Gitlin, ”Nomadicity” (207-214) and OʼReilly, “What Is Web 2.0” (215-229) (in Digital Divide)

in Nomandicity, Gitlin talks about the development of the walkman. This seems like an ancient tool for my generation since it came out just a few years after our birth, but in fact in prompted the individualistic mindset people expected to have in their lives.  He uses the term "Nomadicity" to discuss our way of life. A nomad is a person with no place of residency--the world is the their home. This is similar to how society operates today because "Wherever and whenever we move around, the underlying system always knows who we are, where we are, and what services we need." Our access to services that locate us, know us, and lead us, allows us to live in Nomadicity. 

O'Reilly discusses the Web 2.0 generation and how we are without boundaries or principals that generations before us had. We have fewer limits and a greater reach with the Web 2.0--it is a source that ties us together; a collective intelligence.


Discussion Questions:

We are always linked and no matter where we are you have access to link with others through the web. Can you really be a nomad today? 

How does web 2.0 change our ethics?

Links: 
http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/definition/nomadicity
http://mashable.com/2012/03/16/encyclopedia-britannica-wikipedia-infographic/

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