“ One of the many distinctions that I frequently make in my presentations is a comparison between how my generation views information and my children’s generation. For us (oldsters), information is a product to be consumed. We purchase a book so that we can read it, a CD so that we can listen to it, a DVD so that we can watch it. As I watch my son and daughter in their information experiences, I see that at least part of the value of the content that they use is in what they can do with it — text, video, audio, images, that can be mixed and remixed together to make something new, valuable, or interesting. For them, information is a raw material.
May 9, 2008