So with all the Buzz excitement I've been thinking—and talking to various friends—about things like Profiles, publishing Buzz comments to the entire internets, and how much public information is the right amount.

Since I just missed the Facebook generation most of the people I know tend to lean toward “none”. And my first instinct when Buzz prompted me to make a Google Profile was the same. Where I've lived? Where I work? Buzz posts visibile to the whole internet, and indexed by search engines? No thanks!

But then I remembered I had a blog! (What can I say, I like setting up these straight lines for you guys—prize for the best response in the comments.) It has my name on it, my email, and enough information to find out where I've worked, probably where I've lived, and certainly where I went to college. So why should I care if that same information is on a single page instead of spread out a bit on a blog? And since I use my name for my PWA account, it's not exactly rocket science to find my public photos there... plus, those are the photos I've already decided to post publicly, so again, who cares?

Thus I've decided to take another small step toward the world these crazy kids today live in, and make a real profile instead of a totally empty placeholder. Maybe I'll even try some public Buzzing. If I'm feeling really crazy, I might even post here from time to time!

But I haven't lost all my standards: I still think Twitter is too absurd to bother with. Character limits? Please. My genius will not be constrained.

Category: Life

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