Last month my mom emailed me asking if I knew of any new/good places she could take her friend to eat in Philadelphia. I went on Yelp and found a few suggestions for her. Had my mom known about Yelp, she could have done that herself. I went over the next day and showed her Yelp and now she uses it every time she wants to go out to eat.
I'm tired of my mom treating technology like it's a chore so I'm working on something that will introduce her to new tech that can really make a difference in her every day life. Like most of you, I'm immersed in the latest and greatest technology every day but she's too intimidated and too busy to discover it herself. I find that once I get her past those two bumps in the road, she actually enjoys the benefits of whatever it is I introduced her to.
Right now I'm compiling a list of awesome sites, services, gadgets, etc. that I think my mom would actually like and benefit from... if she only knew they existed.
Then I'll send her a weekly email with a 2-5 minute video showing basic use of a new piece of technology and explaining how it can benefit her.
I'm tired of my mom treating technology like it's a chore so I'm working on something that will introduce her to new tech that can really make a difference in her every day life. Like most of you, I'm immersed in the latest and greatest technology every day but she's too intimidated and too busy to discover it herself. I find that once I get her past those two bumps in the road, she actually enjoys the benefits of whatever it is I introduced her to.
Right now I'm compiling a list of awesome sites, services, gadgets, etc. that I think my mom would actually like and benefit from... if she only knew they existed.
Then I'll send her a weekly email with a 2-5 minute video showing basic use of a new piece of technology and explaining how it can benefit her.
My gift to my mom.