Over the years my family and I have worked together to help my Grandmother get wired. She now uses Google Search, reads her news online, sends and receives email, and even uses Facebook to check-in with family and friends. Using the internet isn't a new concept to my Grandmother, though it's not really something she finds very intuitive either. That said, she understands the power of these tools, and relishes the opportunity to learn more.

My Grandmother also has a whole network of friends who are at various stages of computer use/online adoption. Recently, she asked me if I could share any resources for her and her friends to be able to network, learn and socialize on the internet.

Our most recent user to answer NetSquared's 4 Questions responded to the question, "What's *really* new on the Web, as opposed to buzzwords and soundbites?" with some interesting statistics.

The Washington Post reported this week (Week of Feb, 5, 2006) that all age groups from 17-70 have a majority represented online. That means more than 60% of folks 65-70 are online. This is great. How all those people from all those age groups utilize the web is an unknown but we can guess everyone is on email and a number of them are searching and buying stuff.