13 Going on Smarter-Than-You

This blog has taken a turn for the look-at-this-link-real-quick, but I guess that's the nature of the beast. That being said, I have to pass this on.

I have gone on record as saying watch out for tech-savvy kids. People laugh when I say that, but are typically surprised when I mention that Flash is being taught in high school, for instance. Well, for those of you who still can't wrap your head around the idea that some kids really get into this whole web thing, take a look at Techzi.net. The blogger is articulate, interesting... and recently turned 13.

I found Techzi through an article at ProBlogger, which lauded David Wilkinson's accomplishments as a young tech blogger. ProBlogger, already an established and respected blog, didn't treat David as a novelty act or as a kid playing grown-up, but as a peer in the blogging realm.


Now, will someone please listen to me about designing sites for kids? As time goes on, cases like David Wilkinson's are going to become more and more mainstream, and these web-smart kids are not going to settle for punch-the-monkey banner ads and sites splattered with Comic Sans. If your knowledge of this age group consists of "when I was 12," then you're out of critically touch with the kids of the computer age. Watch out for tech-savvy kids!


And speaking of kids, here's a really weird and irrelevant page I stumbled across today.