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Essentials for Graphic Designers

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For example, I use my smartphone for darn near everything when I'm away from my desktop or don't have my notebook open. When we're sitting in front of the TV; it's the big screen, smartphone or tablet. Might watch a couple of shows while answering emails, texting, searching the web. Apps? Not like the kids, but then I just read that 30 percent of the mobile apps are used for fraud. All the rest are used to suck up data and learn more about how to help you. They track what you do, where you go, who you connect with. When you don't give them enough data, they'll offer you an unending array of products, services, prices to see which one you agree to. No, I don't use Snapchat, Instagram, Pinterest or any of those apps because I don't think I should make it too easy for government agencies to follow me. We talk about, categorize, classify boomers as 1946-1964, Gen X (1965-1980), millennials (1980- 2000), Gen Z (2001-2010) and Gen Alpha (2010 - ). The last two generations are the first to simply have technology there; and yes, there will be stuff introduced that they have to learn. The previous generations had to adopt and embrace the technology. One generation didn't replace the other, but the newer solutions quickly became more natural, more accepted. The same is true of today's workforce where individuals are collaborating, focusing and using their insights and expertise in unique ways to produce results for organizations. No Balance – In a perfect world, there would be as many entering the workforce as there are departing and there would be a balance of next--generation employees for tomorrow. Unfortunately, in industrial countries, millennials are putting o› having children longer and are having fewer children; and job availability isn't equally distributed around the globe. Communications of choice – While devices aren't totally displaced as new users enter the arena, the smartphone – 100X more powerful than ancient mainframe systems – is rapidly becoming the device of choice by almost every generation.

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