I'm dubbing the current tween generation as Generation U (Gen U) and assert that it is named here on too.late, FIRST, until someone can show me otherwise. Also, it could be the LAST use of the moniker, if nobody cares or agrees. It's not like there's a huge risk/reward disincentive to play around with such terminology, right? :-)
Gen U makes sense as a generational identifier because this cohort is growing up in a completely video-centric YOUniverse that doesn't even care if there is something called "the internet."
The Internet is Irrelevant. WE matter, and WE can just vidphone in a thousand different ways. You're a retard if you consider pervasive P2P video novel or innovative in any way. It's just "the way things have always been."
Content is still King; however, everyday video Communication as Content, User As Content, is now co-equal Queen.
Exponentially expanding TMI is a fundamental Challenge for Gen U; finding the Right Amount of What Matters is one Gen U quotidian ambition. *Defining* What Matters and setting the dominoes of viral distribution in motion are a big part of what separates the Popular Kids; aka, bell cows, opinion leaders, etc., from the herd.
Young Geniuses and Old Masters agree: it does not matter if it's threaded video conversation, vlogging, vcasting, or whatever. In the end, it's all about Attention Management and Efficient Context Navigation.
Gen U makes sense as a generational identifier because this cohort is growing up in a completely video-centric YOUniverse that doesn't even care if there is something called "the internet."
The Internet is Irrelevant. WE matter, and WE can just vidphone in a thousand different ways. You're a retard if you consider pervasive P2P video novel or innovative in any way. It's just "the way things have always been."
Content is still King; however, everyday video Communication as Content, User As Content, is now co-equal Queen.
Exponentially expanding TMI is a fundamental Challenge for Gen U; finding the Right Amount of What Matters is one Gen U quotidian ambition. *Defining* What Matters and setting the dominoes of viral distribution in motion are a big part of what separates the Popular Kids; aka, bell cows, opinion leaders, etc., from the herd.
Young Geniuses and Old Masters agree: it does not matter if it's threaded video conversation, vlogging, vcasting, or whatever. In the end, it's all about Attention Management and Efficient Context Navigation.
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