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Re: Getting Boomers on board

Annie — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:38:08 -0000

Believe me I understand about the time factor. Not doubt I've spend a lot of time playing with Twitter, but for me it's been worth it because of the connections I've made and conversations (like this one) that I found via twitter. But the time factor does keep me from signing up for Second Life, for example. I know I'd lose hours in there!

Re: Getting Boomers on board

Bluegrass Mama — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:26:01 -0000

My husband says he spends so much of his workday on the computer that he doesn't want to use it "for fun" when he gets home. The computer is my favorite form of recreation, but I won't sign up for Twitter because of the time factor that Lisa mentioned. I need to get SOMETHING done around here!

Re: Getting Boomers on board

Lisa Cahoy — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:04:46 -0000

Well, I hate to say it, but as you know, I'm one of "those" who have no idea what you are talking about most of the time! There are a couple of reasons....the biggest being the lack of time. Between work and the girls' schedules, I haven't been home one evening this week! I am home tonight, but I will be watching Grey's Anatomy. Maybe some day when I have actual "me" time, I try to figure out what you're talking about!

Re: Getting Boomers on board

Chris Brogan... — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:11:43 -0000

I watched two old ladies talking about how XYZ person hadn't been alive during World War 2, so how would THEY know anything? And I thought, holy cats. These ladies, in their 80s, have NO need for Twitter. Can they be SMS-ing? Should they be? What would a blog do? But then, Millie Garfield is 81 and Feed Me Bubbe is 80. A blogger and a Internet TV host. So, maybe it's as you say. We just have to bring people into the conversation.

Re: Getting Boomers on board

Jim "Genuine" Turner — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:16:38 -0000

I'm in the last class of the Boomers (1964), and my mother actually was in the very first class (1946), and the difference between us is our level of knowledge about technology. We need a Boomer education of technology. My entrepreneurial juices are now flowing thanks!