Comments on: Why are good bloggers old? http://blog.dworin.net/2007/06/27/why-are-good-bloggers-old/ 100% Pure Awesome Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:30:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: srah http://blog.dworin.net/2007/06/27/why-are-good-bloggers-old/comment-page-1/#comment-1704 srah Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:47:26 +0000 http://blog.dworin.net/2007/06/27/why-are-good-bloggers-old/#comment-1704 Great! Great!

]]> By: Dave http://blog.dworin.net/2007/06/27/why-are-good-bloggers-old/comment-page-1/#comment-1702 Dave Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:29:21 +0000 http://blog.dworin.net/2007/06/27/why-are-good-bloggers-old/#comment-1702 That's what I think is so fascinating - while the internet has allowed lots of people to become producers, very few are, and those producers are usually older and more focused. Younger people are more rabid consumers of information, but most of the information they produce is just about themselves. I think that's a great point about generation differences. Someone I work with did some research into generational differences in the workplace, but it's hard to discern the difference between what is a generational difference and what's just an age difference without time series data. Many things people say about Millenials they also said about Gen-Xers and Boomers when they were young. If you've been thinking about generational differences a lot lately, you're going to want to stick around this blog over the next few weeks, it's going to be an emerging theme. There has been a bit of time series research, and if I can find it, I'm going to try and post it. That’s what I think is so fascinating - while the internet has allowed lots of people to become producers, very few are, and those producers are usually older and more focused. Younger people are more rabid consumers of information, but most of the information they produce is just about themselves.

I think that’s a great point about generation differences. Someone I work with did some research into generational differences in the workplace, but it’s hard to discern the difference between what is a generational difference and what’s just an age difference without time series data. Many things people say about Millenials they also said about Gen-Xers and Boomers when they were young. If you’ve been thinking about generational differences a lot lately, you’re going to want to stick around this blog over the next few weeks, it’s going to be an emerging theme. There has been a bit of time series research, and if I can find it, I’m going to try and post it.

]]> By: srah http://blog.dworin.net/2007/06/27/why-are-good-bloggers-old/comment-page-1/#comment-1700 srah Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:08:32 +0000 http://blog.dworin.net/2007/06/27/why-are-good-bloggers-old/#comment-1700 I do have to admit, though, that as a "cusper" (the tail end of Generation X bordering in Millennial) I consumed a lot more information than I created in college. I've been thinking a lot about generational differences lately and one problem I have is that we have a whole lot of data about traditionalists and baby-boomers in the workplace, but less on genXers and millennials. I noticed this when I went to a conference session about generational differences in the workplace and they said that while baby-boomers may get a new job every 7-10 years, it was more like 2-3 for GenX and millennials were constantly changing. But it's also possible that genXers (or millennials) will settle into jobs as they get older and bring those averages up for their generation later. I would like to see a study on "traditionalists at 20 vs. baby-boomers at 20 vs. genXers at 20 vs. millennials at 20" rather than comparing them across their entire lives. I do have to admit, though, that as a “cusper” (the tail end of Generation X bordering in Millennial) I consumed a lot more information than I created in college.

I’ve been thinking a lot about generational differences lately and one problem I have is that we have a whole lot of data about traditionalists and baby-boomers in the workplace, but less on genXers and millennials. I noticed this when I went to a conference session about generational differences in the workplace and they said that while baby-boomers may get a new job every 7-10 years, it was more like 2-3 for GenX and millennials were constantly changing. But it’s also possible that genXers (or millennials) will settle into jobs as they get older and bring those averages up for their generation later. I would like to see a study on “traditionalists at 20 vs. baby-boomers at 20 vs. genXers at 20 vs. millennials at 20″ rather than comparing them across their entire lives.

]]> By: Dave http://blog.dworin.net/2007/06/27/why-are-good-bloggers-old/comment-page-1/#comment-1699 Dave Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:23:40 +0000 http://blog.dworin.net/2007/06/27/why-are-good-bloggers-old/#comment-1699 That certainly makes sense. Millenials don't blog because it requires too much focus. You also point out another difference, though. Most of the information-creation you discussed is telling other people about yourself. It's very surface. In contrast, blogging involves the creation of more complicated ideas. It requires more refinement and thought. Looking at the time costs of information-creation on twitter or facebook, I can't imagine that's what is consuming people's time. More likely it's information consumption on those media. That certainly makes sense. Millenials don’t blog because it requires too much focus. You also point out another difference, though. Most of the information-creation you discussed is telling other people about yourself. It’s very surface. In contrast, blogging involves the creation of more complicated ideas. It requires more refinement and thought. Looking at the time costs of information-creation on twitter or facebook, I can’t imagine that’s what is consuming people’s time. More likely it’s information consumption on those media.

]]> By: srah http://blog.dworin.net/2007/06/27/why-are-good-bloggers-old/comment-page-1/#comment-1698 srah Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:21:47 +0000 http://blog.dworin.net/2007/06/27/why-are-good-bloggers-old/#comment-1698 Maybe straight blogging is just too stifling for the Millennials. That's sort of related to #3, but not so much that their blogs don't have focus, but that their information-creating isn't just focused on blogs. They're twittering and facebooking and myspacing and flickring all over the place rather than having one central location for their creativity. Maybe? Maybe straight blogging is just too stifling for the Millennials. That’s sort of related to #3, but not so much that their blogs don’t have focus, but that their information-creating isn’t just focused on blogs. They’re twittering and facebooking and myspacing and flickring all over the place rather than having one central location for their creativity. Maybe?

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