Good example of bridging the generations

AgeUK Barnet has teamed up with schools and colleges in Mill Hill, North Finchley, East Finchley, Colindale and Hendon to bring sixth formers together with older adults who would like to learn more about using computers. The free sessions are run at the AgeUK centres in Hendon and East Finchley. I look forward to hearing about the outcome and success of those sessions in the future. See more about the MiCommunity project here

Facebook blocked the social suicide machine

This article may appear a bit dated, but I think it's still apt! Read the article here The recent Oxford Internet survey showed that there is a increasing number of people who are not interested and reject taking part in the 'online world'. With this article I'm also referring to a previous post about the social suicide machine since I looked for official reviews on this service. The social suicide machine deletes your facebook / twitter / linked profile for you (well since 2010 not Facebook anymore), but it doesn't delete it only - the suicide machine shows in a animated way how you loose your online friends and contacts and this might give you some pleasure! I watched the intro movie about the suicide machine and thought there was one big flaw the way the creator of the suicide machine put things. He said: "Online experience is absolutely no substitute for realtime experiences, all those images, youtube links and tweets are leaving us feeling empty". I support the view that online contact can't replace face-to-face contact, but is there not an argument for realtime online experience, for example where a family video calls another family over skype at Christmas?