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By: ann michael

ann michael — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:36:20 +0000

Excellent point. I started a post about an Outsell study that I might just have to finish. One point of the study was that age demographics are not very meaningful as an indicator of online habits or behaviors. I’ve been ranting about that forever!

On a separate note, I never thought of blogging (at least when I started in early 2006) as long-form communication. In fact, I thought just the opposite and usually blogged no more than 400 word posts.

Funny how things change!

By: On a new publishing model « faculty of 1000

On a new publishing model « faculty of 1000 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:02:45 +0000

[...] over at the Scholarly Kitchen, recently. What am I saying? They’re all interesting. Anyway, Kent Anderson says that blogs are for fogies and David Crotty talks about ‘talking’ vs [...]

By: David Crotty

David Crotty — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:06:23 +0000

Well, “interested” is a relative term here. Their data is from “online adults” (not sure how this is defined, it’s hard to tell from their methodology explanation), and only 1 in 10 of those “online adults” has a blog/journal.

But I’m willing to bet that if you gave senior scientists a choice between pontificating blog-style, sending out a constant stream of limited bon mots via Twitter or communicating via a Facebook wall, that most would go for the long form blog blathering.

By: rpg

rpg — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:50:36 +0000

*laugh* Nice one, Joseph.

Yeah, “older professionals are more secure and interested in exploring boundaries” is interesting given the trouble we had trying to get senior scientists blogging a couple of years ago.

Hmm, I might have to Twitter this.

By: David Crotty

David Crotty — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:44:05 +0000

Studies like this are always useful in debunking the concept of “digital natives”, kids who are growing up with technology X, and when they come of age, we’re all going to have to adapt to what they’re used to doing.

It shows that as one ages, as one is in a different stage of life, education or working, one had different needs, and uses different tools. We’re all in the same state of constantly adapting as our lives change over time.

By: David Crotty

David Crotty — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:26:05 +0000

Reminds me of an article I read a few years back about rebellious teens setting themselves apart from their peers by listening to “alternative” bands like The Beatles.

By: Joseph J. Esposito

Joseph J. Esposito — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:49:12 +0000

This is totally true and awesome. I just saw two teenagers curled up with printed books, looking so in-your-face rebellious that I wanted to slap them. Totally rad. Books, I mean.