Rory: The only thing I've retained is Hotmail and anything formal I do through email.
Dot: I switch email a lot as they get full of spam. They don't hang around forever.
Like Podcasts? Blogs?
Dot: I read a lot of blogs, but not interested in Podcasts. Metafilter.com I keep visiting.
Rory: I subsribe to a lot of band night and DJ newsletters. I spend a lot of time on Wikipedia.
Rory: All 300 Gigabytes of the TV I watch is illegally downloaded.
Dot: Me too. And I'm not worried about that [Ed: audience clapped at this point] If it was easy and good quality I'd consider paying for it - well, some of it.
Rory: My offline and online life is very integrated. I'd rather meet someone and then find them on MySpace rather than the other way round.
Dot: My divide isn't between online and offline but between the identities I present online. I have two friends who have been fired because the people they fought with went to their employer. I am very aware that everything I have said online for the past five years could be found.
Rory: I think my teachers didn't agree that York Notes were the same as Googling for essay answres, but In the long run I think I did better from plagurising fromthe Internet.
Rory: I use Shoutwire which sifts the mainstream media web sites for the big stories - I don't visit the sites much themselves.
Dot: I use the BBC, Guardian and whatever outrage there is on the blogosphere.
Rory: I've never heard of SeacondLife.com
Dot: I've heard of SecondLife and some boys I know are into WOW.
Rory: Paying a subscription fee to a MMORPG is too expensive - and it's boring.
Dot: I already pay for movies on Sky and if it was 5 pounds a month to download movies and music, yes I'd do it but only if they didn't take the content away when I cancelled the subscription.
Dot: The Internet showed that there are people who know more about web design than me so I stick to moderating groups.
Rory: I trained in web design on a course and I've recorded podcasts, and now I've got my Dad doing it to people at work.
Rory: My little sister who is nine, can use sites better and even knows HTML already. It doesn't matter how old you are . My old boss knew loads more than me.
Dot: I'd trace it back to the 'always on'. I think there will be a difference as young people get older with the concept that there will always be answers to questions for them. Or someone has the answers for you. It wil be hard to think about a time when there wan't all that information.
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