Comments on: It’s a Young Person’s Web

By: Chris Garrett

Chris Garrett — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:23:03 +0000

I agree with Leigh, from the younger people I have contact with I have to conclude they don’t see technology as the rest of us older folk do. It’s transparent, every day, mundane, and non-compartmentalised. We think “I will get my phone and SMS so-and-so”, they are just doing what they do. They only notice the technology when it’s not there for some reason.

We see the drill, they see the hole in the wall.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:30:14 +0000

I don’t agree with Don….

Gen Y doesn’t see the Web as a tool. They don’t see the Web at all. There is no online and offline anymore. Technology has become biology.

(and if someone wants to pay me 3 million dollars i can expand on this insight)

By: E Guy

E Guy — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:52:38 +0000

I think his Wikipedia entry states it best….11 books with his name on them…while 8 of the 11 are co-authored. One might think the real insight, content, and knowledge comes from his co-authors? Perhaps he is just an incredibly effective amplifier.

It is not what you know, but who you know and how you say it. It would appear as though Tapscott seems to understand this very well.

By: Piqued Interest, Esq.

Piqued Interest, Esq. — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:00:10 +0000

Yeah, maybe they were trying to keep simple for the “People” – or maybe they just have zero to add.

I know what my money’s on.

By: RT

RT — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:55:57 +0000

Gosh, Mark — Tapscott doesn’t even write his own books and once tried to hire someone I know to write a blog for him. Seems to me he’s a $10,000 per speech guy who is about a year behind every trend. The only people who take him seriously are those that don’t know any better. Too bad they are also the same people who run companies and hire Tapscott to speak.
By the way, wasn’t he involved with Itemus and some mapping company about five years back. Both were huge failures that haven’t appeared to stick to Don….