Actually now that I think about it this right here is my favorite game changer. The world wide web. Before this all we had was Stereophile on dead tree. Stereophile of course had massive publishing costs that had to be covered somehow. So they had to rely on advertisers which meant reaching a large audience, which in turn meant covering components and topics of interest to a large audience. All the market forces combined resulted in only being able to cover the larger manufacturers. Paper and printing costs money so editors had to, you know, edit and limit to only the most worthwhile content.
Nowadays with the internet we have access to just about everything made anywhere in any volume and for any amount. We just have to search it out. Its also made it a lot easier to gain access to people with specialized skills and experience, to learn about new products and system improvement ideas.
But its also made it so much more important to learn to be our own editor. To decide what is worth reading. And who to ignore.
Nowadays with the internet we have access to just about everything made anywhere in any volume and for any amount. We just have to search it out. Its also made it a lot easier to gain access to people with specialized skills and experience, to learn about new products and system improvement ideas.
But its also made it so much more important to learn to be our own editor. To decide what is worth reading. And who to ignore.