Embracing Knowledge

You often hear it said that knowledge doubles every eighteen months. This comes from Moore’s Law which was applied to the microchip and computers. However, I believe that is true of an individual’s knowledge and can be overwhelming. Let me explain.

The more I learn. The more I investigate. The more I know. The more openings there are to investigate and learn about. Now I know that given time I can cope with the investigating and the learning and I will have more knowledge. However, the drawback is “time”. I only have 24 hours in the day and some of that is detailed for sleep and food.

I love working at my computer. I produce content for my websites and I like to keep up several blogs. Also it is great to join in discussions on various forums and to comment on favourite blogs. Oh and drop in on MySpace and Facebook.

The more I learn about all this; the more I want to learn So now I spend most days being overwhelmed by what I set myself. I end most days completely dissatisfied with my achievements.

Obviously the answer is to stay focussed on the projects in hand at the time. Easier said than done though. It seems to me that every little step I want to take to improve a web page entails learning something new. Now that in itself is fine. That knowledge though will on one hand take longer and be more involved than at first glance. It will also lead me down at least two other paths I knew nothing about.

OK that was a bit of a rant. Let’s look at the advantages. When people come to me for help and advice I tend to know what they are asking about even if I don’t necessarily understand the whole procedure. Also if I know something about a topic I seem then to be able to pick up little bits here and there that I would have missed had I not had some knowledge of it.

You should never be put off by a subject which seems to be beyond your abilities. Get into it gradually, or throw yourself in at the deep end. Just grab knowledge for the sake of it. Later it will come together like a jigsaw puzzle when you have all the pieces.

Whatever the problem, it is answered somewhere on the internet. These are great days for learning. The whole world is your University. Gosh when I was studying I only had books (if I could get hold of them).