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The Loneliness of the Early Adopter | Technologizer
I’m an Early Adopter . I like to be among the first to try out new products and services. If you were looking for me on the Rogers Technology Adoption Lifecycle —the bell-shaped curve that’s a favorite of product managers—you’d find me on left side of the curve, just after the truly courageous Innovators but before the onset of the rabble of the Early Majority . (Image below from Wikipedia.) Being an early adopter means that sometimes I’ve been left in the lurch when a product or service I adopted early failed or was pulled inexplicably from the market.
DURING the past decade or so, an exotic tribe has begun appearing in the nation's schools, TAFEs and universities.
The natives aren't quite so restless