The Jeff Pulver Blog: Understanding the "Say Everything" Generation

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February 16, 2007

Understanding the "Say Everything" Generation

New York Magazine: Say Everything

As younger people reveal their private lives on the Internet, the older generation looks on with alarm and misapprehension not seen since the early days of rock and roll. The future belongs to the uninhibited.

"...It’s been a long time since there was a true generation gap, perhaps 50 years—you have to go back to the early years of rock and roll, when old people still talked about “jungle rhythms.” Everything associated with that music and its greasy, shaggy culture felt baffling and divisive, from the crude slang to the dirty thoughts it was rumored to trigger in little girls. That musical divide has all but disappeared. But in the past ten years, a new set of values has sneaked in to take its place, erecting another barrier between young and old. And as it did in the fifties, the older generation has responded with a disgusted, dismissive squawk..."

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A friend of mine suggested that I pick up a copy of New York Magazine and read this cover story right after I started to wonder about when Service Providers would offer Innovative Services. But I was on the road and never got to it. Turns out that this very issue of New York Magazine was staring at me last night in my home when I was looking for something else, and I finally had a chance to read it..

This story should be a must read if you are in the business of: developing / selling / promoting "Innovative Communication Services" and want to do business with the "Say Everything" Generation. Or I guess you can ignore this story and attempt to continue selling to their parents and grandparents. The choice is yours.

Tags: VoIP, VON, Media 2.0, New York Magazine, Say Everything, Jeff Pulver