Want some of your brain space back? Dump all those dates-to-remember like grand kids’ birthdays, son’s anniversary, and your partner’s annual physical. What a hassle that can all be! Here’s an elegant solution — FREE!
Drop in to Birthday Reminders.com and take a few minutes to set up a FREE account. Then set up your dates.The coolest thing for me was that I entered email addresses for the folks I want to remember, and the site sent them a request to update their birthdate for me.
That’s my idea of a good time. All the work is done. Birthdayreminders.com sends me an email on each birthday or anniversary or whatever so I can send the olbigatory card. I’m remembrance-challenged and I’m hoping this will change my life-long handicap. It isn’t that I’m ambivalent – I just can’t keep track of dates.
This site, by the way, also allows you to send e-greetings, e-cards and singing birthday e-cards. It’s fun and practical – and again, it’s FREE. and claims to be ad-free and spam-free. They swear they do not share your info with anyone
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Articleby:MaryanPelland
Theideathatolderadultslackparticularskillstoeasilyacquirecomputerliteracymaybe
balderdash,accordingtoexpertsoncomputersandaging.Whilepeopleoverfiftydon’t
learnanythingasquicklyas,say,schoolagechildrendo,andtechno-fearmaybeholding
somebackfromscreechingdowntheinformationhighway,seniorsarecruisingtheWeb
inhugenumbers.
Plentyoffactssupporttheideathatseniorsdolearntobe comfortableincyberspace.
AccordingtoSPRY(SettingPrioritiesforRetirementYears – http://www.spry.org)many
boomersarecomputerwizards – andadultsolderthanboomersaregoingonline,too,
drawnbythelureofconvenient,inexpensive.communicationwithfamilyandfriends,
accessiblehealthinformationandexploringnewvenues.
ArecentGeorgiaInstituteofTechnologystudy
(http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/gvu/research/)reportsseniorsasthefastestgrowinggroupof
computerusers.OfthoseseniorswhousetheInternet,58%oftheover50groupsurfone
tofourhoursaday,comparedtoonly42%ofyoungerusers.Another30%areonline
overfivehoursaday.Oldermenaremorelikelytosurfthanwomen – thoughwomen’s
usageisgrowing,OnethirdofolderusershavereplacedTVviewingwithcomputer
activities.
Lotsofoldercomputerusersareself-taught,andmosthavebeencyber-activeforless
thantwoyears.Doesthatmeantherereallyisno”learningdisorder”tokeepseniorsfrom
becomingcompletelysavvy?Whataboutthosewhocan’tcozy-uptoaPentiumIIIor
whowouldlovetosende-mailbutfeeltheycan’tmastertheskills?
DavidMitchell,ProfessorofPsychologyatLoyola – UniversityofChicagoandDirector
oftheirCenterforAging(http://www.luc.edu/depts/luccas/)says,”Thereseemstobe
nothingmaturationalhere – nothinginthepsychologyofolderadultstokeepthemfrom
technology.Welearnmoreslowlyasweage – that’snormal.Butinthisagegroup,there
arethosewhoarelightyearsaheadincomputerknowledge,thosewhodon’tevenfeel
comfortableturningthemachineon,andeverythinginbetween.”
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