Comments on: Generation Y For Dummies: We Trail Early Adopters http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters/ The latest in online and mobile technology with Corvida Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: How teens (or one teen) feel about blogging « Pjv2097’s Blog http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters/comment-page-1/#comment-16528 How teens (or one teen) feel about blogging « Pjv2097’s Blog Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:35:04 +0000 http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters/#comment-16528 [...] http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters [...] [...] http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters [...]

]]> By: Jas Talents and Models http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters/comment-page-1/#comment-16998 Jas Talents and Models Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:58:46 +0000 http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters/#comment-16998 Like it or not, internet has revolutionize the ways we do things. We can't even function without the computer. Just can't imagine what the world would be in say 20 years time. It will probably take over our lives completely. Like it or not, internet has revolutionize the ways we do things. We can't even function without the computer. Just can't imagine what the world would be in say 20 years time. It will probably take over our lives completely.

]]> By: Jas Talents and Models http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters/comment-page-1/#comment-15258 Jas Talents and Models Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:58:46 +0000 http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters/#comment-15258 Like it or not, internet has revolutionize the ways we do things. We can't even function without the computer. Just can't imagine what the world would be in say 20 years time. It will probably take over our lives completely. Like it or not, internet has revolutionize the ways we do things. We can't even function without the computer. Just can't imagine what the world would be in say 20 years time. It will probably take over our lives completely.

]]> By: Singapore Escort http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters/comment-page-1/#comment-14525 Singapore Escort Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:58:46 +0000 http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters/#comment-14525 Like it or not, internet has revolutionize the ways we do things. We can't even function without the computer. Just can't imagine what the world would be in say 20 years time. It will probably take over our lives completely. Like it or not, internet has revolutionize the ways we do things. We can't even function without the computer. Just can't imagine what the world would be in say 20 years time. It will probably take over our lives completely.

]]> By: Julia http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters/comment-page-1/#comment-13012 Julia Mon, 26 May 2008 13:03:52 +0000 http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters/#comment-13012 Just adding my own thoughts here. I see exactly where you are coming from, Corvida. My nieces aged 18 and 21 are just the type of users you describe. The oldest is forever on Ebay buying and selling her life and the youngest uses Facebook with her friends but that is about it. Their parents are not very tech savvy though. I am 51 (today!) and am definitely a geek but my son (aged 28) is one too and taught me everything he knows. I have just completed a BSc in IT and am teaching my younger girls (12 and 15) everything I now know..they are much more tech savvy than their cousins. We are a very switched on household with computers and gadgets everywhere. I am taking the lead in social media though and am now merrily blogging and twittering away!!<br>I love your blog and find it very inspiring...have just started a new blog of my own looking at social media from the perspective of change management and how many users are a bit fearful of the new technologies. I thought this might be age related but now am not too sure. will have to explore further. Thanks for the food for thought! xxx<br>Julia Just adding my own thoughts here. I see exactly where you are coming from, Corvida. My nieces aged 18 and 21 are just the type of users you describe. The oldest is forever on Ebay buying and selling her life and the youngest uses Facebook with her friends but that is about it. Their parents are not very tech savvy though. I am 51 (today!) and am definitely a geek but my son (aged 28) is one too and taught me everything he knows. I have just completed a BSc in IT and am teaching my younger girls (12 and 15) everything I now know..they are much more tech savvy than their cousins. We are a very switched on household with computers and gadgets everywhere. I am taking the lead in social media though and am now merrily blogging and twittering away!!
I love your blog and find it very inspiring…have just started a new blog of my own looking at social media from the perspective of change management and how many users are a bit fearful of the new technologies. I thought this might be age related but now am not too sure. will have to explore further. Thanks for the food for thought! xxx
Julia

]]> By: notes, thoughts, ideas and responses » What College Students Can Get From Blogging http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters/comment-page-1/#comment-11847 notes, thoughts, ideas and responses » What College Students Can Get From Blogging Fri, 23 May 2008 10:50:13 +0000 http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters/#comment-11847 [...] wrote What College Students Can’t Get From Blogging. She also wrote Generation Y For Dummies, We Trail Early Adopters. If she is right, those of us who are college students and blogging should start figuring out ways [...] [...] wrote What College Students Can’t Get From Blogging. She also wrote Generation Y For Dummies, We Trail Early Adopters. If she is right, those of us who are college students and blogging should start figuring out ways [...]

