For Deborah Martin, 71, technology is embedded into daily life. Recounting the rhythms of what was a typical morning, Martin says she woke up, asked Google Home for the weather forecast, checked her emails and updated a Google spreadsheet. She then saw an ad for a course on AI, posted about it on Facebook and spent a few hours starting the course.
As head trainer at the Hills District Computer Pals club in Sydney, Martin sees the impact of technology on her peers’ lives, and disputes the stereotype they are less adept with computers. “There’s as much variety in older adults as there is in the general population,” she says.
Deborah Martin, head trainer at the Hills District Computer Pals club.Credit: Louise Kennerley
After a career in the public service, her hunger to stay abreast of technological change continues …