Too Old For Tech
Here’s an interesting question. How does age influence computing?
I grew up with an internet connection so a lot of what is “typical internet” use for me is very strange to others. From the blog of Network Instruments, we get a viewpoint of someone who is slightly older than my generation.
Is technology moving at such a rapid pace that one must spent 5+ hours a week of their leisure time connected just to keep up? I wrote my first blog entry just this summer – does that make me a late adopter or simply a laggard?
I don’t think that it’s really about spending leisure time connected to the net in order to pick up on the latest fads. Remember Livejournal? Xanga? all those fads have passed and the only one left from around that era is MySpace, which is the 5000 pound gorilla. With the advent of Facebook, MySpace is getting a run for its’ money. Users don’t weigh the technical traits of one social networking site versus another. There is just a “critical mass” of people that join these sites that create enough value for more and more people to join. I just went where my friends went. Though, I never did have a Myspace.
That’s it. Stop the internet highway, I need to beam new directions to my PDA from Google Earth. I’m not a baby boomer—I used e-mail in college and I grew up feeling confident around technology and even spent a summer as a computer lab support techie. So what if college was over 10 years ago? I’ve always worked at technology companies, I’m surrounded by communication, so when did I get so far behind?
Probably because there wasn’t enough value in joining the communities like Facebook and Myspace. What good is a social networking site if you don’t have anyone to socialize with?
And, yes, will someone please tell me what a Wiki is?
Get it straight from the horses’ mouth! Ask Wikipedia about a wiki. Wiki