I think that I am a resident at work: I've taught online classes (and am currently teaching a hybrid class) and maintain blogs and a Twitter account for work. For my personal life, such as it is, I am mostly offline. The issues of privacy really bother me, which I guess makes me a visitor. Also, since I'm still looking for work, it worries me to leave too much of a digital footprint for employers to follow.
I do think we need to be careful about thinking that what is now will be forever. For example, my students really don't seem to be too involved in Twitter, and rely much, much more on my blog posts and Blackboard.
In the future, I will likely move more online. I'm waiting for the thing after Facebook to come along, since I really hate Facebook. I had hopes for Google+, as I <3 Google, but it doesn't seem to really be taking off. Maybe too much time in Beta?
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