GRANDDAUGHTER
BRINGS HOW-TO LEGACY TO WEB WITH KNOWLEDGE HOUND
SAN ANTONIO/AUSTIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6, 1999In January
of 1946, Pearl Baum debuted the first of her popular radio
shows, How To Do It, giving her listeners advice on everything
from how to improve their vocabulary to how to stop thumb-sucking.
In September of 1997, her granddaughter, Heidi Allen, began
building what was to become the Web's most comprehensive how-to
site, Knowledge Hound (www.knowledgehound.com).* But until this year, Allen had no idea that providing free access to do-it-yourself advice ran in the family.
The discovery came to light while she was going through a dusty
box that had been hidden away in a storage locker. Inside, she found
a tattered magazine article detailing
her grandmother's career. "I was speechless when I saw the original
name of her show," says Allen. "It was almost spooky. But it makes
me want to work even harder, because now I have a tradition to carry
on."
The newest chapter of that tradition began when Allen tried
to use the Internet to teach herself some new skills. After
repeatedly spending hours picking through thousands of search
results with little luck, she decided to take action. Knowledge
Hound was born. The site is the Web's biggest directory of
free how-to links, and the wide variety?from alternative energy
to programming to crafts and more? offers something for everyone.
"I've had visitors just stumble onto something they weren't even
looking for and, suddenly, they see a whole new world of possibilities.
That's the beauty of it? putting all of those possibilities in one
place.", says the upbeat entrepreneur. The response to Knowledge
Hound proves that others agree and serves to strengthen Allen's
commitment to expand an educational tool that would already make
her grandmother proud.
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* From September 1997 to February 1999, Knowledge Hound was known as 'How To Heaven'.
Read more about Pearl Baum and her legacy here.
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