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Demystifying Digital is Maryan Pelland's home on the Web and Maryan Pelland is the site's Digital Grandparent. DemystifyingDigital.com has, for years, provided reviews of digital products, advice for those enjoying a digital lifestyle and blogs for tech-happy people, scripted for their personal demographic. Visit DemystifyingDigital, home of the Digital Grandparent. Read the expert's eye-view for tech-confused dads, biz fast-trackers, run around moms, youngsters who were born digital, and of course, those baby boomers immersed in digital living - the digital grandparents.

Digital Grandparent Wins Writing Award

Suite101.com, a nationally known web magazine with more than 12 million readers per month selected Maryan Pelland's article Top Tips for Successful Web Sites as Editor's Choice.

Maryan Pelland has written for Suite101 for several years on the topics of Seniors/Grandparents and Technology. Pelland writes for a variety of web and print publications and is webmaster for DigitalGrandparent.com, technology for baby boomers, WomenDaybyDay.com, a news and advice site for women and Ontext. a site for burgeoning writers. Of course, she is DemystifyingDigital's Digital Grandparent, too.

The Digital Grandparent expands her reach again by signing on with Chicago Examiner as their Home Tech Guru. Go have a look! It's a great publication.
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Digital Grandparent. An apt description for a baby boomer who came to technology late and took to it like a shopaholic to a Macy's sale. For three years, Maryan Pelland has built her personal brand, "Digital Grandparent" helped by terrific Web sites like DemystifyingDigital, which christened her Digital Grandparent. Pelland is a freelance writer/blogger specializing in digital technology for boomers. She covers women's issues and grandparenting, too. Check her out at Chicago Examiner.

Ten years ago, Maryan Pelland was not digital. She could login to chatrooms and send email. Now, this digital grandparent takes PCs apart and rebuilds them. She knows Windows inside and out, speaks Linux, and gives guru advice when asked. It was a long road, but she enjoys the heck out of her topics and editors know her as a savvy, thorough, accurate writer.
 
Free Scrapbooking Help for Retailers PDF
Written by Maryan Pelland   

In a niche, like scrapbooking, where consumers spend $2 billion a year, there are mega-players, of course, but plenty of smaller retailers, with limited floor space, are booking profits by targeting customers with the right atmosphere and products.
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Protect Your Copyrights - Respect Ours PDF
Written by Maryan Pelland   

An email from a vendor I have heretofore trusted flamed in uppercase declaration, “Act NOW! Copyright your writings, your Web site, your very name. Thwart unscrupulous others bent on stealing your work for their nefarious purposes.”
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Prostate Cancer - Boomers, Grandparents Need to Know
Prostate cancer is not a benign condition. It can kill people, and it does. If you or a loved one face a diagnosis or a risk of prostate cancer, read good advice at DemystifyingDigital and at WomenDaybyDay.