http://www.iggypintado.com.au/connectiongeneration Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:44:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Contributor: Des Kennedy (again!) A number of years ago, I had occasion to fly, one Friday afternoon, back to New Zealand where I was living at the time. On arriving at the gate, I was surprised that the wonderful Qantas staff at the gate had upgraded me to Business Class. My seat was ... http://www.iggypintado.com.au/connectiongeneration/connection-story-5-every-connection-is-an-opportunity/ Contributor: Des Kennedy I left Belfast at the age of 27, with my then wife and two young children, and migrated to Sydney, Australia. When in Belfast I had worked for a number of companies including the IT function at the largest bakery in Belfast, the Ormo Bakery. After a number of ... http://www.iggypintado.com.au/connectiongeneration/connection-story-4-small-world-i-the-irish-connection/ Contributor: Des Kennedy  My mother-in-law, Norma Bathurst, who is approaching 80, spends quite a bit of her time at the local library teaching the “old people” how to use the internet, the keyboard, and computers in general. Interestingly, she is teaching folk who are generally younger than her – in their ... http://www.iggypintado.com.au/connectiongeneration/connection-story-3-too-old-to-learn-to-use-the-internet/ Contributor: Martin (martinsellingzoe@aol.com) It was a quiet white room. About six people sat in reclining chairs next to long silver polls.  Small clear veins snaked their way into each person's arm. I was hooked up to one of these silver trees. Plastic veins carried chemo into my arm on a robotic schedule.  This was ... http://www.iggypintado.com.au/connectiongeneration/connection-story-2-unselfish-connection/ Contributor: Jen Bewes (www.twitter.com/jbewes) from Sydney, Australia. The hardest part about being a Brit family living in Australia, is the distance between our kids and their grandparents. Standard phone calls never really cut it and you begin to feel the kids becoming more distant and their grandparents more saddened. That was until ... http://www.iggypintado.com.au/connectiongeneration/connection-story-1-virtual-babysitters/