{"id":249,"date":"2003-11-24T14:33:30","date_gmt":"2003-11-24T18:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2003\/11\/are_you_part_of_the_technology_elite\/"},"modified":"2003-11-24T14:33:30","modified_gmt":"2003-11-24T18:33:30","slug":"are_you_part_of_the_technology_elite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/11\/24\/are_you_part_of_the_technology_elite\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Part of the Technology Elite?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A study released Sunday found that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/tech\/webguide\/internetlife\/2003-11-23-pew-savvy-study_x.htm\">31% of Americans are &#8216;highly tech-savvy&#8217; people<\/a> for whom the Internet, cell phones and handheld organizers are more indispensable than TVs and old-fashioned wired phones.  That&#8217;s a nice change from the perception that most Americans can&#8217;t even program a simple VCR.  It&#8217;s always bugged me that Japan gets all the really cool electronic gadgets before us because they&#8217;re seen as being more tech-savvy.  In about a week, when I dump my landline, I&#8217;ll meet all four of the criteria to be tech elite:<\/p>\n<p><UL><br \/>\n<LI>They spend, on average, a total of $169 a month on broadband Internet service, satellite or cable TV, cell phones and Web content. That is 39% higher than the national average, $122.<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>Some 29% of them have broadband connections, compared with 17% of everyone else.<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>About 7% of technology aficionados have canceled their landline phone and gone all-wireless. Only 2% of nontechies have done that.<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>Despite being plugged in to the Internet and other sources of data more often, only 13% of the tech-savvy crowd feels overwhelmed by information. By contrast, a sense of information overload plagues 25% of the rest of the population.<\/LI><br \/>\n<\/UL><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study released Sunday found that 31% of Americans are &#8216;highly tech-savvy&#8217; people for whom the Internet, cell phones and handheld organizers are more indispensable than TVs and old-fashioned wired phones. That&#8217;s a nice change from the perception that most Americans can&#8217;t even program a simple VCR. It&#8217;s always bugged me that Japan gets all&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/11\/24\/are_you_part_of_the_technology_elite\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Are You Part of the Technology Elite?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":436,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2005\/01\/03\/speed_up_your_firefox_browser\/","url_meta":{"origin":249,"position":0},"title":"Speed Up Your FireFox Browser","date":"January 3, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I just implemented this FireFox speed hack for broadband users. It makes a noticeable difference, especially when opening multiple tabs at once.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Internet&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":146,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/13\/how_to_make_money_on_wi-fi\/","url_meta":{"origin":249,"position":1},"title":"How to Make Money on Wi-Fi","date":"August 13, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Looks like the Starbucks method of Wi-Fi access is a dud. According to this Wired article, Starbucks stores average less than 2 customers per day. That's because they charge $6\/hour for access. 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CompUSA has the following deals going right now: WR850G Wireless Broadband Router, 802.11g for $29.99 ($79.99 less $50 in mail-in rebates) WN825G Wireless Notebook Adapter, 802.11g for $19.99 ($49.99 less $30 in mail-in rebates)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":289,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/03\/18\/let_the_games_begin\/","url_meta":{"origin":249,"position":3},"title":"Let the Games Begin","date":"March 18, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"My NCAA Tournament picks are done. I have Kentucky, Wake Forest, Mississippi State and Stanford going to the Final Four. It was tough to pick Miss. St. over Duke since I haven't even seen Miss. St. play. 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