Silver Surfers Write Their Life Stories

PR Log (Press Release) – Sep 22, 2008 – This is why a Berlin internet project is giving older people an opportunity to publish their life stories online. Now, younger people can find out about the lives of the older generation via the internet.
Older people rarely find an open ear for their stories among the younger generation, although the experience and knowledge of older citizens are not only an important cultural asset; they are also a strong economic factor. A Berlin internet project is now giving senior citizens connected to the World Wide Web – also called "silver surfers" with reference to their grey hair – an opportunity to publish the story of their lives on the free autobiography website annoknips.com, and in this way to enable them to make a valuable contribution to the development of society with their experience.

Using annoknips.com is free of charge and without obligation. You decide what events in your life you want to share on annoknips.com on a case by case basis. Individual events can be described briefly or in detail. In this way it is possible to construct your own life story bit by bit, whenever you want to. For example, today you might reminisce about your first day at school and tomorrow you might describe your wedding. Every contribution can also be illustrated with photos if you wish. People without scanners may be able to make use of suitable photos provided by other participants. As all events are assigned to the exact place where they happened, photos from other users, which refer to the same place, can be used to illustrate new events on annoknips.com.

All generations can benefit from these autobiographies and gain a better understanding of the lives of individuals and society structures in past years. The use of the internet and the linking of annoknips.com biographies not only to the time when something happened, but also to the places where the events took place, enables the experiences of the 50+ generation to be shared with younger people who live in the same places or neighborhood today.