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PerlMonks and Linkingby monarch (Priest) |
on Jun 01, 2005 at 14:22 UTC ( [id://462475]=perlmeditation: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Does anyone remember the old joke where an Australian wonders into an Irish pub, and the old men are calling out numbers, and everyone laughs http://www.popculturemadness.com/Trivia/May/23.html?
Well it occurred to me that with the internet and all, and PerlMonks, life is almost like that! How often does a FAQ or a not-so-frequently asked question get asked, and the answer is a link? As this is a meditation please don't look for a point, because I have none, merely I am sitting and observing the world at play, as I like to do from time to time. Sometimes a link is invaluable.. "why didn't I think of that", or "what a great idea" is the response. Often in perusing someone else's answer I find myself inspired by the single link. Sometimes a baby-step tutorial is the answer. This, too, is of great use particularly when one needs to get started and is daunted by the amass of links out there. I guess it's possible for some of the old-timers amongst us to expect one to google as easily as we do, and yet googling is a fine art. We've learnt, through time and misfortune, that entering the wrong set of keywords does not yield anything close to approximating the answer we're looking for. So the tutorial approach for a newcomer sometimes is indeed appropriate. I'm going to wind up my musing there because it's in high danger of becoming more waffly than an American breakfast. Thankyou for your ears.
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