The following tweets are from Professor John Pfaff’s Twitter feed. The author of Locked In, a book about the true causes of mass incarceration, recently found a 30-year old Apple computer in his parents’ attic! He turned it on and a message flashed on the screen asking him if he wanted to restore a saved […]
Study Reveals Gen X Women Are Social Media Addicts
According to a new study by Nielsen Generation X spends more time on social media than any other generation including Millennials. Xers spend nearly 7 hours per week on various networks versus Millennials, who come in second, at just over 6 hours per week. Moreover, it’s primarily Gen X women. They spend 25 percent of their time online is on […]
The Future Starts Here: Kids and Cell Phones
Tiffany Schlain, the writer and filmmaker who created the Webby Awards is host of an AOL show called The Future Starts Here. It’s entering its second season and I’m really enjoying it. The shows are only about five to six minutes long, but they manage pack in a lot of great content. Generation X Parents, […]
Own A Piece of Internet History
In 2005, Alex Tew sold advertising space on his super ugly website, Million Dollar Homepage. He sold the space in the form of pixels for $1 each and he made a ton of money. Recently, he made more money selling 1,000 limited edition posters of the ugly Internet “art.”
The Teens Were Nestled All Snugg in their iPads
I received an invitation from Snugg to choose a leather iPad case to review on my blog. I hate doing product reviews, but they had me at leather. So, I chose this apple green leather case that is super, super nice. The Snugg makes me not hate product reviews, probably because I really, really like […]
Potter Generation + the Latest Gen-X News Links
The Potter Generation Buzzfeed picked up some work a couple of days ago by comic artist Angela of the Tumblr Dreams of Fools. It’s her tribute to growing up as a member of the “Potter Generation.” Very sweet stuff. Toyota Corolla Commercial Dances Through Five Decades From the official Toyota News Release: The world’s best-selling […]
Underground and Secret Social Media Accounts
Teens, Selfies and Secret Social Media Accounts Brian Solis, a sociologist, futurist, and digital analyst, has written an article about how teens use social media and why it matters. It’s a good article that addresses rampant selfies and the rise of accidental narcissism among Generation Y (1982-1999), however, it didn’t really tell me anything I […]