The other day I coined the term 'digiborigines' and referred to the idea of digical natives [as contrasted with digital immigrants. Well here appears to be the well of that idea. For greater completeness of info, I reference it here with a choice quote to boot.
"There are hundreds of examples of the digital immigrant accent. They include printing out your email (or having your secretary print it out for you - an even 'thicker' accent); needing to print out a document written on the computer in order to edit it (rather than just editing on the screen); and bringing people physically into your office to see an interesting web site (rather than just sending them the URL). I'm sure you can think of one or two examples of your own without much effort. My own favorite example is the 'Did you get my email?' phone call. Those of us who are Digital Immigrants can, and should, laugh at ourselves and our 'accent.'"
Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants: digiborigines, society, culture, tecnology, digital-natives, IT, upbringing, generation,
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