Comments on: Blogging and Privacy. http://www.hartnall.com/2009/02/blogging-and-privacy/ Attempting to convert random thoughts into sentences. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:47:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kelvin Hartnall http://www.hartnall.com/2009/02/blogging-and-privacy/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Kelvin Hartnall Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:04:22 +0000 http://www.hartnall.com/?p=56#comment-8 <p>Greg, giving thought to your comment, I think I would revise my choice of words 'professional' and 'non-emotive' in my post. These words imply that I won't talk about controversial or personal issues in my blog. Actually, I would like my blog to be personal, to express how I truly feel, and to discuss all ideas even if they are provocative. In hindsight, I think that I really just wanted to say that I will maintain good values and integrity.</p> <p>Concerning having a major theme to my blog, my objective isn't to build a highly successful blog with a significant or large readership. Instead I intend it to be my personal blog where I discuss the same sort of ideas that I already discuss with my friends via email, etc... Therefore, I will just try to separate my thoughts into broad categories.</p> Greg, giving thought to your comment, I think I would revise my choice of words ‘professional’ and ‘non-emotive’ in my post. These words imply that I won’t talk about controversial or personal issues in my blog. Actually, I would like my blog to be personal, to express how I truly feel, and to discuss all ideas even if they are provocative. In hindsight, I think that I really just wanted to say that I will maintain good values and integrity.

Concerning having a major theme to my blog, my objective isn’t to build a highly successful blog with a significant or large readership. Instead I intend it to be my personal blog where I discuss the same sort of ideas that I already discuss with my friends via email, etc… Therefore, I will just try to separate my thoughts into broad categories.

]]> By: Greg Day http://www.hartnall.com/2009/02/blogging-and-privacy/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Greg Day Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:05:11 +0000 http://www.hartnall.com/?p=56#comment-7 Hmm, I've got to admit I head in a different direction. One of the concerns I have about newspapers is the editing, that in order to keep things 'safe', they dont print provocative articles that make you think. I think blogging should be an extension of your personality, communicating what you really think. As to topics... most blogs seem to 'work' better if there are a few topics or one major theme. Good luck! Hmm, I’ve got to admit I head in a different direction. One of the concerns I have about newspapers is the editing, that in order to keep things ‘safe’, they dont print provocative articles that make you think.

I think blogging should be an extension of your personality, communicating what you really think. As to topics… most blogs seem to ‘work’ better if there are a few topics or one major theme. Good luck!

]]> By: Kelvin Hartnall http://www.hartnall.com/2009/02/blogging-and-privacy/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Kelvin Hartnall Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:07:27 +0000 http://www.hartnall.com/?p=56#comment-6 <p>I think we can classify these situations into two groups. The first group is all the communications that you have where there is a limited and specific audience. For example, something said to some colleagues around the BBQ, or by email, or IM session, or on a telephone call. The second group are all the communications that are to the public at large. For example, a letter to the editor of a newspaper, calling a talk-back radio host, or publishing a book. In the first group of communications, I think you can safely criticise your company and people accept that this is private. Anything in the second group causes difficulty.</p> <p>If we consider blogging, I suspect that it sits in the second group. A blog is sort of like a mini newspaper where you are the editor! It is published to the public at large, and therefore even if the readership is very small, I don't think it is too different to writing a letter to the editor of your local newspaper.</p> I think we can classify these situations into two groups. The first group is all the communications that you have where there is a limited and specific audience. For example, something said to some colleagues around the BBQ, or by email, or IM session, or on a telephone call. The second group are all the communications that are to the public at large. For example, a letter to the editor of a newspaper, calling a talk-back radio host, or publishing a book. In the first group of communications, I think you can safely criticise your company and people accept that this is private. Anything in the second group causes difficulty.

If we consider blogging, I suspect that it sits in the second group. A blog is sort of like a mini newspaper where you are the editor! It is published to the public at large, and therefore even if the readership is very small, I don’t think it is too different to writing a letter to the editor of your local newspaper.

]]> By: Shane Legg http://www.hartnall.com/2009/02/blogging-and-privacy/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Shane Legg Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:22:36 +0000 http://www.hartnall.com/?p=56#comment-5 The situation that causes people the most difficulty is when they are working for a company and then say something about that company on their blog. Society hasn't worked out how to classify a post on a blog. It is like saying something around a BBQ after a few beers? It is like a professional reporter writing an article and publishing it in a newspaper? Or something different altogether? The situation that causes people the most difficulty is when they are working for a company and then say something about that company on their blog.

Society hasn’t worked out how to classify a post on a blog. It is like saying something around a BBQ after a few beers? It is like a professional reporter writing an article and publishing it in a newspaper? Or something different altogether?

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