Does One size fit all?
The 40+ crowd is flooding to Facebook. The 30+ massage their Linkedin profiles. The 20+ crowd is tweeting their hearts out. What are the kids doing? How are they organizing themselves? After all, they are saddled with a 50 Trillion dollar debt liability and a warming planet courtesy of their Tenants. I posted an article below about a High School Student from Issaquah Washington (read “Small Town USA”) with a head full of ideas.
Reading between lines:
Kids are looking for better ways to promote themselves to colleges, employers, and each other, with a twist; they want control and ownership of their data. They see it as an extension of a business card rather that a bill board branding channel. Yes, they are open for business and ready to produce insanely creative things. However, there must be some intimacy in relationships which other social networking sites cannot provide. They seek quality over quantity in the next economic paradigm. They seek simplicity and eschew the corporatism of their media.
They are consummate sharers always aware of their own productivity. Their new applications are a chain of productivity tools for other students creating a world where teenagers can find useful tips, tricks and products to get through the teen years successfully. They are passionate about engaging the world on their level. They are passionate about their role in providing value to others. I, for one, welcome the prospect of turning the world over to it’s rightful owners – the kids.
Students develop Web sites for peers
By Christopher Huber
Skyline Running Start student Adam Sidialicherif has a lot of ideas floating around in his head these days. The self-taught Web developer has so many, he even maintains in his bedroom a list of Web applications he wants to write to help his peers with numerous aspects of life, he said.
