Top New from Today's "Boomiverse"
The Graying of the Web
Matt Richtel
www.nytimes.com
Overview “Older people are sticky. That is the latest view from Silicon Valley. Technology investors and entrepreneurs, long obsessed with connecting to teenagers and 20-somethings, are starting a host of new social networking sites aimed at baby boomers and graying computer users.”
Aging Is Inevitable, but Boomers Put 'Old' on Hold
Neil Henderson
www.washingtonpost.com
Overview: “When the first Marine Corps Marathon took place, in 1976, the oldest runner to finish the 26.2-mile race was 58 years old. On the race's 30th anniversary last year, the oldest finisher was 82 -- one individual's testament to how Americans are aging differently than they used to.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/10/AR2007091001839.html
Body scans: a new health craze for Baby Boomers?
Bob Canning
www.arguscourier.com
Overview: “They frequent Sonoma County, setting up shop in churches, hotels, and health clubs, to scan your innards for potentially deadly abnormalities that can cause cancer, strokes or heart attacks. They are the mobile body imaging companies that have proliferated over the past several years.”
http://www1.arguscourier.com/article/20070912/COMMUNITY/70911030