Comments on: #15 Quick definitions – Generation Y, X, Z, Boomers & Generation C http://www.jakepearce.com/2009/07/15-quick-definitions-generation-y-x-z-boomers-generation-c/ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jake http://www.jakepearce.com/2009/07/15-quick-definitions-generation-y-x-z-boomers-generation-c/comment-page-1/#comment-446 jake Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:19:27 +0000 http://www.jakepearce.com/?p=719#comment-446 Mountain 55555!!! Thanks so much for bringing this up – I will at the start of the next vlog acknowledge – hey we’re simplifying here – then we’ll build up. (There is no’Einstein’ generation) adn of course the picture in the developing world is totally different which is ¾ of the place that is ‘ignored’!!!! I am not sure who you are but I am intrigued. You are of course right – in fact there are many generations I have ‘glossed over’ – and generations in generations. I am trying to give people some simple ‘posts’ at first and then populate them. I hope you will forgive going ‘simple’ before building the picture up. The reason being that so many people seem so confused by the basics of the basics that I have decided to err on the side of ultra simple at first. Once I have achieved that I would like to fill in all the many, many important gaps. Cheers Jake. Mountain 55555!!!

Thanks so much for bringing this up – I will at the start of the next vlog acknowledge – hey we’re simplifying here – then we’ll build up. (There is no’Einstein’ generation) adn of course the picture in the developing world is totally different which is ¾ of the place that is ‘ignored’!!!!

I am not sure who you are but I am intrigued. You are of course right – in fact there are many generations I have ‘glossed over’ – and generations in generations.

I am trying to give people some simple ‘posts’ at first and then populate them. I hope you will forgive going ‘simple’ before building the picture up. The reason being that so many people seem so confused by the basics of the basics that I have decided to err on the side of ultra simple at first.

Once I have achieved that I would like to fill in all the many, many important gaps.

Cheers
Jake.

]]> By: hbdt255 http://www.jakepearce.com/2009/07/15-quick-definitions-generation-y-x-z-boomers-generation-c/comment-page-1/#comment-445 hbdt255 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:53:55 +0000 http://www.jakepearce.com/?p=719#comment-445 Interesting blog, Jake, but it’s missing an important part of the equation: Generation Jones, born 1954-1965, between the Boomers and Generation X. Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term. In fact, the Associated Press' annual Trend Report chose the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009. It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. Many experts now believe it breaks down more or less this way: DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964 Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953 Generation Jones: 1954-1965 Generation X: 1966-1978 Here is an op-ed about Obama as the first GenJones President in USA TODAY: http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090127/column27_st.art.htm And this page is a good overview of recent stuff about GenJones: http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html Interesting blog, Jake, but it’s missing an important part of the equation: Generation Jones, born 1954-1965, between the Boomers and Generation X. Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term. In fact, the Associated Press’ annual Trend Report chose the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009.

It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. Many experts now believe it breaks down more or less this way:

DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964

Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953

Generation Jones: 1954-1965

Generation X: 1966-1978

Here is an op-ed about Obama as the first GenJones President in USA TODAY:
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090127/column27_st.art.htm

And this page is a good overview of recent stuff about GenJones:
http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html

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