Comparing "New Literacy" article and Wesch video

The article "new literacy" and the video constructed by Mr. Wesch are about how technology is changing so quick and drastically these days. The article by Clive Thompson talks about how before the internet and text messaging came along, people hardly ever wrote anything unless it was for school. The video by Mr. Wesch just shows how the internet is changing. I connected to the "New literacy" article especially. It talks about how Americans are writing more than any generation before them. This got me thinking about how much i actually do write and it turns out to be more than i ever thought i would. I do it through texting and social networking all night. I never thought i would enjoy writing. Mr Wesch's video shows how much technology has improved and made me realize 20 years ago none of the social networking sites or texting would be popular and i would have no need to write. Without the improvements in technology i would have a very hard keeping in touch with people sense i dislike talking on the phone, it would be pretty hard to live with out texting and social networks. These articles changes my thoughts on writing, from disliking it very much, to appreciating it a great deal.