Imagine it’s back in the days when people used paper maps and some travelers are not sure which way to go at a fork in the road. Luckily there’s a gas station at the intersection so they stop to ask for directions.
‘Hi. We’re headed to the Grand Hotel and I can’t tell from the map which way to go—left or right?”
“Oh, that new place. Fancy. Well you want to go left, take it all the way to the end and turn right at the stop sign. That road will take you right to it.”
“Great! Thanks!”
Sure enough they arrive at the hotel without issue.
“Welcome to the Grand Hotel. Where you folks from?”
“New Jersey.”
“So you come up Rt. 1 through Seal Cove?”
“Yes we did. The whole trip took about 9 hours counting stops.”
“How’d you like that view on your way in?”
“What view?”
“So you took a left at the intersection?”
“We did.”
“That’s a shame. While both ways get you here—right or left—taking a right brings you out along the ocean.”
“Darn. We actually stopped and asked for directions at a gas station and were told to go left.”
“That’d be Gus. He’s not much for views and the ocean road takes an extra 15 minutes or so, a ‘waste of fuel.’”
Some reviewers are just like Gus—they don’t care what your interests are and instead tell people what to do based on their own. A directive rather than a guide.
My focus at Twittering Machines lies firmly in the guide camp and on time spent living with gear and how it impacts the listening experience.
The scenic route.