What on earth did we do for advice before the internet came along? Yes, we still bought cars; we went on holiday; we bought household appliances, the same as we do today. But how on earth did we manage without the wealth of guides to just about everything that are posted on the internet today?
There is a guide for anything that you might wish to purchase, acquire, read, do, and research. Is there anything in our lives now that are not guided by, well, a guide? You want to get married? No problem, there is a guide to it somewhere. Having thoughts of going pot holing in Timbuktu? There just so happens that there is the relevant guide for that too.
Sometimes you have to take these guides with a pinch of salt, as they are not always written by experts – after all, anyone can post or write them. But if you can weed out the good from the bad then there is valuable information to be had.
Whether you want to set up a new business, buy the latest applications or find out how to treat dry rot, someone, somewhere has been through the same thing and is eager to hand out advice on how to go about it.
All we need now is a guide to all the guides available, but that probably exists somewhere…
