I’ve spoken quite nonchalantly about Generation X, of which this blog/site is a major theme, and Y, the younger followers whose technological savvy make up for their lack of years, as though the terms were so ubiquitous everyone knew what I was talking about when either group was mentioned.

However, this is certainly not the case, and while there are many people about whom I write who could fit the general characteristics of one of these subcultures, it’s not necessarily the rule. 

I can only write about my own experience of being part of this demographic, but I cannot define it.  I don’t believe any single person could.  From some, it’s nothing more than a marketing gimmick.  For others, it’s a technological cutoff from those who know and those who know they are clueless.

Here is an article that tries to capture the direct mail habits (for marketing purposes of course) of those strange creatures born between 1965 and 1994.  I think 1994 might be pushing things as the limit to gen Y, but to each their own:  http://bigmarketing.wordpress.com/2007/01/30/marketing-to-generation-x-and-y/ 

I still think Wikipedia has the best overall definition/answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X