Squidblog

I recently bought a new digital camera — a Canon PowerShot SD400 — and before I turned to the wider web for information and advice, I searched Squidoo. I found a promising lens on choosing a lens for another make of camera, and then today, via another search, I came across Daniel Sroka’s lens Lessons from Using an Epson 7600 Printer.

Now, I don’t own that printer. And I’m not in the market for one. But I was impressed and inspired by Sroka’s wide range of in-depth information about using the tool. In an email exchange, I asked Sroka about how the lens came to be: “I collected all the info in this lens from a variety of sources: web sites, online forums, phone calls with Epson tech support, and my own trial and error,” he wrote. “A lot of the info is just free-floating information — tips that normally have no home, which is why I collected it.”

The lens is a little text heavy, but it indicates how powerful a product-related lens could be. Maybe it’s a buyer’s guide. Maybe it’s a user’s guide. Maybe it’s just sharing your passion about a tool you use. If you were to make a lens about a product that you love, what would it be?