Last week, I brought up the topic of young entrepreneurs and how Generation Y is “the most entrepreneurial in history.” As an under-30 running his own freelance writing business, you could say that I fall under this trend as well. They say that this generation is driven to learn and to create for themselves, unlike previous generations where most people looked for conventional work under more standard circumstances. Well, in the comments in that post, Christian mentioned a a 70-year old who has embraced technology. I’ve seen this Peter fellow before, but I felt it was rather appropriate to bring him here today.

When you ask most older people about computers, video games, and Internet, they typically try to push it aside, saying that technology is for young people and they can’t be bothered to learn about all this new stuff. After all, computers (and the web) advances at a breakneck pace and by the time you think you’ve got the hang of things, you could very well be outdated. Not all seniors feel this way.

YouTube sensation Geriatric1927 — known as Peter to the real world — was born in 1927 but he has embraced this whole web 2.0 phenomenon. He keeps an active video blog (vlog) on YouTube where he discusses and rants all sorts of things, telling it as it is. What’s more, he also maintains a WordPress blog, though there is no monetization on the site whatsoever. He doesn’t blog for money; he blogs (and vlogs) because he wants to. He’s not entrepreneurial in the traditional sense, but if he chose to make some money online, I’m sure he could.

This goes to show you that no matter how old you get, you can always get “into” technology and keep up with all the young people who you may think have a leg up on you. If the 79-year-old Peter can actively and positively contribute to YouTube and the blogosphere, why can’t you (and your grandpa)?