Comments on: You can’t reach a kid on a CB Radio http://tweetpr.com/?p=55 Micro PR ideas served up for media snackers Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:14:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: David Alston http://tweetpr.com/?p=55&cpage=1#comment-6410 David Alston Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:09:17 +0000 http://tweetpr.com/?p=55#comment-6410 @Barbara - great point on the "accidental" relationship building that can occur with shared channels (phone in the household). I hadn't thought of that point and it's so true. @Rory - Also a great point. My parents didn't really fully accept email until many of their friends had emails and were using it. Facebook acceptance in the GenX crowd is also going thru a similar situation. @Barbara – great point on the “accidental” relationship building that can occur with shared channels (phone in the household). I hadn’t thought of that point and it’s so true.

@Rory – Also a great point. My parents didn’t really fully accept email until many of their friends had emails and were using it. Facebook acceptance in the GenX crowd is also going thru a similar situation.

]]> By: Rory Bray http://tweetpr.com/?p=55&cpage=1#comment-6404 Rory Bray Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:16:44 +0000 http://tweetpr.com/?p=55#comment-6404 I think the issue is as much about the medium as it is the messaging (hehe, sorry). What I mean is that the older folks in my family only drop the old tech when they can find a community within the new. It would be nice if easier communication with younger generations was motivation enough, but we need more to drop old habits. In my family, it took recognition of a community of fellow gardeners to bring about the move to flickr and facebook. There is still a preference for in-person visits and hand-written letters but much more acceptance and comfort with email, IM and the like. I think the issue is as much about the medium as it is the messaging (hehe, sorry). What I mean is that the older folks in my family only drop the old tech when they can find a community within the new. It would be nice if easier communication with younger generations was motivation enough, but we need more to drop old habits. In my family, it took recognition of a community of fellow gardeners to bring about the move to flickr and facebook. There is still a preference for in-person visits and hand-written letters but much more acceptance and comfort with email, IM and the like.

]]> By: Barbara Hart http://tweetpr.com/?p=55&cpage=1#comment-6403 Barbara Hart Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:06:01 +0000 http://tweetpr.com/?p=55#comment-6403 You are so right. The first "channel change" I noticed was house phone to cell and a lost communication. One of the ways new couples got to know in-laws -- and in-laws got to know couples was by talking with whoever answered the house phone. My mom would chat with EW quite regularly and his mom and sister with me before we handed the phone over. When our son moved in with a lovely woman, we didn't talk with her at all until after we had visited and got her cell phone number. It's a real challenge if the older generation doesn't recognize and compensate with the new communication media. You are so right. The first “channel change” I noticed was house phone to cell and a lost communication. One of the ways new couples got to know in-laws — and in-laws got to know couples was by talking with whoever answered the house phone. My mom would chat with EW quite regularly and his mom and sister with me before we handed the phone over. When our son moved in with a lovely woman, we didn’t talk with her at all until after we had visited and got her cell phone number. It’s a real challenge if the older generation doesn’t recognize and compensate with the new communication media.

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