Good article and something I have been talking about for quite a while - MOBILITY. Yes I find this all the time, folks in my generation don't relate to mobility at all, they don't want to be bothered and in their minds require the computer sitting on their desk top to go online, and have no interest in the mobile world, in the meantime, the younger generation embraces information technology and uses it day to day, minute to minute..and so on......and the older generation just does not get it how the younger folks within seconds can have their information at their fingertips immediately...Whereas the older generation still feel this need to stop what they are doing, go in to the office, turn on the computer to be connected...
At some point in time if you don't tune in to mobility, you are going to be left out...and stumbled upon by the ones that do embrace mobile technology....you don't have to understand and use everything that is out there, but taking some time out to learn and use some basic mobile skills can't hurt...and this goes beyond just using a cell phone. Take a look and see what's out there and you might be pleasantly surprised at how some of the new technology can make things easier for you. Don't just talk about it...do it...and some of this is actually fun and might just put a smile on your face as you learn...BD
Not tonight, Honey. I'm online. Sound familiar? A survey of about 1,000 Americans showed that the Internet has become such an essential part of their every-day lives that 28% said they spend less time socializing with friends because of it. And 20% said they spend less time having sex because they're too busy online, according to a study by advertising agency JWT.
About half of people 35 and older said if they can't access the Internet when they want to, they feel like something important is missing.
The study also showed that people who didn't grow up with interactive digital technology tend to see online and offline as separate worlds. For people immersed in the technology, though, there's no big distinction. Online is just part of normal life, like a car and TV, they noted.
"Now it's connectivity with mobility that marks the digital generation divide," said Marian Salzman, a JWT spokesman in a written statement. "Older Americans are happy to sit in the same place to go online, while younger people expect to be able to connect anywhere at any time, without being tethered to a particular location or time frame. Mobility represents the next big shift."
For those respondents younger than 35, 78% said they don't own a desktop computer, compared with 93% of those older than 55. Instead, 61% of the under-35s own a laptop, compared with 36% of those over 55.
Americans Can Go Without Sex Longer Than The Internet, Study Finds -- Internet -- InformationWeek
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