"Net Geners use technology extensively to network and socialize. In their personal lives, buddy lists, virtual communities, and social networks such as Flickr or Orkut are heavily used. 'When we poll users about what they actually do with their computers, some form of social interaction always tops the list -- conversation, collaboration, playing games, and so on. The practice of software design is shot through with computers-as-box assumptions, while our actual behavior is closer to computer-as-door, treating the device as an entrance to a social space.'"Quote from page 2.12 of Chapter 2 (titled Is it age of IT: first steps toward understanding the Net Generation) of Educating the Net Generation by Diana G. Oblinger and James L. Oblinger (editors), 2005 EDUCAUSE (ISBN: 0-9672853-2-1).
