Exposing Yourself Online

Several times in the last month I have met new people and have I’ve been shocked by how much they already knew about me. As a blogger and someone who is fairly Google-able, I often forget that as soon as I send someone an email, there is a good chance they’ll look me up. Leveraging Ideas , Workstreamr , Twitter, Facebook – there is a lot of information on me out there. While everything I write is clearly by choice, the paradox is that I am a very private person. Clearly I shouldn’t be shocked that such interactions are occurring more frequently, but it is always still a bit disarming when it happens. It’s a cross between feeling flattered and also wondering what they think of me in-person versus my online persona. For example, I recently met a techno-celebrity who I have the utmost respect for…but that respect has been won through their writing and online-voice. In person they seemed a lot less impressive and certainly less personable than I would have hope...