As Our Parents Age

iPad for Dad, #10: Vacation, Technology, and Podcasts

If you like this post, read some of the other descriptions of our Father/Daughter iPad adventure. iPad for Dad, #1, iPad for Dad, #2, iPad for Dad, #3,  iPad for Dad, #4, iPad for Dad, #5, iPad for Dad, #6,  iPad for Dad, #7, iPad for Dad, #8,  iPad for Dad, #9, iPad for Dad, #10, iPad for Dad, #11, iPad for Dad, #12, iPad for Dad, #13,  iPad for Dad, #14,  iPad for Dad, #15, iPad for Dad, #16,  iPad for Dad, #17 , iPad for Dad, #18,  iPad for Dad, #19, and iPad for Dad, #20.

Amazingly, the technology wasn’t intrusive, though you could not walk very far without seeing a laptop. I’ve been reading the book, Hamlet’s Blackberry, so I am increasingly aware of the need for downtime away from the virtual world. The cell phones and Blackberry stayed in their chargers, largely forgotten unless we passed them and noticed a message. However, just about all of us used our laptops, mostly to check e-mail, read the newspaper, or in my case, to post to my blogs. But our technology fixes were short, squeezed between walking, sitting on the porch, cooking great family meals, and swimming in the beautiful river (except for my husband who runs in the morning and then loves to fix things around the cottage).

The iPad was the hit of the week.

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July 13, 2010 Posted by Marti Weston | aging parents, Intergenerational Interaction, iPad for Dad, seniors and computers, Seniors and Technology | adult children, aging parents, intergenerational vacations, iPad, lifelong learning, senior technology, vacations | 1 Comment