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Cooking and the Generation Gap

Tuesday Aug 18 2009

By Sharon Knoll | Bio

Cooking with my daughter, Krista, is bliss. We were making Crabby Crabcakes, an incredible recipe from Mark Bittman at the NY Times. They were 99% crab with a little bit of stuff we purchased at the Queen Anne Farmers Market to hold them together: brand new potatoes baked with olive oil and rosemary, and sautéed summer squash and caramelized onions with herbs. (Can you stand it? Are you ready to rush out and cook and enjoy the wonderful tastes of fresh grown great food?)

Our cooking together is like a dance—an intensive information and learning exchange.[Read More]

Written by eldering at Wisdom in Action

Tagged with: cooking elder eldering generation_gap learning marketing relationship technology

Virtual Giving

Friday Jul 18 2008

By Shae Hadden | Bio

Usually we think of the inevitable convergence of technologies as being beneficial for the majority of people using them. Take the introduction of video to the internet, or the internet to the cell phone, for example. As soon as we discover something that works that people want, then the advertisers and marketers are on the bandwagon, looking for opportunities to sell within the new medium. What has me shaking my head today is the obvious marketing spin on ‘virtual gifts’, iconic symbols of items one might give to someone in appreciation or sympathy.

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Written by eldering at Personal Empowerment

Tagged with: gifts marketing technology