There are several common misconceptions about baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) and their relationship with technology. Keep in mind that it was Tim Berners-Lee, born in 1955, who wrote the code creating webpages, paving the way for the internet as we know it. So, let’s debunk a few myths about boomers and tech. […]

With warmer weather, many of us may be spending more time outside. Coastal Maine as well as our inland lakes and mountains provide wonderful sightseeing, recreational and photographic opportunities. Since almost everyone carries a cell phone these days, a camera is always handy. Don’t you think it’s amazing that these cell phone cameras take such […]

By “technology penalties,” I don’t mean when your computer shuts down, your internet connection drops or a three-paragraph email “disappears” before you could send it. A number of years ago, Professor Royal Van Horn wrote about what he called the technology penalty: what happens when you do something using technology that you could do easier, […]

You think you know what you’re doing and then something doesn’t work the way it has worked before. You struggle with Zoom and can’t connect to a scheduled meeting. You try to install a new weather app on your smartphone, but it doesn’t work. If you see another article like “50 apps every boomer must […]

This column is BoomerTECH Adventures’ second annual New Year’s reminder to think about the “health” of your digital devices. Are they full of files and data no longer useful so that phones, tablets and laptops slowly become sluggish? Are you giving out-of-date apps a home that takes up valuable storage space? These 12 tips will […]

Still baking? Wrapping presents? Preparing for guests? This year for our holiday celebrations, with the best of intentions, I promised myself I would organize some of my 8,943 photos and 822 videos into creative slideshows that would amaze and astonish relatives and friends. Completion date was set for early December. It didn’t happen, but the […]