Maybe I am more Gen Y than I thought

Although I am on the cusp of what is considered Generation Y, I have never really identified myself too closely with the term. I like playing with new technology, I am often found on Facebook, but that I thought, was the limit of things… I mean, I don’t identify with alot of the other words used for Gen Y’s. I didn’t grow up around technology and couldn’t type until I left high school, I have a truly ancient mobile phone that does nothing except send and receive text messages and make and receive phone calls. But then I had an eye opening experience today that made me think… maybe I am not looking at myself closely enough…

I had to participate in a teleconference, as opposed to a webinar today. I didn’t like it. Nothing to do with my hands. Nothing to see on my screen. No screen to scribble on in the boring bits… so I put my phone on mute and checked my emails in one account, and chatted with a friend in another account. I felt I understood and participated in the teleconference too.

This prompted me to think about the way that I spend my spare time. I am known to Google everything and anything. I am often found doing 500 things on my computer all at the same time, usually instead of watching TV (TV can’t talk back, and I can only watch one thing). Although I know I can’t USE things from wikipedia on my uni assignments, I find myself looking on it to clarify difficult concepts. And why would I buy a newspaper when I can just read it online?

Maybe I more Gen Y than I thought…