My Dad send me an email that he has signed up for Twitter. He's 86 years old and god bless him, he wants to give it a try. As a 50-something who only recently discovered why one might need to text instead of phone someone, I have to say, I'm proud of the guy.
I'm an ad woman because of my dad, the ad man. He taught me about headlines. He gave me my feel for the short form -- :30 second tv commercials. I'll be curious to see what he does with his 140 characters.
I guess the same way there's been an avalanche of boomers flocking to Facebook, which is becoming more Twitter-like with every passing day, Twitter is also gaining ground. Me, I'm still feeling the overload managing all these platforms. And then there's the feeling that life should be lived, not continually commented on.
I'm an ad woman because of my dad, the ad man. He taught me about headlines. He gave me my feel for the short form -- :30 second tv commercials. I'll be curious to see what he does with his 140 characters.
I guess the same way there's been an avalanche of boomers flocking to Facebook, which is becoming more Twitter-like with every passing day, Twitter is also gaining ground. Me, I'm still feeling the overload managing all these platforms. And then there's the feeling that life should be lived, not continually commented on.
Check this out - people are blogging about this. http://laist.com/2009/03/30/your_parents_joined_facebook_a_new.php
Posted by: Rebecca Egolf | March 30, 2009 at 09:42 PM
At SoCon09 I helped a women late in her 60's get on Twitter - which was a very cool experience for me. As I tell people all of the time, do not think the older generations can not catch on - they have already been through more changes than we can imagine in their life - this is just yet another change.
Posted by: Sherry Heyl | March 31, 2009 at 02:34 PM