The M Companies » generation x http://www.themcompanies.com Professional Business Development & Consulting Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:39:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 How do different generations communicate: Boomers, X’s, and Y’s http://www.themcompanies.com/blog/how-do-different-generations-communicate-boomers-xs-and-ys/ http://www.themcompanies.com/blog/how-do-different-generations-communicate-boomers-xs-and-ys/#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:58:50 +0000 Ivan http://www.themcompanies.com/?p=225

Take a visual look into how Boomers, Gen-X, and Gen-Y communicate – and how.

Boomers had it pretty simple back in their youth. Want to connect with your friends? Write them a letter, give them a call or go and see them.
How Baby Boomers Communicated

Gen X-ers had a little more fun. They could’ve emailed each other over 28.8 or used their pagers to send 1-sentence messages back and forth.
How Gen X Communicated

Here’s what Generation Y uses to stay in touch.
How Generation Y Communicates

To an outsider, it can be a confusing to understand how Gen Y uses those channels just to talk to each other. After all, Boomers just had three channels and they made friends just fine.

To put things in context, here’s what my communication habits are like and how I use the above.

Looking at that chart makes me envy my father’s generation. They didn’t have to worry about drunk texts. Or having personal information all over the internet.

Honourable mentions for Blackberry PINs and Twitter.

[via TheMarketingStudent] by David Fallarme

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