so I'm wondering what's odd about me oh where do i start
On 8/24/07, Deirdre Straughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been very much myself online for 25 years, from text to video (I > still > mostly do text), and have sometimes been asked whether it feels weird to > have complete strangers know so much about me. If it felt weird, I > wouldn't > do it. What I tell about myself online is not quite as open as it appears, > but anything I'm "hiding" is mostly out of respect for others' privacy, > not > concerns about my own. > > Sometimes protecting others gets me into gray areas. I'm beginning to > wonder: when are the stories of my life MY stories, free for me to tell, > though other people are big parts of those stories? > > It's interesting to see that my daughter (now legally an adult) has > followed > this path of openness without my really discussing it with her explicitly. > She's had one weird stalker incident (turned out to be a local teenager), > but not much else to feel uncomfortable about in spite of being far more > appetizing a target than I am. > > The return for my openness is that I've made a lot of friends (and so has > Ross). I have usually been comfortable with blurring the lines between my > online and offline worlds - as those who came to vlogEurope last year > know, > I had no qualms about inviting to stay in my house a bunch of people whom > I > knew mostly via their videos (which, ahem, I'd hardly even watched). (If > all > else failed, Andreas would beat them up for me, right? <grin>) > > BTW, while we're on the subject: I'll be in the Bay Area from Sept 5-15 > and > would love to see people! In San Francisco 5th evening through 8th am, > then > Silicon Valley for a conference (Storage Developers - not exciting to this > group, but I am being paid to film it!), then back in SFO Sept 13-15, when > I > leave to return to Europe. > > -- > best regards, > Deirdré Straughan > > living & travelling in Italy > (and other Countries Beginning with I) > www.beginningwithi.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
