Ho John Lee’s Weblog

Among the many interesting bits from last week’s Web2.0 conference in San Francisco, Kareem Mayan’s notes from Safa Rashtchy’s panel discussion among five Bay Area teenagers is fascinating.

Paraphrased snippets:

• iTunes is a great way to find what’s available to download on BitTorrent
• Why would I want a CD player?
• Spend most free time on MySpace, Facebook and AIM
• Don’t use eBay because you’ll get ripped off
• Froogle Rocks!
• Tivo is too expensive
• What’s Skype?

Q: What more do you want out of instant messenger?
Sean: “Just that: instant messenger.”
Q: would you like to see video on IM?
Sean: Ummm, no, i’m trying to talk to my friends…! (applause)

I’ve noted before the vast behavioral gap between the over-35 and under-35 crowd, where the younger crowd lives on MySpace and other online connected services, where their lives are simultaneously shared with much of the public, and largely opaque to the over-35 crowd.

Jeff Clavier notes that in the teen panel discussion they never mention Flickr, Skype, Yahoo, or blogs (although MySpace has a strong blog component).

Five teenagers from the Bay Area that get onto a panel session are probably not completely typical of the demographic, but it’s a fascinating data point.

Update: more notes from Jeffrey McManus and Gene Becker, via Jeremy Zawodny

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