Journal 6 Talia Colarusso

At first I saw this journal prompt and immediately saw mobility, mobility...mobile. That was my initial thought, that mobility of writing was a new concept, one that only came about due to this technological age that we live in. I at first though that writing only became mobile when we all went mobile. Soon after reading the Molz piece I realized that mobility in writing is much more than just that. "Travel and change of place impart new vigor on the mind" was my favorite part of this piece. The Molz piece explains that mobility has everything to do with writing, but much more than just writing mobility effects knowledge in general. Mobility in writing allows to create special communities among people. These communities are created by people reading and writing about a similar topic. In the article travel blogs are mentioned many times and the community these blogs create. The writers on these travel blogs are not only mobilizing their writing but they are mobilizing themselves by using technologies such as gps pinpoint location, mobile check in, mobile phones, etc. But the mobilization of text has not only become a thing in recent years, as previously mentioned they mobilization of writing goes way back. People have always wanted to use their writing for connectivity. Letters are my personal favorite example of mobility of writing before technology. People have always wanted their writing to be heard and letters used to be the perfect way to accomplish that. The letters only downfall was that it did not have the ability to create a community like blogs and social media posts are able to today.

 Another huge different about mobility today in writing versus mobility 100 years ago in wiring is the speed and effectiveness in which writing is shared. The main difference is now people have the ability to share their writing at the clock of a button and share that wiring with people who have the same ideas and goals at they do. Causing the writing to be much more powerful and moving that wiring had the ability to be 100 years ago.

A downfall of this instant mobility is that people now have the ability so write and share whatever they want, and sometimes it’s not very good what exactly they want to share with the world via Facebook post. That has been extremely apparent o me especially today being election day scrolling through my Facebook has been a great example of why not everyone should share everything they have to say.