Comments on: Walking a line of publicity and privacy. Where do you stand? http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/ Social Media News, WordPress Info and Opinion from Tris Hussey author of Create Your Own Blog, Using WordPress and Teach Yourself Foursquare Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tris Hussey http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-8377 Tris Hussey Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:42:06 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-8377 LOL fair enough. LOL fair enough.

]]> By: Tris Hussey http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-11449 Tris Hussey Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:42:00 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-11449 LOL fair enough. LOL fair enough.

]]> By: Raul http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-8376 Raul Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:39:53 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-8376 I was going to write a post (and might actually copy my comment back into my post) but I am sort-of-in-the-middle-of-writing-my-year-in-review-post ;) so... ;) I was going to write a post (and might actually copy my comment back into my post) but I am sort-of-in-the-middle-of-writing-my-year-in-review-post ;) so… ;)

]]> By: Raul http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-11448 Raul Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:39:00 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-11448 I was going to write a post (and might actually copy my comment back into my post) but I am sort-of-in-the-middle-of-writing-my-year-in-review-post ;) so... ;) I was going to write a post (and might actually copy my comment back into my post) but I am sort-of-in-the-middle-of-writing-my-year-in-review-post ;) so… ;)

]]> By: Tris Hussey http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-8358 Tris Hussey Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:55:20 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-8358 Well I'm happy you left a comment! Since I know you prefer to write a post instead ;) Well I’m happy you left a comment! Since I know you prefer to write a post instead ;)

]]> By: Tris Hussey http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-11447 Tris Hussey Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:55:00 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-11447 Well I'm happy you left a comment! Since I know you prefer to write a post instead ;) Well I’m happy you left a comment! Since I know you prefer to write a post instead ;)

]]> By: Raul http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-8357 Raul Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:51:16 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-8357 Thanks for the post, Tris (and for the coffee, the Christmas gifts, and in general, your friendship) - it was great to have you and Guacira there I think the spectrum of privacy and publicness is one that needs to be navigated carefully. I did not include photos of me on my blog until late in 2009. I did not include photos of me ANYWHERE on Flickr or so on until one day in early 2008, our good friend Rebecca Bollwitt (Miss604) took me for lunch to Tequila Kitchen for lunch and then posted a photo of the two of us (the first-ever of many of what have become our trademarked 'Raul and Rebecca's self-portraits'). Rebecca posted that photo on Flickr and hundreds of people who read her blog went and checked it out. The secret was out, THAT is what Hummingbird604 looked like. And you know what? Nothing bad happened. Time has gone by and I've become more and more public (and more and more, my blog and Twitter account keep growing in readership). And photos of me keep popping online. And that's quite alright by me. My university students *will* know I'm Hummingbird604, as you clearly pointed out. But I clearly recall a conversation I had with Todd Sieling at Northern Voice '09 - it has become hard for me to find someone who will date me because, well, I'm a tad too public. People stop me on the street and ask me "are you Hummingbird604?"... it's cute, but it's also a tad problematic. I am fiercely protective of the privacy of my family and offline friends, despite my publicness. I monitor what I say, I am very honest and open, but at the same time, I don't say anything I wouldn't allow to have screen-captioned and be used to talk about me. In the end, if I post about my family and friends, it's with initials and photos are not directly recognizable. If I post about you and me, for example, I include links to your blog and perhaps even a photo of the two of us. Seeing how you, Rebecca, Arieanna, Darren and many of us have handled our quickly evolving publicness, has made me believe that I'm going in the right path. And that the balance I've struck in regards to publicness and privateness is appropriate. And I also need to find a way to make my comments shorter ;) Thanks for the post, Tris (and for the coffee, the Christmas gifts, and in general, your friendship) – it was great to have you and Guacira there

I think the spectrum of privacy and publicness is one that needs to be navigated carefully. I did not include photos of me on my blog until late in 2009. I did not include photos of me ANYWHERE on Flickr or so on until one day in early 2008, our good friend Rebecca Bollwitt (Miss604) took me for lunch to Tequila Kitchen for lunch and then posted a photo of the two of us (the first-ever of many of what have become our trademarked ‘Raul and Rebecca’s self-portraits’).

