Digital natives don't see the same tech as digital immigrants

I am using a listserv to research how people use Facebook. It is clear now, that I have to ask the same question on Facebook because it some of the differences in technology are almost invisible to us, depending on our age or our immersion in a wired world.

clipped from www.cioinsight.com Younger generations rarely notice the technology in the devices they use. Baby boomers raised in the 1960s only saw the programming and didn't think much, if at all, about the technology and infrastructure that brought them Bonanza, The Ed Sullivan Show and Laugh-In. Not only do younger generations perceive technology differently from their elders, including the CIOs and other executives who manage IT organizations and corporations, but they use it differently, too.

The 20-30s don't even need a website it seems, when one older guy goes to open a restaurant, his partner says, "We all have spaces out there [on MySpace]; we've got a lot of friends, and our friends have friends. Everybody's expecting the restaurant to open, and we're keeping them all posted on our spaces."

Without advertising or a Web site, King Biscuit did more business that first night than Carter's previous restaurant did on its best day. "