News for the Baby Boomer Generation

Yes — according to technology industry analyst Tim Bajarin.
Admittedly, boomers aren’t the most tech-savvy group — that would be the 14-to-24-year-old set. But Boomers have a great deal of purchasing power (more purchasing power than any other demographic, in fact) and this is the source of their influence.
And what are they most interested [...]

Following up on a recent post about Boomer singles…
The Olympian recently published an article by Tom Black that encouraged older singles to protect 4 key things while dating.
What were those 4 things?

Your Heart
While loneliness is difficult, having one’s heart broken at our age is worse. Be careful where you allow your heart to lead you. [...]

Will it be Grandma and Grandpa, or something a little snazzier?
Susan Felt of The Arizona Republic recently discussed how boomers are now re-defining what it is to be a grandparent — no more silver hair and rocking chairs! — and how many of them also want cooler titles to reflect this livelier image.
Here are [...]

If Philly is “The City of Brotherly Love,” is Pittsburgh “The City of Boomer Love”?
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that Pittsburgh is the #1 place in the country for boomers to find love.
Sperling’s BestPlaces conducted a study (using Census data) and found the 45-to-65 set in Pittsburgh experiences a lower-than-average divorce rate and a [...]

I just read an interesting article on the fashion frustrations many female boomers are experiencing.
It seems that specialty clothing stores (like Forth & Town, Janeville and Martin + Osa) are having trouble catering to baby boomers. They just can’t seem to figure out what older shoppers want.
What’s the problem?
Stores are making a mistake [...]

…that is the question.
At least, that is the question a lot of boomers are now asking themselves.
Nowadays, there are more options than ever available to those who aren’t ready to ‘age gracefully’: plastic surgery can correct droopy eyelids, bumpy noses, thin lips, deep creases, bulging waistlines, sagging faces, and a whole host of other [...]

If you’re retired and single, why not jump back into the dating scene?
According to a recent AARP survey, “70 percent of single baby boomers are actively dating.”
Hesitant? Consider these points, true for many boomers:

The kids have moved out
The bills are paid off
There are no worries about pregnancy
Your confidence has grown as you’ve matured
You’re ready [...]

Drury Bagwell, retired assistant vice president for student affairs at the University of Maryland, has been to 71 countries around the world. He’s got some great travel tips for baby boomers:
Before You Go
Check all the countries you even THINK that you might visit in order to see if they require a visa that you must [...]

Boomers are increasingly turning to the internet for “romance, companionship, [and] sometimes marriage,” according to Jocelyn Noveck in her article Baby Boomers Embrace Online Dating:
The main reason more mature singles are going online for love is simple: more widespread access to the Internet, hence more familiarity with online dating. And dating sites are catering to [...]

I wrote this article a few months ago, after my dad retired and declared that his first post-retirement project would be re-recording and preserving our old VHS home videos…
Preserving Home Videos: Which DVD Format is Best?
The first thing my father wanted to do upon retirement was transfer our countless VHS home videos onto digital media–to [...]