Rebecca posted that photo on Flickr and hundreds of people who read her blog went and checked it out. The secret was out, THAT is what Hummingbird604 looked like. And you know what? Nothing bad happened.

Time has gone by and I’ve become more and more public (and more and more, my blog and Twitter account keep growing in readership). And photos of me keep popping online. And that’s quite alright by me. My university students *will* know I’m Hummingbird604, as you clearly pointed out.

But I clearly recall a conversation I had with Todd Sieling at Northern Voice ’09 – it has become hard for me to find someone who will date me because, well, I’m a tad too public. People stop me on the street and ask me “are you Hummingbird604?”… it’s cute, but it’s also a tad problematic.

I am fiercely protective of the privacy of my family and offline friends, despite my publicness. I monitor what I say, I am very honest and open, but at the same time, I don’t say anything I wouldn’t allow to have screen-captioned and be used to talk about me.

In the end, if I post about my family and friends, it’s with initials and photos are not directly recognizable. If I post about you and me, for example, I include links to your blog and perhaps even a photo of the two of us.

Seeing how you, Rebecca, Arieanna, Darren and many of us have handled our quickly evolving publicness, has made me believe that I’m going in the right path. And that the balance I’ve struck in regards to publicness and privateness is appropriate.

And I also need to find a way to make my comments shorter ;)

]]> By: Raul http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-11446 Raul Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:51:00 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-11446 Thanks for the post, Tris (and for the coffee, the Christmas gifts, and in general, your friendship) - it was great to have you and Guacira there I think the spectrum of privacy and publicness is one that needs to be navigated carefully. I did not include photos of me on my blog until late in 2009. I did not include photos of me ANYWHERE on Flickr or so on until one day in early 2008, our good friend Rebecca Bollwitt (Miss604) took me for lunch to Tequila Kitchen for lunch and then posted a photo of the two of us (the first-ever of many of what have become our trademarked 'Raul and Rebecca's self-portraits'). Rebecca posted that photo on Flickr and hundreds of people who read her blog went and checked it out. The secret was out, THAT is what Hummingbird604 looked like. And you know what? Nothing bad happened. Time has gone by and I've become more and more public (and more and more, my blog and Twitter account keep growing in readership). And photos of me keep popping online. And that's quite alright by me. My university students *will* know I'm Hummingbird604, as you clearly pointed out. But I clearly recall a conversation I had with Todd Sieling at Northern Voice '09 - it has become hard for me to find someone who will date me because, well, I'm a tad too public. People stop me on the street and ask me "are you Hummingbird604?"... it's cute, but it's also a tad problematic. I am fiercely protective of the privacy of my family and offline friends, despite my publicness. I monitor what I say, I am very honest and open, but at the same time, I don't say anything I wouldn't allow to have screen-captioned and be used to talk about me. In the end, if I post about my family and friends, it's with initials and photos are not directly recognizable. If I post about you and me, for example, I include links to your blog and perhaps even a photo of the two of us. Seeing how you, Rebecca, Arieanna, Darren and many of us have handled our quickly evolving publicness, has made me believe that I'm going in the right path. And that the balance I've struck in regards to publicness and privateness is appropriate. And I also need to find a way to make my comments shorter ;) Thanks for the post, Tris (and for the coffee, the Christmas gifts, and in general, your friendship) – it was great to have you and Guacira there

I think the spectrum of privacy and publicness is one that needs to be navigated carefully. I did not include photos of me on my blog until late in 2009. I did not include photos of me ANYWHERE on Flickr or so on until one day in early 2008, our good friend Rebecca Bollwitt (Miss604) took me for lunch to Tequila Kitchen for lunch and then posted a photo of the two of us (the first-ever of many of what have become our trademarked ‘Raul and Rebecca’s self-portraits’).

Rebecca posted that photo on Flickr and hundreds of people who read her blog went and checked it out. The secret was out, THAT is what Hummingbird604 looked like. And you know what? Nothing bad happened.

Time has gone by and I’ve become more and more public (and more and more, my blog and Twitter account keep growing in readership). And photos of me keep popping online. And that’s quite alright by me. My university students *will* know I’m Hummingbird604, as you clearly pointed out.

