How millions use YouTube tutorials to perfect their trade
by Oliver Balch in Porto from Technology | The Guardian on (#4Z40Y)
From bike mechanics to baking, the video-sharing site offers a goldmine of knowledge
Holding an Allen key in a grease-stained hand, Joio Cruz looks every bit the professional bike mechanic. Wind back five years, however, and this 39-year-old former journalist barely knew how to fix a brake cable.
"To be a good mechanic, you need tools and knowledge; I had the tools, but I needed to get the knowledge," said Cruz, owner of Velurb, a small bike rental business in the Portuguese city of Porto.
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