"...computer users could be divided into digital immigrants (those of us who were trying to catch up) and digital natives (younger people seemingly born hardwired for the new technologies, or maybe it's just that they've studied computers in school). With the exception of a few very young, edgy-looking women, most of us in the room counted as immigrants - me and the silver-haired librarians. In spite of our best efforts, we were never going to master this language that those born after about 1980 speak so fluently. We could learn the lingo and tools of the digital age, but we would always have a thick accent when we spoke." (This Book is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All, by Marilyn Johnson.)
So true. So true.
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I don't know...I was born before 1980 and I've caught on pretty quickly. It helps having a computer geek for a hubby.
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