http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/09/18/a-sign-of-the-times/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/09/18/a-sign-of-the-times/comment-page-1/#comment-8218 anant Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:42:54 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/09/18/a-sign-of-the-times/#comment-8218 Thanks for this one. In a country like India, with nuclear families increasing by the day, the net is a most potent means for senior citizens to keep in touch with their children, to stay abreast of what is happening in the world, to do their banking and their shopping. Sadly, a large percentage of India's senior citizens are befuddled and intimidated by the web, and Weinberger's "book "would be a great starting point to get comfortable with the new medium. And in India (perhaps in China as well) vernacular versions would be enormously useful. I've mailed the link to a number of professionals interested in the web space (including newspapers and TV channels) and David can expect significant traffic from India! Thanks, David. Thanks for this one. In a country like India, with nuclear families increasing by the day, the net is a most potent means for senior citizens to keep in touch with their children, to stay abreast of what is happening in the world, to do their banking and their shopping.
Sadly, a large percentage of India’s senior citizens are befuddled and intimidated by the web, and Weinberger’s “book “would be a great starting point to get comfortable with the new medium.
And in India (perhaps in China as well) vernacular versions would be enormously useful.
I’ve mailed the link to a number of professionals interested in the web space (including newspapers and TV channels) and David can expect significant traffic from India!
Thanks, David.

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