After reading the Writing in the Wild article and related blogs, I couldn’t help but wonder if in fact the way we study holds us back. And if all this new age access is limiting our hands on experience. Like the article states with a pencil and a paper a student can write on location experiencing and interacting with our subjects. Thus leading to Moblogs as referred to in the article or in other words a podcast. The ability to post or convey a message in real time by adding photos, videos or sounds to your blog or your audience. this is a new way of expression that simply can not be achieved with in the walls of a library or cubical.

“Rheingold predicted that advances in mobile technology would soon give everyone the tools to publish independent, real-time news reports directly on the web and other platforms”

While this is no longer a prediction in these days there is still a separation between the writers and the subject they write about. According to the article, “This binary separates the space of writing and publication from the object and tends to privilege work-in-progress genres such as essays and websites.

The purpose of the Writing in the Wild article I believe is to challenge the norm. It is not asking for a complete change of the way we approach writing an essay for example it is asking us to try and change the way we approach it. I agree with this because I don believe that the atmosphere in which you convey your thoughts definitely effect your thoughts all together. In other words if sunshine makes you happy, then maybe writing your paper out doors will translate into a more positive toned thesis. It is important to relate this back to our studies of the art of conveying ones self because if we think about how different out thinking process is in relation to where er are and who we are with, we can make the connection that this article is making.