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| # A tasty intro to digital - Tea, Toast and T’Internet | # A tasty intro to digital - Tea, Toast and T’Internet | ||
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| [Originally on Socialreporter 17.4.2014](http://socialreporter.com/?p=2957) | [Originally on Socialreporter 17.4.2014](http://socialreporter.com/?p=2957) | ||
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| I was recently delighted, and intrigued, to be copied into an email from Myra Newman thanking people for their support for a London event run at the Central & Cecil Sheltered Housing scheme, together with [Primrose Hill Neighbours Help](http://primrosehillneighbours.wordpress.com/) (PHNH). | I was recently delighted, and intrigued, to be copied into an email from Myra Newman thanking people for their support for a London event run at the Central & Cecil Sheltered Housing scheme, together with [Primrose Hill Neighbours Help](http://primrosehillneighbours.wordpress.com/) (PHNH). | ||
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| The note was backed up with photos by Lee Christopher-Coles, showing residents clearly having a lot of fun trying out tablets … many for the first time. Lee wrote: | The note was backed up with photos by Lee Christopher-Coles, showing residents clearly having a lot of fun trying out tablets … many for the first time. Lee wrote: | ||
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| That Device Company, who are behind the project, aim to donate £50,000 to Age UK during 2014 through promotion and sales. | That Device Company, who are behind the project, aim to donate £50,000 to Age UK during 2014 through promotion and sales. | ||
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| On the day Breezie CEO Jeh Kazimi turned up with a team of volunteers, and six tablets. These run on the Android system, which out-of-the box can be more difficult than Apple iPads - but the virtue of the Breezie is that it provides a simplified set-up that can be tailored to individual use. I think it would be really interesting to arrange a session with iPads for comparison. My hunch is there will be pros and cons on each. | On the day Breezie CEO Jeh Kazimi turned up with a team of volunteers, and six tablets. These run on the Android system, which out-of-the box can be more difficult than Apple iPads - but the virtue of the Breezie is that it provides a simplified set-up that can be tailored to individual use. I think it would be really interesting to arrange a session with iPads for comparison. My hunch is there will be pros and cons on each. | ||
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| What seems particularly promising is the combination of local volunteer action with a consumer product to complement the more traditional digital inclusion programmes. | What seems particularly promising is the combination of local volunteer action with a consumer product to complement the more traditional digital inclusion programmes. | ||
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| Pictured with residents and a group from PHNH information desk are: | Pictured with residents and a group from PHNH information desk are: | ||
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