Using the Internet

When it comes to technology, my family offers a pretty stereotypical representation of a generation gap. This is especially evident when comparing the way I use the Internet to the way my father does.

For me, the Internet is my primary source of pretty much everything. I use it to read the news, do the bulk of my banking, plan and book vacations, discover new restaurants, find each new apartment, connect with friends, colleagues, and others on social media, and pretty much everything else in everyday life. As a publicist and social media manager, I use the Internet constantly in my professional life, as well - from contacting the press to promoting the Museum online.

And then there's my father...the man who generally avoids new technology at all costs. As a recreational sailor, he'll use weather.com to check up-to-the-minute marine forecasts to make go/no-go determinations on sailing on a certain day...and that's pretty much it. It's 2013 and this man still does not have an email account and has zero desire to get one. There are certainly people out there who understand the Internet less than my father, but he's probably only a few poorly timed clicks away from going viral...