Okay, busted! It's a week of reruns on BusinessBytes. Sue me. I have a family and I want to spend time with them this holiday week.

I hope you're doing the same. But should you find yourself escaping to your computer (to get away from your family, perhaps! I do that too!), here's a reprise of some of my favorite postings of the year and a good way to look back on technology in 2007.

October 15, 2007 Web 2.0 Vs Web 1.0: The New Generation Gap? Posted by Renee Oricchio at 11:00 AM

I won't tell you my age. But this posting will inevitably give it away. I came of age professionally in the 90's, hitting the emergence of the Internet just right. It was an exciting time to be in Corporate America. Communication, research, new ways to do business, new ways to have a life around business, new ways to network and all of it thanks to this new thing called the world wide web: the rocket ship taking us all to the moon.

Just a little over a decade later, people my age talk about those days like my parents used to talk about poodle skirts and The Ed Sullivan Show. I'm guessing to the average early 30-something (who has no idea that's actually a pop culture reference to a very popular TV show 20 years ago) or 20- something hearing about dial-up connections and Netscape 2.0 is about as quaint.

Web 2.0 is a very hot topic. It refers to the seismic shift in web technologies currently underway. It's widgets, social networking, mini web aps, mashups, wikis, blogs, the emerging mobile web and how all those things are making the web infinitely more dynamic and interactive.

Where there is a new technological wave a sociological one is soon to follow. I see it happening and creating a gap between the Gen 1.0 folks like me and the Gen 2.0 folks like,well, those a bit younger.

Let's compare the two generations.

Generation 1.0 uses email. Generation 2.0 uses twitter and text messaging.
Generation 1.0 still uses their laptops. Generation 2.0 wonders why they still own one, because they haven't used it in months. It's been supplanted by their Blackberries or iPhones.

Generation 1.0 keeps their resumes and maybe a professional web site up to date. Generation 2.0 keeps their Facebook and Linkedin profiles up to date.

Generation 1.0 still can't believe they actually get away with working from home once and awhile. Generation 2.0 is bitter their old fogey boss doesn't let them do it everyday. How silly!

For Generation 1.0, the mobile device is a communication tool of convenience. For Generation 2.0, it's an extension of self.
Generation 1.0 manages up and down. Generation 2.0 collabarates.

Generation 1.0 hunts for information. Generation 2.0 lets information find them.
Generation 1.0 consumes web content. Generation 2.0 contributes their part to web content.

Generation 1.0 thinks globally and acts locally. Generation 2.0 thinks locally and acts globally.

Just something to think about in the workplace and as you size up your customers.

p.s. 42.