Unpredictable. Unfocused. Just like life.

Paul Kedrosky points to Steve Jurvetson's summary of a conversation with teens:

All six panelists have iPods and cell phones (50% Motorola, 83% Cingular) and are active computer users (50% Mac). None of them buys ring tones or cell phone applications.

None of them plays mobile videos or listens to music from their cell phone. They primarily use their phones and computers to communicate.

With the computer, multitasking is the norm... with 13 open IM windows, music, email, browser and homework.

With two sons aged 18 and 20 I get pretty much the same impression. Their cell phones and IM are their primary modes of communication, and they typically make plans using IM rather than the phone, which is much more efficient for groups. They have plenty of windows open, working on a number of things simultaneously. One son uses a PC and the other a Mac.

My 20 year old doesn't watch TV; he downloads torrents. He doesn't download ringtones; he copies songs and photos to his phone via Bluetooth.

Both of them still buy CDs as well as downloading songs from the net.They have no plans to watch TV on their phones anytime soon. They text message, and have their email accounts set to forward messages to their phones.

Their friends are pretty much the same.