ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to identify differences in language practices across time and space. It describes constructing a techno-linguistic biography in relation to university students. The techno-biography provides a background for examining in more detail the linguistic choices made in social media. Techno-linguistic biographies are a type of techno-biography, in short, a life story in relation to technologies. Researching the self and developing a techno-biography links in with narrative research. It is also part of a growing methodology, that of researching oneself through an auto-ethnography, whereby the researcher makes explicit their position in the ethnographic research process. Throughout this ethnographic process, the concept of practices remains central, where skills and habits are located in this broader concept. This contributes to developing the language of description used to describe the social world and how uses of technology fit into people's lives.
