Publisher • Author • Educator

Paul Wilczynski

Technology writer, author, and workshop creator based in Asheville, NC.

Fifty Years in Technology

From COBOL in 1973 to publishing a technology site for seniors, the throughline has always been the same: make technology make sense for the people who need it most.

These days that means a publication, a book, and workshops that give organizations the tools to actually help their audiences.

Current Projects

A technology publication written for seniors who want straight answers, not jargon.

TheSeniorTechie.com →

Turnkey workshop kits for organizations that serve seniors -- so no one has to build curriculum from scratch.

workshops.TheSeniorTechie.com →

A book about Asheville, NC -- written for everyone who has ever romanticized moving to a small city they saw on a list.

DontMoveToAsheville.com →

About

The long version, for those who want it.

Paul Wilczynski

Paul started his technology career in 1973 writing COBOL on machines that occupied entire rooms and required considerable patience. Neither of those things has changed as much as advertised.

Along the way he taught computer science at Suffolk University in Boston, ran a website development and hosting company, and represented MCI Mail -- one of the first commercial email services -- back when explaining email to people was a full-time job. It still is, just for different reasons.

He is a 1970 graduate of Oberlin College, has lived in Chicago, Boston, and Charleston, SC, and has called Asheville, NC home since 2014. He served on the Asheville Board of Adjustment from 2017 to 2023, which involved a great deal of listening to neighbors disagree about fences.

Today he publishes TheSeniorTechie.com, produces workshop kits for organizations through TheSeniorTechie Workshops, and is the author of Don't Move to Asheville -- a book for anyone who has ever romanticized relocating to a city they read about in a magazine.

A Few Milestones

1970 Graduated from Oberlin College

1973 Began technology career as a COBOL programmer

1980s Taught computer science at Suffolk University, Boston; represented MCI Mail

1990s Founded a website development and hosting company

2014 Relocated to Asheville, NC

2017 Launched TheSeniorTechie.com; began service on Asheville Board of Adjustment

Now Publishing, writing, and building workshops for organizations that serve seniors

My Work

Three projects, one through-line: making technology and place understandable.

TheSeniorTechie.com

A technology publication written specifically for older adults who are tired of explanations that assume they already know everything. No jargon, no condescension -- just useful information about the technology they actually use.

Published regularly since 2017, TheSeniorTechie.com covers everything from smartphones and streaming to scams and security, with the goal of keeping readers informed rather than overwhelmed.

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TheSeniorTechie Workshops

Organizations that serve older adults -- senior centers, libraries, continuing education programs -- often want to offer technology workshops but don't have anyone on staff to build them. That's the problem these workshop kits solve.

Each kit is a complete, turnkey package: presentation materials, handouts, talking points, and everything else needed to run a workshop without starting from scratch. The facilitator just has to show up.

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Don't Move to Asheville

Asheville, NC has spent the last decade near the top of every "best places to move" list. The book is for everyone who has read one of those lists and started researching real estate -- a candid, affectionate, and occasionally cautionary account of what the city is actually like to live in.

Written by someone who moved there in 2014 and has watched the city change considerably since, it is the book that would have been useful before the move rather than after it.

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