What about Generation X?

April 9th, 2008 Stewart

The Mosher Pit ยป A rewrite: What about Generation X?

Nice to see a solid write-up of my generation. I propose that we’re not only the translators between the adjacent generations, we’re also the digital pioneers that built the platform of today’s internet for the Millennial “digital natives” and the Boomer “digital immigrants” to enjoy.

This list of digital pioneer Xers should include:

And you’re all welcome, btw.

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Five to the next generation…

March 4th, 2007 Stewart

Fellow library blogger Jennimi and I have started up a little meme from our comments on my last post. We’re asking everyone to post with their response to the following question:

“What 5 things would you say to the next generation?”

She’s already posted hers which I like a lot; here’s mine:

* Education is a process, not an outcome. If you aren’t learning anything in college, odds are you are failing the system as much as (if not more than) it is failing you.

* Other people cannot tell you who you are. Self-discovery can really only happen when you unplug from the world.

* Do you really want your children to see those pictures of you doing body shots in Cabo? Because once they are out there, they are out there forever.

* The only people who have ever been accused of being great are the ones who had original ideas and built original things.

* Give something back every single day.

You can join in by tagging your post “5tothenext” and posting your five things. To get the ball rolling, I’m calling out:

M. Banks
D. Rothman
M. Zafron

(David, if you do this, I’ll finally post that “five things you don’t know about me” thing that I didn’t do before.) Thanks all!

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The Conceit of Millennials

March 4th, 2007 Stewart

Self-Awareness Not a Problem at College - washingtonpost.com

While not really coming as much of a shock, it is noteworthy in how this research flies in the face of Howe & Strauss’s assertion that these kids were more altruistic than other generations. Meanwhile, Gen X’s Content of our Character Project has been collecting letters to the next generation that would hopefully appeal to their sense of social conscience.

EDIT: March 5, 10:45 AM — Howe & Strauss bite back. FWIW, I find that after a little while their relentless optimistic spin wears almost as thin as the generational bashing I find elsewhere. Truth usually lies somewhere in the middle.

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