Techie Christmas Gifts?
November 27th, 2007 by Maddog
Christmas is fast approaching. For many, it's a hectic time that involves
shopping for gifts and making plans for trips to meet family and friends.
But some also think it should also be a time for showing respect and care
for those who get it the least. Those of us in the technology field aren't
usually associated with the latter. It doesn't have to be that way.
When looking for ways to make technology more relevant this Christmas, I
ran into this old post by Cathy Gonzales entitled "An Information
Technology Christmas". Below is one example she cites for sharing the
benefits of technology:
A friend of mine started a volunteer program spending two
Saturdays a month at retirement homes helping senior
citizens use email services to communicate with loved ones
not living close by. My friend guides the residents through
logging in to their email and reading the nuggets of love
that reside in each mailbox. Then time is taken to type
replies for the stiff, arthritic fingers that can no longer
navigate a keyboard. Often the resident proudly says "I
want to click the mouse on Send" and exclaim in a surprised
voice to the next resident waiting in line about the
amazing fact "I sent this for free!"
Read the entire article at:
http://www.infoweapons.com/blog/?p=95
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do what we ought. -- Pope John Paul II
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