http://www.thebiggertruth.com/2008/02/searching-for-intelligent-life/ Welcome to the bigger truth! I'll try to add some context around "how" or "why" things might mean more than meets the eye. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:42:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.thebiggertruth.com/2008/02/searching-for-intelligent-life/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Lisa Young Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:18:12 +0000 http://www.thebiggertruth.com/2008/02/searching-for-intelligent-life/#comment-173 Steve, Great post! I work in search and you are right about where it is headed. I share your concern that kids are all too eager to adapt new technologies, but fail to understand the consequences of giving up their privacy and even rights to the content they produce. I believe the marketplace does dictate some of these practices. Users did give Facebook pause when privacy concerns were raised. MySpace did at least attempt to come up with policies to protect minors. Ask has rolled out AskEraser as a challenge to Google's continued attempts to monetize your personal search history. Wikiasearch was recently launched in alpha with a founding principle of protecting user privacy. I'm waiting to see if users support these initiatives. That's truly the key to their success. I routinely discuss online privacy and safety issues with my daughter. She will be allowed to use the technology when she doesn't have to lie about her age during sign up. Then I'll really have to get busy monitoring and coaching her how to manage her online reputation. Considering that how she presents herself online could impact her getting into her choice of colleges or landing a job, it's a parenting task that's worth the effort. Parents, you don't really have a choice here. The adoption of social media by teens and tweens has already happened. It's part of their everyday lives. The question is whether parents can adapt in order to keep their kids out of trouble. Steve,
Great post! I work in search and you are right about where it is headed. I share your concern that kids are all too eager to adapt new technologies, but fail to understand the consequences of giving up their privacy and even rights to the content they produce.
I believe the marketplace does dictate some of these practices. Users did give Facebook pause when privacy concerns were raised. MySpace did at least attempt to come up with policies to protect minors. Ask has rolled out AskEraser as a challenge to Google’s continued attempts to monetize your personal search history. Wikiasearch was recently launched in alpha with a founding principle of protecting user privacy. I’m waiting to see if users support these initiatives. That’s truly the key to their success.
I routinely discuss online privacy and safety issues with my daughter. She will be allowed to use the technology when she doesn’t have to lie about her age during sign up. Then I’ll really have to get busy monitoring and coaching her how to manage her online reputation.
Considering that how she presents herself online could impact her getting into her choice of colleges or landing a job, it’s a parenting task that’s worth the effort. Parents, you don’t really have a choice here. The adoption of social media by teens and tweens has already happened. It’s part of their everyday lives. The question is whether parents can adapt in order to keep their kids out of trouble.

]]> http://www.thebiggertruth.com/2008/02/searching-for-intelligent-life/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Cuyler Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:58:57 +0000 http://www.thebiggertruth.com/2008/02/searching-for-intelligent-life/#comment-172 Excellent writeup. It's very true and not just about search. It's about the whole interaction between computers (electronics) and the daily life of individuals. We're getting to a point where the young people of today (and future of society) grew up with GUI's, the internet and the ability to contact anyone and be contacted at anytime (pagers, cellphones, e-mail, sms, etc...). People entering the work world today wouldn't even remember opening up a DOS window and trying to think of the right word to type in order to get the computer to do what you want to do. My father just got Office 2008 and absolutely can't stand the idea of not having the simple file menu layout that we've used for over 20 years. The whole ribbon idea just doesn't "think" the say way we do. Young people starting out just happen to think differently than we do and we're just going to have to catch up. Excellent writeup. It’s very true and not just about search. It’s about the whole interaction between computers (electronics) and the daily life of individuals.
We’re getting to a point where the young people of today (and future of society) grew up with GUI’s, the internet and the ability to contact anyone and be contacted at anytime (pagers, cellphones, e-mail, sms, etc…). People entering the work world today wouldn’t even remember opening up a DOS window and trying to think of the right word to type in order to get the computer to do what you want to do.
My father just got Office 2008 and absolutely can’t stand the idea of not having the simple file menu layout that we’ve used for over 20 years. The whole ribbon idea just doesn’t “think” the say way we do. Young people starting out just happen to think differently than we do and we’re just going to have to catch up.

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