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Although technologically aware, I am not a technology cheerleader, but rather a cautious explorer. Figuring there are people even less inclined to adopt new technology, I look for methods to soften the implementation process and get people on board. One way is to combine the new with a positive familiar. In my case the positive familiar is animals. RealAge, an ...

Ageism may affect older cancer patients.  So says AARP magazine, Nov./Dec.’ 05. Almost 50% of breast cancer cases involve women 65 and older, yet according to a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, only 8% of those patients received chemo.  Patients in their 50s were almost 4 times more likely to be offered chemo . The ...

A post on NetSquared’s blog alerted me to an article titled "The Revolution will be Televised." It’s about a group of young idealists (is there any other kind?) who want to establish a non-proprietary, non-advertising-driven platform that enables people to distribute videos without getting involved in all the commercial rackets that are coming. They’re with the Participatory Culture Foundation. The ...

Yesterday Microsoft evidently woke up to "Web 2.0." In SF Bill Gates announced: …an ambitious attempt to move its software and services online and start collecting more money from advertisers. Gates unveiled Microsoft’s two latest offerings, called Windows Live and Office Live, in which the Redmond, Wash., company’s biggest cash cows are retooled and made available to any device connected ...