I am building a new kitchen table out of walnut. It will be 56.5 inches round with a lazy susan on top. I needed to cut the panel into a circle. I reached out to somebody with more extensive woodworking experience but did not hear back. How was I going to make this cut and not blow ours of works and a few hundred dollars of walnut?
To get the job done, I went to the ultimate instructor: YouTube. It is just amazing that a site started as a dating site, failed completely at that goal, has now become an indispensable resource for sharing knowledge.
Twenty years ago if you wanted to learn how to Olympic lift, or joint two boards, fix something on your clothes dryer, or paint shoes, you might find something online but probably not. Now you have a number of instructors sharing their life experience and knowledge to help you complete tasks, learn software, or figure out how to correctly install a battery in your new toy.
Most people are not monetized but uploaded something just to help other people out. If the world and Google were a little bit nicer, and micropayments were easier to process with lower fees, we could thank somebody with a spare buck or two in a tip jar. Until then, when you see a video that helps you get the job done, click the thumbs up button and leave a “Thanks” in the comments. It might help motivate them to make another video in the future to help somebody else earn something new.