It’s amazing how the internet makes the world seem so small. I have tried very hard to disguise my internet identity with various pseudo names and have little mention about the college on my personal website. That is until my recent carting event in which we won the 2nd place. Now generally speaking it’s not really a huge achievement, but coupled with meeting Les Ferdinand, I made the first mistake by putting my college's name in the description section. Because of this, I have been forced to revoke the transparency of this site.
First I get told that my superiors now have full view of my website. Secondly, another colleague suggest that some of the kids that went for the carting event may also search for news, to see if they appeared in any newspapers website. Lastly, but then the more worrying aspect was that some other 'not-so-close' colleagues would have similar access to view all and sundry about my personal life.
In a positive/negative aspect, it does show how efficient advertising with Google really is as they informed the college in real time the moment I put my article up. It also shows how easy it would be to collect information about someone from the net.
Not that it really matters, but it really curbs my freedom of speech. So over lunch the other day, I made the decision to limit my site to friends and family (and their networks) which would be cause of inconvenience as they would now have to sign up in order to view the photos I have collected throughout the years. But I suppose it is for the better as I won’t have to worry about snoops going around thinking about calling me or mailing me…
ah... C'est La Vie!
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