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New Jersey 20-Year-Old Builds Orphanage in Nepal

Jim Luce | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

Read More: Ramana’s Garden, Do Something Foundation, Nepal, Gen X, Maggie Doyne, Asia, Brian Swibel, Nepalese Refugees, Maoist Rebels, Rishikesh, Maoist Insurgency, New Jersey, Orphanage, Kopila Valley Children’s Home, Ngos, Volunteering, India, Orphans International Worldwide, Peter Yarrow, Surkhet, World News
Jim Luce

Maggie Doyne is your typical girl from New Jersey.  She happens to live in Nepal caring for 27 orphans - in an orphanage she built ...

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Hey GenXers: Stop by Sometime.

Diana Bianchini | Posted 09.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Friendship, Social Media, Relationships, Gen X, New York Times, Porochista Khakpour, Diana Bianchini, Media News
Diana Bianchini

As we celebrate all the new ways we can build and maintain relationships this GenXer still feels to really know someone I will have to be able to look in to their eyes. I love my new virtual frontier of professional and personal contacts but miss the old school getting to know you.

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TwitNotes from #PDF09

Eric Kuhn | Posted 08.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Morley Winograd, Gen X, Mccain, Bloggers, Rnc, President Obama, Joe Rospars, pdf09, Obama, Washington Post, Frank Rich, Facebook, Mike Gravel, Iava, Mark McKinnon, Ana Marie Cox, Pdf, Obama 2008, David All, Jeff Jarvis, Skype, McCain 2008, Myspace, Craig Newmark, Twitter, Mayor Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, Macon Phillips, Alec Ross, Barack Obama, Personal Democracy Forum, New York City, Paul Rieckhoff, Gina Bianchini, Randi Zuckerberg, Andrew Rasiej, Simon Rosenberg, Ning, Youtube, Mellennials, Rachel Sklar, 311, Danah Boyd, Media News
Eric Kuhn

Over 1,000 people descended upon the annual Personal Democracy Forum earlier this week. Here are some of my notes -- taken on Twitter, of course -- from the two day conference.

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Making Sense of the Dumbest Generation

Tom Huston | Posted 05.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Mediation, Narcissism, Thomas Friedman, Baby Boomers, Thomas De Zengotita, Gen X, Generation Y, Living News
Tom Huston

Can we finally get over ourselves and start participating in life so fully, so unreservedly, that we remove any doubt as to where we really stand?

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Optimism We Can Believe In

Frank Cooper III | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Baby Boomers, Pepsi Generation, Gen X, Millenials, Optimism, Barack Obama, Millenials Optimism, Politics News
Frank Cooper III

Our recent survey discovered that despite the recession and the impact it is already having on jobs and long-term prospects, the Millennial generation may be the most optimistic.

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The Best Drinking Game, Like, Ever!

Daniel Cubias | Posted 12.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Latinos, Hispanic, Interracial Relationships, Drinking Games, Race, Gen X, Race Relations, Living News
Daniel Cubias

In certain company, it's more proper to grab an acquaintance's hand and blow your nose into it while revealing a dark sexual secret. At least then you wouldn't have to talk about race.

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Generation Y: Keeping Them Happy With Less Pay, More Perks

Christine Hassler | Posted 10.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Balanced Life, Gen X, Gen Y, Start-Ups, Employment, Career Advice, Twenty-Something Advice, Salary Negotiation, Living News
Christine Hassler

There are many ways you can engage and retain your young employees that don't involve dollar signs. You just need to up your Gen Y IQ a bit.

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Reincarnation Alert! The Depression Generation Is Returning! Meet the Upside-Down Generation

Adam Hanft | Posted 08.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Baby Boomers, Gen Y, Economy, Great Depression, Gen X, Business News
Adam Hanft

Gen X and Gen Y are fed up with their boomer parents, so rejecting their values in the wake of the current financial mess -- values, that, the argument goes, helped create it -- will come easy.

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Culture Zohn: Boomer Girl Strikes Back

Patricia Zohn | Posted 07.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Emily Gould, Gen X, New York Tiimes, Gen Y, Gawker, Los Angeles Times, Meghan Daum, Barack Obama, Media News
Patricia Zohn

2008-07-18-200807172boomergirlpix02.jpg Why the avalanche of ranting about boomers? Is it because we are at the very apex of population demographic and we've reached the tipping point? Or are there other more subtle shifts at play?

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