I just returned from San Francisco where I attended the BlogHer conference at the request of a client. Over the weekend I met, or at least was in the same room as, maybe 1000 women bloggers. Yeah--there's a boatload of us/them. The largest contingent by far was the group known as MommyBloggers, a designation I'm pretty much over, if I was ever there at all. No doubt I adore my children to the point of idiocy, but my days of full-time mommyhood are long gone and I'm old and cranky enough to no longer be fascinated by first words, first steps, and which are the best car seats.
My favorite 45 minutes by far was spent in the 'Boomers and Beyond' breakout session, moderated by Virginia DeBolt who looks all the world like a 3rd grade teacher and, now that I've read her blog, I've realized is a kickass technology ace.
The women in this group seemed to range from mid-40's to late 60's and all of them are online writing blogs and pretty much putting to rest the silly notion that we old folks don't 'get' technology. Many of them use Twitter with the ease of a teenybopper.
It was downright relaxing to be among peers. Maybe we have a little of the been -there-done-that attitude, but all of them had ideas as fresh and interesting as tomorrow's technology. The session was way too short. Could've done with less long breaks and more long break-outs.
So, here are a few fellow boomers you might enjoy:
A Boomer's Life After 50
Yes, there is life after 50.
Menopause, the Blog
Pretty substantive stuff--great title.
The Geezer Sisters
Been reading the Geezer Sisters now and again for awhile. It was fun to meet one.
Out On the Stoop
Thought provoking, literate and welcoming
Purse Stories
Lovely site, lovely stories.
There were several more whose cards I didn't get, but they're listed on Virginia's Web Teacher site.
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