Category Archives: Generational Differences

100 Things You Should Know About People #79 — People of Different Ages Have Different Error Strategies

Let’s say you study two people using a smartphone that has an advanced still and video camera. One is 22 years old, and the other is 47 years old. Neither of them has used this smartphone/camera before. You give them a set of tasks to do. Will there be a difference between them? Will they…

100 Things You Should Know About People: #12 — When it comes to technology, you definitely “act your age”.

Let’s start with full disclosure: I’m a baby boomer. Ok, I’ve gotten that out of the way.  I do have two millenial children (now young adults), and most of the people I work with are Gen Xers. How did people get together before cell phones? — My son (age 20) recently asked me how people…