Lee Rainie @ CIL2006

Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet & American Life Project, keynoted the third day of CIL 2006. He discussed life online today and how the Internet enhances our daily work and play, and how the millenials, those born between 1982 and 2000, are unique. They are “digital natives in a world of digital immigrants”. They are immersed in the world of media and the internet ecology. They use mobile technology and operate like the old song, “If they’re not with the device they love, they love the device they’re with”. He also talked about the “network of things” where the “environment is smarter” and we have even more mobility. Exciting!