I Post Therefore I Am or A 21st Century Writer and Her Digital Self
I am not a "digital native," but I am a digital transplant. I only exist online because I put myself here. I've been thinking about this a lot lately, as I've finally made Facebook , Goodreads , and Amazon author pages for myself. Suddenly, I go from observing to existing. I didn't grow up with a digital self - a crafted version of my personality for cyber country. I didn't have consistent access to the Internet until I was twelve, and I didn't have a cell phone until I was 17. It was a Nokia phone with a background of two colors: black and green. You kids might recognize the color scheme from old fashioned calculators and the LCD clocks you find in thrift store bins. These days, if you don't have a digital self then you don't fully exist in the social sphere. The Internet has become its own universe and social media is where we do the things that used to be limited to shopping malls and night clubs: we walk and talk and flash and greet and...