Journal #6

I really appreciate how this piece analyzes mobility on several layers.  Kinetic mobility of writers (be they authors, texters, etc) is just as important as the physical, often digital, mobility of the text.  As a whole, both forms interact on a regular basis as a tool for the writer to form and spread writing as efficiently as possible,

Mobility has changed writing on the basis that limitations on audience and information have been stripped away.  If a writer needs evidence to supply content, it’s now far easier to either travel to the source or to “travel” across the internet to borrow from others’ perceptions.  As far as audience, where a writer may formerly be limited to an audience within their locality, modern times grant the ability for widespread publishing so a writer can establish contact with a network interested in their content.

I think one of the greatest things highlighted by mobility is that while we fully utilize all our capabilities with writing, it is in a far more rapid manner than in previous times.  For example, we can compare the age of ancient noodles in China with ancient noodles from the Roman Empire and argue over which was made first, because people are capable of sharing the information, penning papers on the analyzation, and sharing all of the ideas until a consensus is found.  All of this occurs in a fraction of the time it could have taken even just a few decades ago.  Aside from the internet, other developments still prove this concept.  Pamphlets can be front-and-back, laser-ink printed in seconds while a person is in the comfort of their home; these papers are then quickly driven and taped or handed to their destinations, with the entire process costing the creator only a few hours of work.  

With writers fully exploiting the speed of the writing process, and with mobility further connecting writer and audience, writing as a whole simply becomes more efficient.  If the purpose of writing is to achieve a successful spread of information, then this is surely being completed better in our time now than ever before.