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Notes on the intersection of demographics and technology
April 2008 - Posts
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( crossposted at the excellent career guidance site Brazen Careerist ) The terms "tech-savvy" and "Millennial" seem joined at the hip, like "hopeless romantic" or "out-of-control pop diva." Of course, many romantics are nothing if not hopeful, some pop Read More...
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A couple of weeks ago, there was a minor furor caused by Lenore Skenazy, a New York parent who allowed - even encouraged - her 9 year-old son to find his own way back from Bloomingdale's to their home on the Upper West Side, riding the subway on his own. Read More...
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American Millennials enjoy (or perhaps not) a reputation as conformists and group-thinkers among some generation-watchers, but apparently they have nothing on their peers in the PRC. My old pal Matt Forney had a piece on the New York Times Op-Ed page Read More...
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Mike Gotta points to this article by Dennis Howlett called "The poverty of enterprise 2.0 and social computing," in which Howlett observes: In the context of ’social’ anything, these are incredibly important concepts because what we’re really talking Read More...
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I just saw this review of a new book called Millennial Makeover: YouTube, MySpace and the Remaking of American Politics by Morely Winogrand and Michael Hais. The reviewer, Mike Connery, is himself the author of a book on Millennials in politics called Read More...
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Thin blogging last week because I have been heads-down working on a couple of proposals. The good news is that Wiley and Microsoft apparently want another book, this one on next-generation leadership. I am looking at teasing out some of the concepts from Read More...
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Clay Shirky writes : "Communications tools don't get socially interesting until they get technologically boring. The invention of a tool doesn't create change; it has to be around long enough that most of society is using it... for our young people today, Read More...
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According to Aging Workforce News , the online job site CareerBuilder.com has launched a site specifically dedicated to workers 50 and older, driven by results of their recent survey which found that 22% of employers plan to rehire retirees from other Read More...
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Venkatesh Rao posts his impressions of Generation Blend at his blog, The Ribbon Farm . Share this post: del.icio.us | digg | reddit Read More...
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Clive Crook thinks it is. His piece on the Atlantic Monthly blog (entitled " The Dumbing of America ") notes a study that shows that, "For the first time in decades, and probably ever, workers retiring from the US labor force will be better-educated on Read More...
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This landed in my inbox this morning, indirectly from Web usability expert Jakob Nielsen : Between the ages of 25 and 60, the time users need to complete website tasks increases by 0.8% per year . In other words, a 40-year-old user will take 8% longer Read More...
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