[Hidden-tech] Thanks to all those great Web designers - curious about the new generation/work expectations

[nestor at fuzzy-math.com]

Ha, yes, indeed!  I'm 28, and I remember fondly the days when the  
Internet was nothing but a social network.   Way before Compuserve and  
AOL, there were BBSs  (like BIX, though that was one of many).   I  
often like to point out to my peers that the tokens that they  
associate with web 2.0, and a younger generation:  LOL, WTF,  
smilies....  I was already used to when I was 8 pr 9!


On Mar 9, 2010, at 7:26 PM, Town Websites wrote:

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>
> While we're on a roll, I thought the 1st generation social networking
> systems, like BIX, did most everything useful that's being done now,  
> and
> changes since then have been evolutionary, with much of the  
> difference in
> fluff and with technology taking a smaller role in change than  
> positioning.
>
> BIX was more or less like the HT list, except categorized, so you  
> could find
> people of similar, mostly technical, interests in a variety of  
> subjects.
> BIX, like Compuserve and AOL, began pre-internet, when 1200 baud  
> modems and
> 150K floppy drives were hot technology.  I suspect few at that time  
> would
> believe a messaging system limited to SMS text length would be  
> considered
> "Web 2.0 social networking".  And many, I think, would have been  
> surprised
> to find that it would take nearly 20 years for networked video to  
> begin to
> make serious penetration.
>
> Charlie
> </off_high-horse:>)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lynn Nichols [mailto:lynn at starstruckdesign.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 11:18 AM
> To: nestor at fuzzy-math.com
> Cc: joseph at steig.com; hidden-discuss
> Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Thanks to all those great Web designers -  
> curious
> about the new generation/work expectations
>
>   ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's  
> area.
>   ** If you did, we all thank you.
>
>
> Hey Nestor - I'm a 54 year old web designer (hence a baby boomer)  
> who is
> at the top of my game with the web and social networking (you can find
> me on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and many other social sites and I
> follow lots of others  through RSS feeds with iGoogle). And my  
> business,
> which I started in 1999, is busier than it has ever been. So please
> don't put us boomers in the same box -- not all of us are ignorant of
> the ways of younger folks (in fact, some of us are heavy into
> cross-generational collaboration). I stay current with technology and
> cultural changes to keep my business moving forward and keep me from
> becoming a "dinosaur" at the top... ;)
>
> Lynn
>
> -- 
> Lynn A. Nichols, Starstruck Design
> lynn at starstruckdesign.com
> http://www.starstruckdesign.com
>
>
>
> nestor at fuzzy-math.com wrote:
>> I think the key is that the boomers got a late start:  their parents
>> were a generation that held on to leadership roles long past 'normal'
>> retirement age, and so they feel they have to do the same.  I really
>> don't think that our generation will stand for that behavior,  
>> especially
>> in a more progressive economy where lean and mean is fastly replacing
>> that good old bloated hierarchy.  There just won't be room for the
>> dinosaurs at the top when it's the folks with the short attention  
>> spans
>> and social networking abilities that will keep things moving.
>
>
>
>
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