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It is, essentially, the networking breakfast moved into a virtual world, and available virtually to the entire world.

First, the basics: LinkedIn allows users to create a compelling text-and-multimedia narrative of their life and work.

"Technology is an enabler; it is not the solution," he adds. Further, using high-tech tools can be a solitary act that creates "unintended opportunities for isolation. This idea that people are going to get all their socialization through the Internet is just not going to happen.""People think that somehow boomers are going to trump biology" in terms of being able to stay technically proficient as they get older, Collins says, "but it's not going to happen."People with Parkinson's, for example, face challenges in using most of the small, touch-screen devices now on the market, he observes. The new iPhone has won raves for its digital assistant, called Siri. But what if the user can't hear? Or what if they have macular degeneration and can't see the screen on a computing device?

The latest example is We Work Remotely, a job board that caters to organizations seeking remote workers.

We Work Remotely with the goal of helping companies find talent no matter its location.

Like most other niche sites, We Work Remotely includes job postings that don’t show up elsewhere. It also features contact information for hiring managers. Most important, by targeting specific skills