Neil Cherry wrote:
> I've got to ask, what of 'old folks' who have most of their contacts [...]

Well, Neil, some pro and some contra :)

I don't have a Palm/Blackberry thing, I don't want to have to reply to 
anybody anytime if I'm not at the computer. I hate SMS as well for their 
uncomfortability, I mean.

But I'm not concerned by privacy nor social networks fear.
I just think of it as en extension to our "old world". People will be 
good and bad all the same, with whatever tool.

The point is "can you handle the new technology"?
We can use a mouse and a keyboard, and some softwares (let alone the 
fact that we earn money for life with it, I'm not considering it).
Some of use feel good with blogs and social networks and all the rest, 
some don't. While, OTOH, young children today can use a mouse, a 
keyboard, a Palm, a social networks and everything with no fear.

I'm not telling that they'll be better or worse than us, they'll just be 
able to use another tool, which can make their life better (or worse, 
just like us and Oil).

I have friends, as old as mine, who feel "email" is too much, they don't 
have time to, they think they can't write, they think a blog is a waste 
of time.
I don't think so. I just say it's another media. I enjoy it, I like 
people on the blogs or social networks in a similar % to how I like 
people in real life, or dislike them.


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