Comments on: NEKLS Tech Day – Michael Stephens http://www.davidleeking.com/2006/08/10/nekls-tech-day-michael-stephens/ David Lee King is the Digital Branch & Services Manager at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, where he plans, implements, and experiments with emerging technology trends. He has spoken in the U.S. and Canada about emerging trends, website usability and management, digital experience planning, and managing techie staff, and has been published in many library-related journals. David writes the Internet Spotlight column in Public Libraries Magazine with Michael Porter. David maintains a blog at http://www.davidleeking.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:50:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ugh http://www.davidleeking.com/2006/08/10/nekls-tech-day-michael-stephens/comment-page-1/#comment-23493 ugh Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:51:48 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2006/08/10/nekls-tech-day-michael-stephens/#comment-23493 I don't think you properly grasp "gamers." In fact, I think your statements at the end of this entry blatantly show your lack of understanding. What's with essentially calling all gamers immature? Is approaching problems with a "if at first you don't succeed, try try again" mentality "immature?" Are gamers, by nature or by generational affiliation, not up to your standards of maturity simply because they play video games? Do you really believe that, as your words seem to indicate?!? I don't think you properly grasp “gamers.” In fact, I think your statements at the end of this entry blatantly show your lack of understanding. What's with essentially calling all gamers immature? Is approaching problems with a “if at first you don't succeed, try try again” mentality “immature?” Are gamers, by nature or by generational affiliation, not up to your standards of maturity simply because they play video games? Do you really believe that, as your words seem to indicate?!?

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]]> By: david king http://www.davidleeking.com/2006/08/10/nekls-tech-day-michael-stephens/comment-page-1/#comment-2647 david king Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:29:02 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2006/08/10/nekls-tech-day-michael-stephens/#comment-2647 To "Ugh" - thanks for your comments. Please come share some more! I think you misunderstood me. I play games, so obviously I wasn't referring to all gamers. Nor do I think all gamers are immature. If you recheck my last paragraph, you'll see that I was talking about the "gamer generation" which would be 20-somethings and younger, also known as the millenial generation. So yeah - I was thinking about a high school kid (and used tattoes mainly to describe what I pictured in my head) who defeats the boss regularly, but who actually HAS a boss in a few more years, after college... hopefully by that point, that person will be more mature than they were in high school. Make sense? To “Ugh” – thanks for your comments. Please come share some more!

I think you misunderstood me. I play games, so obviously I wasn’t referring to all gamers. Nor do I think all gamers are immature. If you recheck my last paragraph, you’ll see that I was talking about the “gamer generation” which would be 20-somethings and younger, also known as the millenial generation.

So yeah – I was thinking about a high school kid (and used tattoes mainly to describe what I pictured in my head) who defeats the boss regularly, but who actually HAS a boss in a few more years, after college… hopefully by that point, that person will be more mature than they were in high school.

Make sense?

]]> By: ugh http://www.davidleeking.com/2006/08/10/nekls-tech-day-michael-stephens/comment-page-1/#comment-2630 ugh Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:23:32 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2006/08/10/nekls-tech-day-michael-stephens/#comment-2630 I don't think you properly grasp "gamers." In fact, I think your statements at the end of this entry blatantly show your lack of understanding. What's with essentially calling all gamers immature? Is approaching problems with a "if at first you don't succeed, try try again" mentality "immature?" Are gamers, by nature or by generational affiliation, not up to your standards of maturity simply because they play video games? Do you really believe that, as your words seem to indicate?!? I don’t think you properly grasp “gamers.” In fact, I think your statements at the end of this entry blatantly show your lack of understanding. What’s with essentially calling all gamers immature? Is approaching problems with a “if at first you don’t succeed, try try again” mentality “immature?” Are gamers, by nature or by generational affiliation, not up to your standards of maturity simply because they play video games? Do you really believe that, as your words seem to indicate?!?

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