I don't know how foreign systems work so I shall read your linked article.
Your welcome to the link -- I've skimmed the Turkle book and as a mom, have loads of anecdotes to relate. Maybe I'll write her? I don't know.
My own mom, at 80, loved Earthlink's dedicated e-mail machine; she emailed her cousins and friends from her home in CA to their location in NE and was just so happy! Then Earthlink went out of business and she couldn't get the hang of even /turning on/ her laptop without me or my sister there to hold her hand, and I'm 75 miles away. So, I'm sad that now she won't even try to be online without help, and happy that at her age *now 86* she has had email for some years now, even with help to access it. She uses the mp3 player I got her pretty well and her mobile phone, etc. It might be my Americanism showing, but when either she or I conquer a new bit of technology, I am gratified that we can 'keep up'.
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Date: 2011-06-02 06:50 pm (UTC)Your welcome to the link -- I've skimmed the Turkle book and as a mom, have loads of anecdotes to relate. Maybe I'll write her? I don't know.
My own mom, at 80, loved Earthlink's dedicated e-mail machine; she emailed her cousins and friends from her home in CA to their location in NE and was just so happy! Then Earthlink went out of business and she couldn't get the hang of even /turning on/ her laptop without me or my sister there to hold her hand, and I'm 75 miles away. So, I'm sad that now she won't even try to be online without help, and happy that at her age *now 86* she has had email for some years now, even with help to access it. She uses the mp3 player I got her pretty well and her mobile phone, etc. It might be my Americanism showing, but when either she or I conquer a new bit of technology, I am gratified that we can 'keep up'.