Comments on: Don’t Retire, Rewire http://www.connectioneconomy.com/2006/12/12/dont-retire-rewire/ An outlet for musings, observations and futureneering from the company helping you to transition into the connection economy Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:55:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Dragon http://www.connectioneconomy.com/2006/12/12/dont-retire-rewire/#comment-107141 Dragon Sun, 20 May 2007 01:12:57 +0000 http://www.tmtd.biz/2006/12/12/dont-retire-rewire/#comment-107141 Since my last read of this article, I've been thinking about my own future. I was thinking about trying something on my own, part time, in order to gauge demand. This 'something' is nothing but a service I would perform, on a house call basis, in which I would do computer maintenance. That would be pretty much what I am doing with the computers at home. Admittedly, it would be a niche market, but it is my impression there are a number of people out there who are clueless about maintaining their computers, especially when it comes to defragging (what's defragging, they might say) and protecting their systems from viruses, trojans, and other malware. There is a trend among retiring executives in America to go back to work in one capacity or another. They've looked forward to retiring, only to find they've become bored. Though I'm not an executive and wouldn't have that luxury, I couldn't imagine living a life of leisure, days on end. I imagine there are many people who will discover, sooner or later, that they too will find a need to "do something else." Since my last read of this article, I’ve been thinking about my own future. I was thinking about trying something on my own, part time, in order to gauge demand. This ’something’ is nothing but a service I would perform, on a house call basis, in which I would do computer maintenance. That would be pretty much what I am doing with the computers at home. Admittedly, it would be a niche market, but it is my impression there are a number of people out there who are clueless about maintaining their computers, especially when it comes to defragging (what’s defragging, they might say) and protecting their systems from viruses, trojans, and other malware.

There is a trend among retiring executives in America to go back to work in one capacity or another. They’ve looked forward to retiring, only to find they’ve become bored. Though I’m not an executive and wouldn’t have that luxury, I couldn’t imagine living a life of leisure, days on end.

I imagine there are many people who will discover, sooner or later, that they too will find a need to “do something else.”

]]> By: Dragon http://www.connectioneconomy.com/2006/12/12/dont-retire-rewire/#comment-15960 Dragon Wed, 03 Jan 2007 05:29:51 +0000 http://www.tmtd.biz/2006/12/12/dont-retire-rewire/#comment-15960 In the USA, many people are forced to retire when they hit 65. If they do get a job where they aren't forced out, they find they can only work so much without losing social security benefits. Without changes being made to the system to encourage those who want to work and to make more money, I'm not sure what could say to encourage them, not to mention what I would do when I reach that age. In the USA, many people are forced to retire when they hit 65. If they do get a job where they aren’t forced out, they find they can only work so much without losing social security benefits. Without changes being made to the system to encourage those who want to work and to make more money, I’m not sure what could say to encourage them, not to mention what I would do when I reach that age.

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