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Simon Mills wrote: > I think there is a confusion here. Just because a wifi network is available > in a so-called "wild" area does not mean that that space is digital any more > than it has been changed by the presence of radio waves does it? Radio waves certainly change spaces: have you ever gone camping and had a group in the next site bring a radio? That changes the character of the experience. The same could be said for Geocaching, which brings digital devices into the forest as navigation equipment. > If we look at digitization as a process of sampling of the analogue then > wouldn't we answer some of these questions very differently. I'm not sure we're being that specific in our definitions--I've been using "digital" as a catch-all for high-tech equipment and the (cyber)spaces created by them. Best, Brendan re geocaching: http://forestry.about.com/od/mappinggis/p/fed_geocache.htm -- Brendan Riley [log in to unmask] http://www.curragh-labs.org/ ********** To alter your subscription settings, log on to Subscriber's Corner at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/writing-and-the-digital-life.html To unsubscribe, email [log in to unmask] with a blank subject line and the following text in the body of the message: SIGNOFF WRITING-AND-THE-DIGITAL-LIFE