it's always sad to hear about some of the "dark side" of this...luckly for me, my kids are grown, 21 and 18 and my daughter has only been in a couple and my son in the background just once....not for lack of trying on my part.... ;)
Heath http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com --- In [email protected], "Robyn Tippins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I go back and two between enjoying the fact that people recognize my name > and then feeling a little weird when I get those bizarre emails from people > who know just a little too much about you. One lady last year asked if I > went to _____ church in my town because she'd like to get to know me a > little better (she was right, btw). She also knew where my kids went to > school. I also had an IM fan who harassed me for a time last year. > Sometimes it's rather creepy. As well, a blogger I know just deleted her > email and web domain because of a stalker. But, with proper controls this > kind of stuff can be handled. My kids are on heightened security at school > and church and they can't even carpool or walk out class w/o permission > either place. Also, their picture isn't allowed to be put on the web or > newspaper through their school. I took measures to pull my address off of > everywhere I know to remove it. Hopefully I'm a little more secure than I > was last year. > > > > I do rather think it's neat that our lives and such will be chronicled so > well for future use. I was a history major in college and I can't help but > think that what we are doing now will be a boon to those given the task of > understanding what life was like in our age. If history interests you I'd > recommend IClaudius' vidcast. > > > > Robyn > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Heath > Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:18 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [videoblogging] A question for the group... > > > > Been thinking a bit and reflecting on this past year and I had a > question/thought. Has anyone else just sat and thought for a moment > and reflected on what we are doing? Putting our lives out "there" for > all to see? I mean does it ever seem weird? Not bad weird but > just "weird"? > > To think that maybe 100 years, 1,000 years from now, someone could > watch me, see my life, my ups, my downs, my trips, my friends, my > dreams, hopes, etc...it's just wild to me.....you know when I first > started I was so anal, I didn't want anyone to know my real name, I > mean I was running in the street with scissors or doing something else > goofy, showing my house, my street, etc but I didn't want anyone to > know my name....I think back at that and just laugh out loud.... > > Anyway just wondering if anyone else thinks about all this...like I > do....probably not.... ;) > > Heath > http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
