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A Look At How Gen Y Communicates

Boomers had it pretty simple back in their youth. Want to connect with your friends? Write them a letter, give them a call or go and see them.

Gen X-ers had a little more fun. They could’ve emailed each other over 28.8 or used their pagers to send 1-sentence messages back and forth.

Here’s what Generation Y [...]

My Revelation About The Internet (Or, Why Twitter Creeps Me Out)

By now, everyone knows that you should set your privacy settings on Facebook. No sense in ending up like another Kevin Colvin. If you’re going to post party pictures on the day you called in sick… at least do a better job of covering your tracks.
I don’t think Gen Y has an appreciation of the [...]

Gen Y Outcasts Think They’re Cool & Don’t Care What You Say

Millennials are growing up in a time where an online community exists for virtually every interest and lifestyle. They can connect with other people who love chewing ice, other alpaca enthusiasts or people who really, really like pirates.
Some Gen Y-ers are forming communities to celebrate anorexia (pro-ana websites). Pro-ana people have even coined their own [...]

Confessions of a Music Downloader

Let’s get the obvious economics out of the way. Buying an album = $20. Download = $0. Doesn’t take a math major to get figure that one out.
I was having a convo about P2P with a Gen X friend who can’t bring herself to download music. It’s just something she can’t do; whenever she considers [...]

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