The Transparent Blog and 15min of fame
So here we are...all these happy bloggers rambling on about our lives for the world to read. If you're like me I assume that 3 of my dearest friends actually read my blog, when they're really bored, the TV has stopped working and they're tired of watching their favorite DVD's.
However do you really know who reads your blog? Last I checked there were about 400 clicks on my blog. I've received comments from people who live in other countries which is kind of cool. I even found my own blog when I was researching heated footbeds. I was blogging about footbeds before I wanted to buy them and voila this blog came up in my search.
Well the editor of the Financial Post Business Magazine was searching. Searching for people she might want to profile for the next issue devoted to summer adventure. Apparently business people want to do cool things beside work. And they're interested in the other cool stuff work-people (aka weekend warriors) do. So who did she find... but little ol' me pounding on the keyboard about my climbing adventures via blogger. Being a classic Leo, how could I turn down an opportunity to get my mug in a magazine? Well I couldn't and I knew my mom would get a huge kick out of it.
I just read the article that will appear in her magazine and was able to tweak a few irregularities that only me and a handful of climbers would care about but, still. I was paraonoid that it would appear like I was leading alot of the climbs I've been on and while the general public wouldn't notice the distinction climbers sure do. I may be a media hog but I like to think I'm not a poser. Perhaps this only makes sense to me. :-)
However what did strike a wee bit of terror in my heart is that they have referenced this blog. They didn't give out the address but with the name of the blog and my first and last name its not that hard to find.
I realized that what I write as an anomymous shmoe is a wee bit different then what I would write when my name is attached to it! I started to think.. hmmm do I want my work colleagues to be privy to my personal life? Hey don't get me wrong, I bet the people in my company are just fine and I sure LOVE the company I work for (no biting the hand that feeds me here - no sirree bob)
I'm not thinking that thousands of people will now be held fast to my meanderings and musings... hardly, but it does bring up the issue of transparency on the web. And being fully accountable for what we write or in my case rant. So I went through the blog and deleted some posts that while they were high on the amusement scale, they didn't rank so high on the "keeping some things private, TMI" scale.
SO... I will be waiting for perhaps the 6 or 7 new readers dying to find out what I think of climbing. But just to be safe I sure hope my 3 faithful readers won't leave me... will you? Promise???
However do you really know who reads your blog? Last I checked there were about 400 clicks on my blog. I've received comments from people who live in other countries which is kind of cool. I even found my own blog when I was researching heated footbeds. I was blogging about footbeds before I wanted to buy them and voila this blog came up in my search.
Well the editor of the Financial Post Business Magazine was searching. Searching for people she might want to profile for the next issue devoted to summer adventure. Apparently business people want to do cool things beside work. And they're interested in the other cool stuff work-people (aka weekend warriors) do. So who did she find... but little ol' me pounding on the keyboard about my climbing adventures via blogger. Being a classic Leo, how could I turn down an opportunity to get my mug in a magazine? Well I couldn't and I knew my mom would get a huge kick out of it.
I just read the article that will appear in her magazine and was able to tweak a few irregularities that only me and a handful of climbers would care about but, still. I was paraonoid that it would appear like I was leading alot of the climbs I've been on and while the general public wouldn't notice the distinction climbers sure do. I may be a media hog but I like to think I'm not a poser. Perhaps this only makes sense to me. :-)
However what did strike a wee bit of terror in my heart is that they have referenced this blog. They didn't give out the address but with the name of the blog and my first and last name its not that hard to find.
I realized that what I write as an anomymous shmoe is a wee bit different then what I would write when my name is attached to it! I started to think.. hmmm do I want my work colleagues to be privy to my personal life? Hey don't get me wrong, I bet the people in my company are just fine and I sure LOVE the company I work for (no biting the hand that feeds me here - no sirree bob)
I'm not thinking that thousands of people will now be held fast to my meanderings and musings... hardly, but it does bring up the issue of transparency on the web. And being fully accountable for what we write or in my case rant. So I went through the blog and deleted some posts that while they were high on the amusement scale, they didn't rank so high on the "keeping some things private, TMI" scale.
SO... I will be waiting for perhaps the 6 or 7 new readers dying to find out what I think of climbing. But just to be safe I sure hope my 3 faithful readers won't leave me... will you? Promise???
posted by Lise B at Tuesday, June 12, 2007
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