Comments on: Bits And Bites

By: She Likes Purple

She Likes Purple — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:12:42 +0000

Your points are valid and you are so right, you have to do what is best for YOU. You're a smart woman... you would only make choices you had thought through and choices that worked for you and yours. She Likes Purple's last blog post..I hope the Universe doesn't have a Google Reader account

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:41:15 +0000

Love the photo of Emily and her buddy. They look too cute! Ashley's last blog post..The Stone "Smart" Car

By: SouthernBelle

SouthernBelle — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:42:27 +0000

I might have to try that receipe. It looks wonderful. SouthernBelle's last blog post..When I am Queen

By: Vicki

Vicki — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:08:56 +0000

I have always struggled witht the name thing on the internet, too. And how cute are the kiddos? Oh, and what is this google alert thing you speak of (maybe I'm making myself sound dumb?)??? Vicki's last blog post..Common Sense

By: dana

dana — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:59:55 +0000

Those food photos are making me VERY hungry. Did you take those with the macros lens or the extension tube? Very sweet!

And I agree with you on the last name thing.

dana’s last blog post..A Broken Heart

By: Jazz

Jazz — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:59:41 +0000

Yummm, so hungry now and it’s only 11am.

By: christy

christy — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:28:19 +0000

Maybe a little naive but I don’t think my life is interesting enough for a complete stranger to care about it.
Also…Can you out that recipe on yours and Karen’s recipe blog? Or have you already. It look dileeeeeesh.

christy’s last blog post..le kitchen….c’est fini!….almost.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:17:44 +0000

I know I’m such a geek for even setting it up, but that Google Alert has turned up so much interesting stuff over the years. And last year they started including results from Google Blog Alerts, which are mostly junk, but occasionally there are cool tidbits in there too.

Agreed with the reasoning here (in the post and most comments): if bad people want to find you, they will anyway. The day anyone starts a blog, they’re basically saying out loud to the world, “I want to be known”. If we didn’t, we’d keep our writing in locked diaries and your photos safely tucked away in albums. Of course we only want to be known by nice kind people who think we’re awesome, but if we’re actually willing to put ourselves out there, it’s out of our control.

Maybe I’m naive, but I’ve never really worried about stalkers, creeplors or other baddies of the web when I’ve posted about my kids. More recently, as they’ve gotten older and starting heading off to school, I worry about more local concerns — will they be teased or mocked for things their classmates can find online about them? Grownups generally have better things to do, but I remember junior high clearly enough to wonder just how bad that could get.

By: Holly

Holly — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:15:55 +0000

It’s easy for people to say they can remain anonymous, by not sharing certain information but c’mon, it’s the internet. We are being watched everywhere no matter what we do. I for one don’t want stalkers and people showing up at my house, but if they want to find me, there is nothing I can do about it no matter what level of privacy I have online. My true belief.

I am in the beginning phases of my own photography business so of course my last name will be out there – it’s part of my business name. In order to drum up business I link to the photo-site from my personal blog. Again…. privacy down. And, the whole issue of last name on watermarks make sense.

lol about the dooce thing. true. very true.

Holly’s last blog post..Why I Write

By: Bethany

Bethany — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:58:09 +0000

One more thing to be a little careful about – if you look up the web address under “whois” on the internet you can also find phone numbers and addresses of the website owners. But you probably already know that (?) I agree with you – we can only stress about it so much…