August 18, 2007
Mitch Joel “converses” with the rest of us at Barcamp
Mitch Joel is right at Barcamp Nashville that the conversation is completely changing. Is it ironic that he is championing the democratization of conversation when he is one speaking to many at Barcamp? 
- We’ve always wanted to connect “this way” (meaning via the Internet, social media, blogging, etc.), but now we actually can.
- Half of YouTube’s audience is over 34. What if you are 34?
- Forty-eight percent of leisure time is spent online. (Wow.)
- People are leaving TV for the internet . . . in droves.
- The Daily Show isn’t funny unless you know what the news is.
- Harley Davidson: What we sell is the ability for 43 year-old accountants to wear black leather, drive through small towns and scare people.
- “Real power” for connecting has been democratized as never before.
- About 120,000 new blogs are started every day. How many will be current three months later?
- Forget Web 1.0 or 2.0, etc.: The Internet has moved from “eyes” to “hands.” I like that illustration, and it simplifies the change into understandable terms.
- Everything needs a wiki.
- Economies have always been based on trust, but now it is more essential than ever before.
- Make people heroes, not products.
- Everything is with, not instead of.
- This shift in conversation is attitudinal, not generational.
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Paul Nicholson said,
August 18, 2007 @ 9:49 pm
Yeah, his presentation was awesome.
Sorry i missed you. I got to finally meet most of the bloggers from around town, but somehow missed ya. Eh. Hopefully next time.
Kate O' said,
August 19, 2007 @ 1:38 pm
I think this was one of the most critical points. Too often I hear people dismiss themselves as being too old to keep up, and I think that’s nonsense. I know plenty of middle-aged and up folks who really “get it” and plenty of younger folks who don’t. It’s definitely more about staying curious and paying attention than it is about not having made too many trips around the sun.
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GoingLikeSixty said,
August 19, 2007 @ 9:33 pm
@ Kate O’: I thought that was an important point too. On my blog today: “Some Boomers act and think more like Gen Xers, some Xers act and think more like Millennials (or Gen Yers), and some Gen Xers act and think more like Boomers.”
Rob Robinson said,
August 20, 2007 @ 6:45 am
Kate and Going, I definitely agree. All generalizations are false.
Nathan Ketsdever said,
August 20, 2007 @ 1:05 pm
I think Mitch is right on about attitude vs. age. Diversity was the big takeaway. Humanity and personality was a close second. (The AOL commerical seemed an odd addition given the above.) “Making heros over making profits” a priority clearly rocks too!
I think 48% of our free time on the web is a mixed bag. Exciting, but a little scary. And i say that as someone who is probably in the 70%+ neck of the woods. Maybe more people online, but at a lower % of freetime spent online is probably a good thing.
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