Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Online Career Dangers
A recent ZDNET blog (http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=1703) discusses the security risks of Twitter. Apparently people are updating and inadvertently exposing confidential information. It really makes my latest mishap seem even more minor than it is. Yes, I inadvertently offended a co-worker by stating that I "survived" a meeting with him. He of course does not have access to my twitter account, but another co-worker was kind enough to share it with him. I of course apologized for the hurtful comment and explained that it was not intended to be hurtful. He is not yet over it. You would think his skin would be a bit thicker than that. The irony of this is that on Friday I am giving an interview about the importance of protecting one's Facebook and online identity as it relates to future careers. You don't want to be exposed as unprofessional and should keep everything set to private. Of course, I did set everything to private but failed to be picky in the friends I allowed to view my updates. I am now appropriately paranoid. Lesson learned. If I work with you, you no longer have the ability to spy on me.
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I've found similar problems with a lot of Web 2.0 social networking sites. Trying to maintain a professional presence on the web that is separate from my personal presence is very hard. I've come to the conclusion that I use certain tools only for my PLN, and work related stuff, and others for solely personal. Even then, the politics of how I handle refusing work "friends" access to my personal spaces so that I can prevent events just like the one you spoke of is very touchy.
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