When I want to find out information on a subject I invariably turn to the internet. Need a recipe? Look it up at All Recipes. Need to know how to spell a word or look up a word's meaning? Surf on over to Dictionary.com. No heavy tome lifting required. What time is the movie tonight? Pull up Fandango. How much wood can a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Google it.
I research everything online from a product that I want to buy to what time the store downtown opens up. Time flies by as I get lost hopping from site to site. Slogging through articles, digging through link after link. Searching for the golden egg of information.
If I can't find the information online I ask some questions on a related forum or message board. Someone there may be able to help me to direct me to an answer, or provide it thelmselves. Even a post on my blog can turn up an answer I am seeking.
When those means do not pan out, I use the resources available to connect me with other means. I log onto the local library system and request a book or two on the subject. Search a website for contact information to write an email or letter for more information about a product, destination, company, etc.
My obsession with finding out the best deals, how to accomplish something, etc. is becoming well known with friends and family. It's gotten to the point that if they need information on something they ask me first. I try to tell them how easy it is to find information online, but they would rather go through the middle man a.k.a. me. Good thing I am addicted, right?
