Friday, December 15, 2006

you can't get here from there

Being a self employed presenter/ author kind of guy, I often have to navigate to places I have never been to before. And most websites have the sense to put directions to this or that hotel, meeting center, etc. of course i always love it when they say, "once you get to (this or that exit), follow the directions as printed above . . ." which adds copy/paste steps if i want them in hand when i go to the new place.

But let me ask this: how many websites offer directions FROM? How often have i successfully navigated myself through various Boston big dig collapsed tunnels, or the back roads to a country club hidden in the woods, only to find, when i want to go back home, that I have no clue how to get back to the highway i drove in on?

I admit, I am guilty of not mapquesting this information myself beforehand, as i generally don't think about it either. So as I am leaving a hotel lobby, I am always stuck asking someone, anyone, how to get to the mass turnpike. no one knows. webmasters, please take note.

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