Technology and Baby Boomers

All technology is fascinating to baby boomers - many of us grew up without even colour television or telephones. So, what do I like best? It's hard to choose. Using Skype to chat to my daughter and grandchildren in Australia is obviously major - especially getting to see the little ones on webcam. It also helps to remind them who we are between visits. Facebook plays a pretty big part in my life too and I love having friends all around the world. My particular favourite is playing games with groups of these friends - my evenings are often taken up with games such as Word Twist, Paradigm and Challenge Sudoku. E-mail is incredible - do children still have to learn how to write letters at school? Keeping in touch with friends from the three other countries we've lived in is so much easier with e-mail. If I still had to write letters, I think we would lose touch with so many of them. Digital cameras speak for themselves - so much easier. But I do still use an old fashioned camera occasionally, much to the confusion of my three-year old granddaughter who can't understand why she can't see the photos immediately! VCRs have never liked me, so the advent of DVD recorders was important to me - now I can confidently record anything I like without mishaps such as chewed tape. There's just so much, but I need to get on Facebook and feed my pet dog, so I'll leave it there.
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