Comments on: 21st century digital boy and a $2 landline http://www.thomaspurves.com/2006/10/27/21st-century-digital-boy/ Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:44:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Administrator http://www.thomaspurves.com/2006/10/27/21st-century-digital-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-1774 Administrator Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:58:21 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/2006/10/27/21st-century-digital-boy/#comment-1774 You all are right, as far as consumerism is concerned, this is the new digital divide. or the new and unofficial consumer subsidy for the well-connected or the new tax on the... [insert adjective]? You all are right, as far as consumerism is concerned, this is the new digital divide.

or the new and unofficial consumer subsidy for the well-connected

or the new tax on the… [insert adjective]?

]]> By: Sandy Kemsley http://www.thomaspurves.com/2006/10/27/21st-century-digital-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-1748 Sandy Kemsley Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:01:16 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/2006/10/27/21st-century-digital-boy/#comment-1748 I've had nearly identical conversations with my parents: I don't watch TV commercials (or much TV at all), I listen to podcasts instead of radio, all my music is on my iPod, and I don't even own a car. It's not strictly generational, however; I've had the same conversations with my nieces, who are in their 20's but sadly have no interest in technology and don't really recognize how it's changing our world. I’ve had nearly identical conversations with my parents: I don’t watch TV commercials (or much TV at all), I listen to podcasts instead of radio, all my music is on my iPod, and I don’t even own a car. It’s not strictly generational, however; I’ve had the same conversations with my nieces, who are in their 20’s but sadly have no interest in technology and don’t really recognize how it’s changing our world.

]]> By: Mark Kuznicki http://www.thomaspurves.com/2006/10/27/21st-century-digital-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-1681 Mark Kuznicki Fri, 27 Oct 2006 19:10:33 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/2006/10/27/21st-century-digital-boy/#comment-1681 It does feel like a new, different marketplace is evolving underneath the surface. My consumer habits are very similar to yours. I wonder if it is connected the emergence of Richard Florida's creative class? The mass market is still there and dominant, but these new values are evolving among creative types and nerds with enhanced choices and the ability to realize them. It does feel like a new, different marketplace is evolving underneath the surface. My consumer habits are very similar to yours. I wonder if it is connected the emergence of Richard Florida’s creative class? The mass market is still there and dominant, but these new values are evolving among creative types and nerds with enhanced choices and the ability to realize them.

]]> By: Remarkk! » Boy, how digital are you? http://www.thomaspurves.com/2006/10/27/21st-century-digital-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-1680 Remarkk! » Boy, how digital are you? Fri, 27 Oct 2006 19:05:35 +0000 http://www.thomaspurves.com/2006/10/27/21st-century-digital-boy/#comment-1680 [...] Tom posted a recent conversation with his parents: Parents: have you seen that annoying commercial on the television? [...] [...] Tom posted a recent conversation with his parents: Parents: have you seen that annoying commercial on the television? [...]

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