Tech-savvy Listener Gifts

'My job is being cut, I'm being replaced by a podcast,'

"Idolistentopodcastsatdoublespeed. How'dyouknow?"

"I've got my entire record collection on my phone. . ."

21st century water cooler conversations.

'Alas, poor Yorick, I knew you well. But dude, you're creeping me out, so I gotta un-friend you!'

This is a 'text book' it's a bit like a website but printed on paper.

Gen-Next Library

"Miss Rogers told me I have a personal 'cloud' to store knowledge in."

"Would you like to keep eighty-seven tabs open?"

'There's nothing on.'

'...honestly I just feel like we don't communicate like we used to!'

"Isn't there an app for this?"

Two Generations of Readers

"Dad's got a promotion. How can now mute middle management."

'An encyclopedia? I don't know. Let's look up what it is on Wikipedia.'

Books: Soon to be made into a major computer App.

Page not found...

Downloads.

Robinson Crusoe's blog.

'Can't we handle this through more impersonal channels like text messaging?'

Presentation Skills: 1. Be Prepared.

'Relax, dad, I haven't been in a classroom for months because all my college classes are online!'

"The wifi password? Of course Madame, it's 'Ilove100boobies69'."

"A virus ate my homework."

'Uh, yeah, the picture resolution is great.'

"Its's a beautiful day. Why don't you play outside?"

'My teacher said my penmanship has really improved since I started doing my homework on an inkjet printer.'

'It's an audio book: I'm too busy to read books...'

"I'm subcontracting math, spelling and geography to my smart phone."

A man sitting in the grass reading

"The battle of Gettysburg? Uh. . . let me check my civil war app."

Triceratops watching television with satellite dish made from own horns.

'The batteries in my calculator just died. Good thing I kept the instructions on how to count on my fingers.'

"I read the audio book."

"We're in a dying industry, and you're just sitting there! Well, I'm going to do something about it-I'm starting a Web site."