But I clearly recall a conversation I had with Todd Sieling at Northern Voice ’09 – it has become hard for me to find someone who will date me because, well, I’m a tad too public. People stop me on the street and ask me “are you Hummingbird604?”… it’s cute, but it’s also a tad problematic.

I am fiercely protective of the privacy of my family and offline friends, despite my publicness. I monitor what I say, I am very honest and open, but at the same time, I don’t say anything I wouldn’t allow to have screen-captioned and be used to talk about me.

In the end, if I post about my family and friends, it’s with initials and photos are not directly recognizable. If I post about you and me, for example, I include links to your blog and perhaps even a photo of the two of us.

Seeing how you, Rebecca, Arieanna, Darren and many of us have handled our quickly evolving publicness, has made me believe that I’m going in the right path. And that the balance I’ve struck in regards to publicness and privateness is appropriate.

And I also need to find a way to make my comments shorter ;)

]]> By: Tris Hussey http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-8356 Tris Hussey Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:34:04 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-8356 I'll have to look for that book Ben. That paradox is made more complex when people get offended when the creepy co-worker comments on your pub crawl from the weekend or your mom gets upset at something you wrote about a family dinner. We want it public and private at the same time. We can't though. At least not right now. I’ll have to look for that book Ben. That paradox is made more complex when people get offended when the creepy co-worker comments on your pub crawl from the weekend or your mom gets upset at something you wrote about a family dinner.
We want it public and private at the same time. We can’t though. At least not right now.

]]> By: Tris Hussey http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-11445 Tris Hussey Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:34:00 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-11445 I'll have to look for that book Ben. That paradox is made more complex when people get offended when the creepy co-worker comments on your pub crawl from the weekend or your mom gets upset at something you wrote about a family dinner. We want it public and private at the same time. We can't though. At least not right now. I’ll have to look for that book Ben. That paradox is made more complex when people get offended when the creepy co-worker comments on your pub crawl from the weekend or your mom gets upset at something you wrote about a family dinner.
We want it public and private at the same time. We can’t though. At least not right now.

]]> By: Ben Ziegler http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-8355 Ben Ziegler Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:49:26 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-8355 Hi Tris, This is a good, and difficult, subject you raise; e.g., how much to share? I got some really good insight reading Reading Hal Niedzviecki’s 2009 book “ The Peep Diaries: How We’re Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbours”. He is a journalist and social critic living in Toronto. Basically he sees the competing interests of 1) our need for connection (to larger community) and 2) for privacy as cancelling each other out. It would seem to be a paradox we each (or many of us anyways) live and wrestle with, on a regular basis! Cheers, Ben. Hi Tris, This is a good, and difficult, subject you raise; e.g., how much to share? I got some really good insight reading
Reading Hal Niedzviecki’s 2009 book “ The Peep Diaries: How We’re Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbours”. He is a journalist and social critic living in Toronto. Basically he sees the competing interests of 1) our need for connection (to larger community) and 2) for privacy as cancelling each other out. It would seem to be a paradox we each (or many of us anyways) live and wrestle with, on a regular basis!
Cheers, Ben.

]]> By: Ben Ziegler http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-11444 Ben Ziegler Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:49:00 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-11444 Hi Tris, This is a good, and difficult, subject you raise; e.g., how much to share? I got some really good insight reading Reading Hal Niedzviecki’s 2009 book “ The Peep Diaries: How We’re Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbours”. He is a journalist and social critic living in Toronto. Basically he sees the competing interests of 1) our need for connection (to larger community) and 2) for privacy as cancelling each other out. It would seem to be a paradox we each (or many of us anyways) live and wrestle with, on a regular basis! Cheers, Ben. Hi Tris, This is a good, and difficult, subject you raise; e.g., how much to share? I got some really good insight reading
Reading Hal Niedzviecki’s 2009 book “ The Peep Diaries: How We’re Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbours”. He is a journalist and social critic living in Toronto. Basically he sees the competing interests of 1) our need for connection (to larger community) and 2) for privacy as cancelling each other out. It would seem to be a paradox we each (or many of us anyways) live and wrestle with, on a regular basis!
Cheers, Ben.

