The New York Times has an interesting piece on the explosion of Twitter's popularity being attributed not to teenagers, but rather older generations.
A new report from Forrester Research, for example, shows that while almost everyone under 35 uses social networks, the growth of these networks over the last year has come from older adults. While the traditional early-adopter model shows that teens and college students are the drivers of technology adoption, the explosion of Twitter's popularity among older generations has proved the early-adopter model to be largely a myth.
Brittany Ballenstedt
Brittany Ballenstedt writes Nextgov's Wired Workplace blog, which delves into the issues facing employees who work in the federal information technology sector. Before joining Nextgov, Brittany covered federal pay and benefits issues as a staff correspondent for Government Executive and served as an associate editor for National Journal's Technology Daily. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Mansfield University and originally hails from Pennsylvania. She currently lives near Travis Air Force Base, Calif., where her husband is stationed.
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