http://www.inadequate.net/2007/08/01/what-generation-are-you/ A few thoughts. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:11:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.inadequate.net/2007/08/01/what-generation-are-you/#comment-1993 Drew Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:54:23 +0000 http://www.inadequate.net/2007/08/01/what-generation-are-you/#comment-1993 I got smack in the middle of X. The whole Gen thing is tricky, b/c no matter what parameters of birth year are used for X v. Y, I'm on the cusp. To use my experience w/ tech, I ID with X. Why? I didn't have an email account until college. I think that sums it up better than anything. I like the idea of employing actual experiences to discern generation. But age still matters, and all this measures is how tech-savvy someone is. A one of the comments said, if Hugh Hefner scored a 12, would he be considered Gen Y? No. It would be interesting to take into account tech issues like this, along with other experiences (like, "Do you remember the Cold War?") that shape your worldview, and combine them into a formula that would account for your actual age. I got smack in the middle of X. The whole Gen thing is tricky, b/c no matter what parameters of birth year are used for X v. Y, I’m on the cusp.
To use my experience w/ tech, I ID with X. Why? I didn’t have an email account until college. I think that sums it up better than anything.
I like the idea of employing actual experiences to discern generation. But age still matters, and all this measures is how tech-savvy someone is. A one of the comments said, if Hugh Hefner scored a 12, would he be considered Gen Y? No.
It would be interesting to take into account tech issues like this, along with other experiences (like, “Do you remember the Cold War?”) that shape your worldview, and combine them into a formula that would account for your actual age.

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