Oct. 13, 2010
BoomerTechTalk.com: THE Answer to Our Tech Worries and Fears?
By Bruce Sallan
For some of us -- “of a certain age/generation” -- every new tech thing is yet another time we can get flummoxed and frustrated. How often have you opened that new tech device, camera, digital picture frame, or new “smart” phone, and felt anything but “smart?” I sometimes put the new thing aside, stare at it a few days, and then finally get the courage to open it up.
What often follows, more often that I’d like to admit, is something doesn’t work right. Even learning the so-called simple things, like attaching and sending a photo via e-mail can sometimes be confusing. My favorite is when the only help you can get is online, but you can’t get online because of some connection problem. Or better, when you read their enclosed suggestion that you call them for help before you return the darn thing.
Call them? Are you kidding me? Then, you’re connected to someone who doesn’t speak English all that well, in a far-away time zone. That’s, of course, after you’ve gone through the voice-menu options, and typed in your life story, which when you finally do get someone on the line asks you for all that information again! ARGH!
I decided we (of that “certain age”) needed some help, so I’m very proud to tell you about a new web-site I created with two partners called, “BoomerTechTalk.com.” It’s for you; it’s for me, and it’s for those of us that are parents so we won’t fall completely behind our kids. Please check it out. I really believe this will be of value to boomers everywhere, and older and younger people, that struggle with the basics of much of our constantly changing technology.
My 14-year-old son created a comic strip for BTT called “It’s a Tech World After All,” which this biased and proud dad thinks is terrific. It’s in the “Family” tab.
BoomerTechTalk.com - Please visit this new website to ease your tech struggles! And follow BTT on Twitter (@BoomerTechTalk).
Editor's note: Be sure to read Bruce Sallan's "A Dad's Point-of-View" column every week on Huntington News Network and listen to him on radio. See the shirt-tail -- the italicized paragraph at the end -- on his column for details.
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BoomerTechTalk.com: THE Answer to Our Tech Worries and Fears?
By Bruce Sallan
For some of us -- “of a certain age/generation” -- every new tech thing is yet another time we can get flummoxed and frustrated. How often have you opened that new tech device, camera, digital picture frame, or new “smart” phone, and felt anything but “smart?” I sometimes put the new thing aside, stare at it a few days, and then finally get the courage to open it up.
What often follows, more often that I’d like to admit, is something doesn’t work right. Even learning the so-called simple things, like attaching and sending a photo via e-mail can sometimes be confusing. My favorite is when the only help you can get is online, but you can’t get online because of some connection problem. Or better, when you read their enclosed suggestion that you call them for help before you return the darn thing.
Call them? Are you kidding me? Then, you’re connected to someone who doesn’t speak English all that well, in a far-away time zone. That’s, of course, after you’ve gone through the voice-menu options, and typed in your life story, which when you finally do get someone on the line asks you for all that information again! ARGH!
I decided we (of that “certain age”) needed some help, so I’m very proud to tell you about a new web-site I created with two partners called, “BoomerTechTalk.com.” It’s for you; it’s for me, and it’s for those of us that are parents so we won’t fall completely behind our kids. Please check it out. I really believe this will be of value to boomers everywhere, and older and younger people, that struggle with the basics of much of our constantly changing technology.
My 14-year-old son created a comic strip for BTT called “It’s a Tech World After All,” which this biased and proud dad thinks is terrific. It’s in the “Family” tab.
BoomerTechTalk.com - Please visit this new website to ease your tech struggles! And follow BTT on Twitter (@BoomerTechTalk).
Editor's note: Be sure to read Bruce Sallan's "A Dad's Point-of-View" column every week on Huntington News Network and listen to him on radio. See the shirt-tail -- the italicized paragraph at the end -- on his column for details.
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