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Hi guys,
I like words, so I like playing with words....
I see that Digital Diving, Digital Natives, Digital Migrants are the new online slang.
I suppose the Founders of the Internet are neither Natives, nor Migrants, but just that, Founders.
BUT.... what about those of us who are not "Digital Natives" because the Internet wasn't even a dream when we were born. BUT we are not "Digital Migrants" either, because we didn't "move into" the Internet. We played with computers that were bigger than our kitchens, and only had 64 KB (yes, KB, not MB, not GB: KB). We connected on Bulletin Boards and with our own local networks, we played "text adventures"--do you even know what those are? They were better than any memory-eating graphics game available now--like the difference between a book and a movie!!!
Anyway, back to my point: I consider myself a "Digital Colonist". Yep! We colonized the Internet as it began, when it was a new, young space.
And don't misunderstand me--I am still young... it's just that you guys are younger, ha ha.
Best, Ginger
I like words, so I like playing with words....
I see that Digital Diving, Digital Natives, Digital Migrants are the new online slang.
I suppose the Founders of the Internet are neither Natives, nor Migrants, but just that, Founders.
BUT.... what about those of us who are not "Digital Natives" because the Internet wasn't even a dream when we were born. BUT we are not "Digital Migrants" either, because we didn't "move into" the Internet. We played with computers that were bigger than our kitchens, and only had 64 KB (yes, KB, not MB, not GB: KB). We connected on Bulletin Boards and with our own local networks, we played "text adventures"--do you even know what those are? They were better than any memory-eating graphics game available now--like the difference between a book and a movie!!!
Anyway, back to my point: I consider myself a "Digital Colonist". Yep! We colonized the Internet as it began, when it was a new, young space.
And don't misunderstand me--I am still young... it's just that you guys are younger, ha ha.
Best, Ginger
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Comment by Henry Owera on December 5, 2009 at 5:18pm - Ginger, I like the post! I like the colonist approach. We are perhaps merely digital colonialists. The digital natives shall soon demand to take charge of their Internet :) We shall soon become "Digital Squatters" and at worst, "Digital Outcasts". :) Thanks for bring these out.
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Comment by Nadira Araj on November 22, 2009 at 3:02pm -
Hay Ginger and Jorge,
We who used the key punching programming cards were "Digital discoverer" during IGF09 and while working with those "digital natives" made me feel like a "Digital Dinosaur" but thank to our efficient Fortran programming skills that we still do not mind to do some digital diving to discover something new.
Best,
Nadira
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Comment by Jorge Amodio on November 21, 2009 at 1:41pm
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Good Old days :-). HHGTTG was a very adictive and cool game, wanna play ? -> http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/infocomjava.html
I also learned to program in assembler, COBOL and RPG using punch cards, I'm not sure how many young folks realize how much computer and communication technologies have advanced in the last, lets say 20 years.
And obviously Internet put pedal to the metal enabling people, not just computers, to communicate and became a new space/dimension to socialize.
Have a great weekend and very nice to meet you here.
Cheers
Jorge
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Comment by Virginia (Ginger) Paque on November 21, 2009 at 12:34pm - Ha ha, Jorge, I am going to stick with Digital colonist. Even though I the worst job I had in college was keypunching program cards... and my first computers did not even have a hard drive. Nope, I did not play "Rogue"--I preferred the pure text adventures, like my favorite, "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
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It is all part of the "ecosystem" (another word that is being stretched too much). When I started programming I had to pack an entire application in 4KB of ROM, I guess that will make me a "Digital Dinosaur"
PS. Have you ever played "rogue" ?
Cheers
Jorge
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