KPCB’s Mary Meeker: The Full D11 Interview (Video) – AllThingsD. MOBILE: Meeker highlights content sharing. GENERATION C | An emerging consumer trend and related new business ideas. First published in February 2004 | No, this is not about a new niche generation of youngsters born between March 12, 1988 and April 24, 1993; the C stands for CONTENT, and anyone with even a tiny amount of creative talent can (and probably will) be part of this not-so-exclusive trend. So what is it all about? The GENERATION C phenomenon captures the an avalanche of consumer generated 'content' that is building on the Web, adding tera-peta bytes of new text, images, audio and video on an ongoing basis. The two main drivers fuelling this trend? (1) The creative urges each consumer undeniably possesses. Examples?
It's Canon telling aspiring directors and photographers that "professional digital photography is no longer just for the professionals", while Sony speaks directly to Home Movie Directors and DVD Producers. It's Blogger offering you "instant communication power by letting you post your thoughts to the web whenever the urge strikes". And so on. Last but not least, C for Celebrity.