]]> By: Tris Hussey http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-8352 Tris Hussey Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:51:58 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-8352 It was great to finally have a chance to site and chat with you as well! I like your point about trust. It is so true, because what is offline becomes online, who you tell what does depend on whether or not you want it online later or not. It was great to finally have a chance to site and chat with you as well! I like your point about trust. It is so true, because what is offline becomes online, who you tell what does depend on whether or not you want it online later or not.

]]> By: Tris Hussey http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-11443 Tris Hussey Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:51:00 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-11443 It was great to finally have a chance to site and chat with you as well! I like your point about trust. It is so true, because what is offline becomes online, who you tell what does depend on whether or not you want it online later or not. It was great to finally have a chance to site and chat with you as well! I like your point about trust. It is so true, because what is offline becomes online, who you tell what does depend on whether or not you want it online later or not.

]]> By: Guacira http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-8351 Guacira Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:47:43 +0000 http://trishussey.com/2010/01/01/walking-a-line-of-publicity-and-privacy-where-do-you-stand/#comment-8351 Hi Tris, Great hanging out earlier tonight. Very nice post. A couple of points come to mind, brought on by our talk and by your post. They might not necessarily be a response to what you've written, but I think they are nevertheless relevant: - We need to live with strength in our convictions. As we increasingly use online technology to communicate and interact with others, we need to become aware that whatever is shared online can be traced, and can be used against us (or for us). That thought, in turn re-emphasizes my belief - that there's no longer a divide between our offline and online lives. So, I figure: if I'm willing to stand for my decisions, then if someone (whose opinion I don't particularly respect) posts something about me online, I'll ultimately be ok - because I know I can sleep well at night. Yes, their comment will bother me some, but I won't be second-guessing myself. - The dynamics of our online and off-line lives need to more and more resemble each other. I feel that if I'm genuinely interested in getting to know people, in listening to them and in contributing to their lives in some way - then that tone should spill over into my online interactions, too. I believe that, in the long-term, people can sense if someone is out there just for the publicity, or because they care (or would like to contribute). - Last but not least, the issue of "who we trust" is becoming more prominent. Just because I'm having a conversation (offline) with someone, it doesn't mean that what I'm sharing might not turn up online, sooner or later. Just because someone doesn't have a Twitter account today, it doesn't mean that he will not have one tomorrow. Would I trust this person to keep this conversation between us? It's probably in my best interest to be aware of who I share information with, and the tone of my offline conversations. Sorry if I went off on a tangent. And coffee with you and Raul will be welcome, anytime (although I don't share your enthusiasm for Starbucks… but I love my JJ Bean or Caffè Artigiano!) Hi Tris,

Great hanging out earlier tonight. Very nice post.

A couple of points come to mind, brought on by our talk and by your post. They might not necessarily be a response to what you’ve written, but I think they are nevertheless relevant:

- We need to live with strength in our convictions. As we increasingly use online technology to communicate and interact with others, we need to become aware that whatever is shared online can be traced, and can be used against us (or for us). That thought, in turn re-emphasizes my belief – that there’s no longer a divide between our offline and online lives. So, I figure: if I’m willing to stand for my decisions, then if someone (whose opinion I don’t particularly respect) posts something about me online, I’ll ultimately be ok – because I know I can sleep well at night. Yes, their comment will bother me some, but I won’t be second-guessing myself.

- The dynamics of our online and off-line lives need to more and more resemble each other. I feel that if I’m genuinely interested in getting to know people, in listening to them and in contributing to their lives in some way – then that tone should spill over into my online interactions, too. I believe that, in the long-term, people can sense if someone is out there just for the publicity, or because they care (or would like to contribute).

- Last but not least, the issue of “who we trust” is becoming more prominent. Just because I’m having a conversation (offline) with someone, it doesn’t mean that what I’m sharing might not turn up online, sooner or later. Just because someone doesn’t have a Twitter account today, it doesn’t mean that he will not have one tomorrow. Would I trust this person to keep this conversation between us? It’s probably in my best interest to be aware of who I share information with, and the tone of my offline conversations.

Sorry if I went off on a tangent. And coffee with you and Raul will be welcome, anytime (although I don’t share your enthusiasm for Starbucks… but I love my JJ Bean or Caffè Artigiano!)

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