I can almost picture Robin Williams performing the boomer version of this classic song from The Sound of Music. Sing along!
To wit, here are a couple of examples of exchanges with Siri that went siriously wrong.
Video conferencing is not a new technology. But being able to do it easily and efficiently, with good quality, is new to me. It opens up new ways to communicate and grow my business.
I have a 14 yr-old son, as well as two grown sons from a previous litigation, and my line of work has appealed to my youngest in spite of my exhortations to pursue a more reliable future in dentistry: "Show biz can be fickle but gum disease is forever."
Many of 78 million baby boomers, now in the thick of midlife, are vulnerable to feeling demoralized about their lives. For some it's the classic "midlife crisis." But for many, it's more of a chronic, low-grade fever.
Today a growing number of older travelers are realizing that they are at the perfect stage of life to hit the road and see the world. Here are just a few reasons why older travelers might have a better experience than their younger counterparts.
For the benefit of talented, creative artists who'd like to make more money, here are the top ten things I've seen Mona Groban do that make her a financially successful artist.
Women's forums, conferences and events -- both in the real world and online -- need to address and speak about the new issues that women of the next generation face.
Can a country that prides itself as the leader and protector of democracy in the world, and one which implores other countries to include the word "women" in their constitutions (Afghanistan and Iraq), still not protect the rights of women in its own?
Now, I know for a fact that I'm not the only single person in Toronto. In fact, researchers tell us that half of the baby boom generation is single. So, where was everyone else?
It's supposed to be the best time of our lives. For many, it's become the worst. There are now more single, unemployed and lonely men and women over the age of 50 than ever before.
This country, America, has become ugly, and it's my generation that has made it this way.
Young men need the counsel of Boomers who've figured out how to function emotionally as men. Mentoring hasn't been part of our cultural tradition, but men can--and need to--begin mentoring each other.
Frugality has left me exhausted. Minding our pennies is tedious. Living in fear of spending is no way to live. And for a boomer -- we who feel entitled to the world's harvest of riches -- living within our means has been a painful adaption.
Stories of grief and loss are becoming an anthem for us Boomers as we mature into middle age, but we can cope with these life events with dignity by rediscovering our commitment to community and capacity for giving generously to one another.
A generation ago there was no tweeting, no sexting. We had to make an impression the old-fashioned way: we had to lie and deceive in person. It's a whole new world for single boomers.