Comments on: Vocabulary (and the Social Quagmire) http://www.technologystory.com/2010/07/25/vocabulary-and-the-social-quagmire/ Through The Executive Lens Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:35:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Scott Klososky http://www.technologystory.com/2010/07/25/vocabulary-and-the-social-quagmire/comment-page-1/#comment-504 Scott Klososky Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:35:20 +0000 http://www.technologystory.com/?p=525#comment-504 It is my observation that in every generation there are innovations that the generation before has a hard time relating too. I had a grandmother that had never flown and who could not understand how I could fly all over the world for my job. The general position of the older generation is one of fear. She feared the plane would fall out of the sky. Parents today fear the social tech is going to cripple their kids. There is no evidence that this is true, yet parents still worry. The reality is that social tech and mobile devices are a blessing and a curse - depending on the proper and healthy use. Your kids will be different than you. You are different than your folks. They set boundaries for you, and you need to do the same for you kids... It is my observation that in every generation there are innovations that the generation before has a hard time relating too. I had a grandmother that had never flown and who could not understand how I could fly all over the world for my job. The general position of the older generation is one of fear. She feared the plane would fall out of the sky. Parents today fear the social tech is going to cripple their kids. There is no evidence that this is true, yet parents still worry. The reality is that social tech and mobile devices are a blessing and a curse – depending on the proper and healthy use. Your kids will be different than you. You are different than your folks. They set boundaries for you, and you need to do the same for you kids…

]]> By: Matt Williamson http://www.technologystory.com/2010/07/25/vocabulary-and-the-social-quagmire/comment-page-1/#comment-503 Matt Williamson Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:13:14 +0000 http://www.technologystory.com/?p=525#comment-503 Scott, I keep thinking about this post, and I wonder where you think we will be in 5 years time with our kids? My children are in the middle of this change, and being so they do not even comprehend that there was media or computing before the social era. My children assume that everyone has always had Twitter and Facebook for communications. They find it hard to understand that we used to watch DVDs without the Live feature where we can chat with other people around the world watching the same movie. Matt Scott, I keep thinking about this post, and I wonder where you think we will be in 5 years time with our kids? My children are in the middle of this change, and being so they do not even comprehend that there was media or computing before the social era.

My children assume that everyone has always had Twitter and Facebook for communications. They find it hard to understand that we used to watch DVDs without the Live feature where we can chat with other people around the world watching the same movie.

Matt

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