Comments on: The Stuff You’re Not Supposed To Blog About http://toshuo.com/2007/the-stuff-youre-not-supposed-to-blog-about/ Chinese, Linguistics, Science, Cultural Observations and whatever else I feel like writing about Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:58:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: patrick http://toshuo.com/2007/the-stuff-youre-not-supposed-to-blog-about/#comment-25556 patrick Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:15:45 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2007/the-stuff-youre-not-supposed-to-blog-about/#comment-25556 And the battle rages on... Lately, I've been wrestling with this very question. We blog to be read (or else we would just keep everything on our hard drive), with a striving for authenticity and candidness. Yet such a penchant for the antisceptic! Others, like MT, stick to a public area (politics), though it could be argued that this is a topic rich for developing the personal. If you make your posts readable to only certain readers, that's likely to put some off as well. Lately I've been wanting to write about my parents, for example, and get some feedback from those around me and from those not so near. But my parents read my blog and what I have to write about is not...umm...nice. Isn't part of blogging about finding others who share a common ground and <b><i>connect<b></b></i>? As social beings, we are already layered enough as it is, making meanigful contact with others rare. Personally, I feel compelled to take some emotional risks when writing. And then I go back and delete the sentence, and try to replace it with something more cerebral, more "topical". Anyway, I'm in Phuket now and Iam afraid there's njot much ,ore brain wav acton going on werht e;psj t. ;)</b> And the battle rages on…
Lately, I’ve been wrestling with this very question. We blog to be read (or else we would just keep everything on our hard drive), with a striving for authenticity and candidness. Yet such a penchant for the antisceptic!
Others, like MT, stick to a public area (politics), though it could be argued that this is a topic rich for developing the personal.
If you make your posts readable to only certain readers, that’s likely to put some off as well. Lately I’ve been wanting to write about my parents, for example, and get some feedback from those around me and from those not so near. But my parents read my blog and what I have to write about is not…umm…nice.
Isn’t part of blogging about finding others who share a common ground and connect? As social beings, we are already layered enough as it is, making meanigful contact with others rare. Personally, I feel compelled to take some emotional risks when writing.
And then I go back and delete the sentence, and try to replace it with something more cerebral, more “topical”.
Anyway, I’m in Phuket now and Iam afraid there’s njot much ,ore brain wav acton going on werht e;psj t.
;)

]]> By: Mark http://toshuo.com/2007/the-stuff-youre-not-supposed-to-blog-about/#comment-24894 Mark Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:42:47 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2007/the-stuff-youre-not-supposed-to-blog-about/#comment-24894 I'm not sure how I could have gotten so into blogging if it weren't for writing about my job. I suppose I really don't care that much about prospective employers. I am who I am, and if a future employer were to decide not to hire me due to facets of my personality or work ethic revealed by my blog, it would probably be for the best. I'd rather know right away if the job weren't a good match, instead of wasting time somewhere I wouldn't fit in. That said, I currently have very little interest in ever having any future employers. Only the permanence of information put online restrains me at all. I’m not sure how I could have gotten so into blogging if it weren’t for writing about my job. I suppose I really don’t care that much about prospective employers. I am who I am, and if a future employer were to decide not to hire me due to facets of my personality or work ethic revealed by my blog, it would probably be for the best. I’d rather know right away if the job weren’t a good match, instead of wasting time somewhere I wouldn’t fit in.

That said, I currently have very little interest in ever having any future employers. Only the permanence of information put online restrains me at all.

]]> By: range http://toshuo.com/2007/the-stuff-youre-not-supposed-to-blog-about/#comment-24621 range Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:45:05 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2007/the-stuff-youre-not-supposed-to-blog-about/#comment-24621 Self-censorship is good, on most accounts. I never blog about work. I do blog about my tutoring, the lesson plans I use, what works and what doesn't. But since I know that some people at work read my blog, you have to be careful. I am always aware that prospective employers might read your blog. Self-censorship is good, on most accounts. I never blog about work. I do blog about my tutoring, the lesson plans I use, what works and what doesn’t. But since I know that some people at work read my blog, you have to be careful.

I am always aware that prospective employers might read your blog.

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