]]> By: JessieX http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters/comment-page-1/#comment-13031 JessieX Mon, 19 May 2008 19:55:27 +0000 http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters/#comment-13031 Ooooh. I like your thinking, Corvida. From what I've studied and what attracts my interest with how different generations communicate, GenXers experience personal and collective (albeit in tinsy groups) power through efficacy, efficiency and filling small gaps and structural deficiencies that others don't even see. That's why they are, to co-opt your term, the power behind the Business Web. Things need to function and well for the GenX mindset to be satisfied. GenXers are also "gamblers" and willing to go for high-stakes gains and losses. Gambling is often a better bet than trusting institutions and older adults to make wise decisions in their favor. (And history bears this out.)<br><br>Millennials (1982 - 2002ish) experience individual and collective power as a TEAM. They function better inside of a group ... and not just any group, but a group of their peers. Social media relationships and use, for Millennials, are starting to groove into their personal and (now) professional worlds a way of watching, in real time, what their peers are doing. To be able to respond in a moments' notice to the movement of their peers, to bring support, bodies, sheer force of numbers.<br><br>Each generation will communicate and use communication tools for the core values that underlie its world view. And GenXers and Millennials grow up in wildly different worlds, see the world differently, and they frame and then solve problems differently. Ooooh. I like your thinking, Corvida. From what I've studied and what attracts my interest with how different generations communicate, GenXers experience personal and collective (albeit in tinsy groups) power through efficacy, efficiency and filling small gaps and structural deficiencies that others don't even see. That's why they are, to co-opt your term, the power behind the Business Web. Things need to function and well for the GenX mindset to be satisfied. GenXers are also “gamblers” and willing to go for high-stakes gains and losses. Gambling is often a better bet than trusting institutions and older adults to make wise decisions in their favor. (And history bears this out.)

Millennials (1982 – 2002ish) experience individual and collective power as a TEAM. They function better inside of a group … and not just any group, but a group of their peers. Social media relationships and use, for Millennials, are starting to groove into their personal and (now) professional worlds a way of watching, in real time, what their peers are doing. To be able to respond in a moments' notice to the movement of their peers, to bring support, bodies, sheer force of numbers.

Each generation will communicate and use communication tools for the core values that underlie its world view. And GenXers and Millennials grow up in wildly different worlds, see the world differently, and they frame and then solve problems differently.

]]> By: WinExtra » The tech blogosphere is a closed circle feeding on itself http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters/comment-page-1/#comment-11815 WinExtra » The tech blogosphere is a closed circle feeding on itself Mon, 19 May 2008 18:40:54 +0000 http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters/#comment-11815 [...] ones to use all these tools to make changes to our society. However both Sarah in ReadWriteWeb and Corvida from SheGeeks show in two different post just how much of this idea is not much more than bullshit and marketing [...] [...] ones to use all these tools to make changes to our society. However both Sarah in ReadWriteWeb and Corvida from SheGeeks show in two different post just how much of this idea is not much more than bullshit and marketing [...]

]]> By: nikan http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters/comment-page-1/#comment-13013 nikan Sun, 18 May 2008 13:11:45 +0000 http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters/#comment-13013 I belong to the early adopters generation (if I can claim this name for my generation), and find your point of view to match mine. Great and sincere post. I belong to the early adopters generation (if I can claim this name for my generation), and find your point of view to match mine. Great and sincere post.

]]> By: rodaniel http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters/comment-page-1/#comment-13014 rodaniel Sun, 18 May 2008 10:18:46 +0000 http://shegeeks.net/generation-y-for-dummies-we-trail-early-adopters/#comment-13014 Seeing what technology has done - or rather, really, not done - for Gen Y, I'm really concerned about the way that computers are being so naively thrown at Gen Z children.<br><br>Schools are buckling under the pressure for budgetary cuts across the board and slashing staffing and important stuff like arts and quality meal offerings, yet they're scrambling to outfit kids with computers in the classroom. Jeez, they're teaching Kindergarteners to do PowerPoint presentations, for crying out loud!<br><br>But there's no evidence that access to technology has truly bettered the educational experience for Gen Y. This cavalier approach to immersing kids in technology is truly frightening... We're not giving kids time to just be kids and learn to exist in the real world before plunging them headlong into the cyber world. Seeing what technology has done – or rather, really, not done – for Gen Y, I'm really concerned about the way that computers are being so naively thrown at Gen Z children.

Schools are buckling under the pressure for budgetary cuts across the board and slashing staffing and important stuff like arts and quality meal offerings, yet they're scrambling to outfit kids with computers in the classroom. Jeez, they're teaching Kindergarteners to do PowerPoint presentations, for crying out loud!

But there's no evidence that access to technology has truly bettered the educational experience for Gen Y. This cavalier approach to immersing kids in technology is truly frightening… We're not giving kids time to just be kids and learn to exist in the real world before plunging them headlong into the cyber world.

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