A interesting one that appeared on July 25, 2010 by Jeffery Rosen mentions that an idea: to wipe early posts or entries from blogs, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
The article mentions a new book called Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age by Victor Mayer-Schonberger that cover this topic in more detail.
It will help hapless people not to be judged by youthful mistakes.
Well, I am not hapless. I don't write bad things about anyone or anything. I try to not to publish too much about my personal life.
However, this article has also added another to-do item when I approach senior citizen status: the fate of the my blog. Should I delete altogether or let it exist until the internet ends?
It's too hot right now to think about that. I'll tackle it in the fall.
2 comments:
It's too hot right now to think about anything! :)
Are you going to read the book? Let us know if it's interesting. I guess it is something to think about but I'm too busy blogging to read up on that - haha...
It looks like a deep book, and I just can't concentrate right now.
I've also put down a book about the Enigma machines and how the Polish and English were decoding German messages during WWII. First of all, there are too many people involved, and I couldn't keep everyone straight, especially the Poles. Then, the explanation of how the encryption was done was giving me a headache.
I am going to have to think about the future of my blog and emails. It won't self destruct on its own. Glad I am not on Facebook or Twitter; one more thing to think about!
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