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By: 5 Reasons NOT to launch a blog | EZ Marketing Tool

5 Reasons NOT to launch a blog | EZ Marketing Tool — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:55:26 +0000

[...] Do not launch a blog if you twist the truth. Your blog is an open record. If you blog and then apply for a job, remember what [...]

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:42:38 +0000

“don’t pretend you are someone else.”. Good advice for relationships, too

By: Anaethelion’s » Ne pas blogger ?

Anaethelion’s » Ne pas blogger ? — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:25:20 +0000

[...] un planet est un ensemble de blog souvent de developpeurs informatiques.) et je suis tombé sur cet article super intéréssant qui lie en plus un déssin de XKCD sur toutes les raisons qui font que quelqu’un peut être [...]

By: ovitters

ovitters — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:13:53 +0000

Sebastian: Stating things like ‘not have a clue’ and ‘inflammatory FUD’ will only cause more flames. I suggest not to do that. I didn’t include your blog on purpose. My post was specifically about the ‘think of future employer’.

Jason: It is not about “shake things up”. If I blog about something, I try to ensure everyone understands what I mean. However, I am not going to avoid a blogging about something because of some future employer / anyone will see it. I don’t blog about certain things, but that is at my discretion.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:13:03 +0000

I hate to disagree with xkcd, but “future employer” is just a proxy for “the universe of people who don’t know you but might see your blog”.

I mean, feel free to “shake things up” by posting political rants or extremely personal stuff for everyone to see, but then when people read that and, being human, form opinions and make judgments, you’re gonna have to brush that off. If you don’t feel up to that, maybe you need to shake things up in some other way. Jump out of a plane or something.

Of course it depends on the case. If you want to call something “evil” in your blog, but you hesitate because you might someday want to work for evil people… well…

By: iain

iain — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:15:34 +0000

I’d forgotten that xkcd. Was a very good point. Why would I want to work for a company that didn’t allow me to be myself? Why would I want a girlfriend who only liked me when I’m someone else? Makes no sense.

By: Sebastian Kügler

Sebastian Kügler — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:47:53 +0000

Which purpose?

Better fitting the post you are referring to would be Reasons not to bitch about other Free Software projects when you do not have a clue and your post is nothing more than inflammatory FUD.

By: ovitters

ovitters — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:08:50 +0000

Note that I specifically avoided the rest of that blog. That was on purpose.