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Before the recording of the GennY podcast last night, I had short discussions with Brian Koh and Daryl Tay on social media amongst other things like wondering why am I part of Generation Y when I am born in 1981. Wikipedia says so okay!

My question to them was, “Are we representative of the Generation Ys in the world or even Singapore?”

I realize that I am quite the odd one out amongst my peers in the way I engage in social media for example. My peers are now discovering micro blogging/status updates through Facebook while I am already using Plurk and Twitter for almost a year. Friends are turning to blogs for reading while I am already juggling hundreds of RSS feeds in my Google Reader. The examples are endless but my point is that people like Brian, Daryl and myself are actually a minority amongst the Gen Ys even when comparing the younger end of the Gen Y spectrum.

Brian pointed out that we are probably the front runners in this aspect but I am still not seeing the curve in the graph where I should find most of my peers start joining me in my exhibitionist ways in social media.

So am I a front runner or am I running in the wrong direction?

Thanks to an invitation from Daryl of uniquefrequency.com, I am involved in my first ever podcast.

It’s called ‘The GennY Podcast” and it’s a group of people from Generation Y (Gen Ys) coming together to talk about what Gen Ys are known for. Ourselves.

Wahahahahahaha~!!!

Image by Ingrid

The initial voices in the pilot episode are of Daryl, Dorothy, Yin, Yinqi and myself and future episodes will most likely have other Gen Ys taking part depending on who is available.

Here is the 1st episode!

[podcast]http://www.krisandro.com/podcast/the-genny-podcast/Genny_Episode_001.mp3[/podcast]

The show notes:

• 00:00 – Krisandro starts us off – introductions all round
• 00:53 – The topic: How is Gen Y different in the work force?
• 01:28 – Will Gen Y mindset change during the recession?
• 02:26 – Gen Y has no qualms with changing jobs, even in a recession
• 03:39 – Perhaps Gen Y feels there isn’t enough recognition at work
• 05:08 – Did the media influence Gen Y’s outlook on life?
• 07:56 – How is Gen Y different outside the workspace in peer-to-peer interactions?
• 09:57 – How does online interaction affect offline interaction?
• 10:51 – Krisandro claims he’s 19
• 11:01 – Are there different norms that apply online and offline?
• 11:58 – Maybe it’s easier for us to verify if people are weirdos online
• 15:10 – Blooper!

It was definitely a fun experience, especially when all of us are very new to this. I totally hate my voice as usual. I can’t sing and I can’t even talk without sounding like a frog with limited vocal tones!

Any feedback or suggestions on what topic to cover is most welcomed!