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Tween Summit Reveals The Kids Are (Mostly) Alright

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labeled
10/13/09

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I just read an awesome story in Texas Monthly about a Tween Summit in Austin that focused on (amongst other things, of course) music - the girls formed bands, then wrote and performed their own music on stage - some of them who'd never picked up an instrument before.

Really great organization, I was so impressed.
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likepenguins
10/13/09

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I'm okay with pink and purple balloons. I'd like it if my office had some right now.

I'm glad that some focus is being given to the fact that younger people are often extremely adept at juggling technology and day-to-day lives. At my company, we have an IM program, similar to Yahoo. Pretty much everyone under 32 uses it round the clock - because we know how to have a typed conversation about Work Topic A, attend a telecon about Work Topic B, while answering emails about Work Topics C-E. While there is some amount of personal chatter going on, it's no more than typical "watercooler" talk - but better because we can IM and work at the same time.

Yet, increasingly, managers and older people think that the younger generation are slacking off, because they can't understand how IMing *doesn't* take 100% concentration.

Heh, sorry to go off topic, that just reminded me of this pet peeve.
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10/13/09

@likepenguins: My office does this as well. We use sametime, which is basically like AIM. I've noticed that the over-40s tend to use it only for quick business requests, whereas the under-40s will keep a running convo going all day with each other, with some chit chat thrown in with the work, keeping multiple windows open and typing along while doing other things and talking on the phone. I feel less frazzled knowing I'm getting things done via multitasking than I would doing one thing at a time, letting stuff pile up.
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likepenguins
10/14/09

@Flackette Goes Retro: heh, we use Sametime too. It's one of Lotus's better products, since Notes sucks.

I feel the same way. I like knowing I can have multiple lines of inquiry open.
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yes, i do know how to use my mouth
10/13/09

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I think most tweens think that women are the superior beings, or at least have the right to be heard. I know that most of the girls at my middle school boss the boys around more than the other way around, and are more than willing to shut the boy up if they too annoying.

Also, most middle schoolers hate the word tween. And that cat creeps me out. Is it going to kill me with it mascara-ed eyes?
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Flackette Goes Retro
10/13/09

@yes, i do know how to use my mouth: I remember feeling that way as a tween. Sadly, at least for me, it evaporated in high school as I learned to be a Nice Girl.
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