This article, written by Sarah Perez over a year ago on Read Write Web is still on the money and shows how quickly generations are evolving. Much of this is already "in play". The game is changing, that's for sure. Will continue to be a fun ride!
Below is a brief excerpt from the article followed by a link to read the entire article, which I highly recommend:
Read Write Web May 15th, 2008
"Gen Y is taking over. The generation of young adults that's composed of the children of Boomers, Generation Jones, and even some Gen X'ers, is the biggest generation since the Baby Boomers and three times the size of Gen X. As the Boomers fade into retirement and Gen Y takes root in the workplace, we're going to see some big changes ahead, not just at work, but on the web as a whole.
There's some contention over where exactly Gen Y starts and stops - some say those born 1983-1997, others think 1982-1997. In this week's Entertainment Weekly, Gen Y is defined as "current 13 to 31 year-olds" and BusinessWeek says they can be as young as five. Regardless, we know who they are - they're the young kids of today, the most digitally active generation yet, having been born plugged in."
