best way to shampoo and condition in the shower - yup, there are easy to follow steps. Making money quickly? Indeed, there is an article. Its user generated and rated content, which is brilliant -- if you know how to do something and you think others could benefit from your knowledge, post away! The site is called eHow and it is conveniently divided into sections based on subject areas - in case you feel like surfing.
I decided I wanted to learn how to do something small and random so I went surfing until something interested me. In the wake of my glorious visit to the spy museum (and being out-spied by Ben and Lisa), I went for something a little sneaky. Did you know that if you dial *67 before you call someone, it will hide your caller ID from them? I didn't, but now I do. Its the magic of learning.
One of the main things to note about today's activity - the site made it so easy to learn my new thing. All I did was surf for ten minutes, read the article and then try it out. Maybe a 10-15 minute time commitment for learning a new skill. At any given time there are between 10-50 things that I wish I knew how to do, floating around in my mind. Sometimes I learn by doing (a la the washer fluid) and others by watching someone else's example. I'm digging the fact that there's now a way to just... look it up. I mean, the Wikipedia let's you look up what something is - but not how to cook it or build it or do it.
I love the fact that information like this is at our fingertips now.
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