Drew's Blog: The Dangers of Blogging

Drew's Blog: The Dangers of Blogging This blog is the personal web log of Drew Hevle.

topics Ø Home Ø Bass Guitar Ø Books Ø Computers Ø Cooking Ø Dangermouse Ø Drew Ø Electronics Ø English Ø Fantasy Football Ø GTO Ø Humor Ø KFFL Ø Music Ø New House Ø Photography Ø Restaurants Ø Skepticism Ø Skiing Ø Work about Ø What's new? Ø Site History Ø Disclaimer subscribe Drew's blog Books What I'm Reading Book Club books What's New RSS Monthly Thought What's RSS?	Thursday, May 29, 2008 The Dangers of Blogging One of my favorite bloggers got started because she was fired for writing about her boss. And this editor resigned from her job at Gawker because of her compulsive oversharing. And Mark Jen was fired from Google because he blogged about the company. I haven't blogged negatively about companies I've worked for because there really hasn't been much to write negatively about. I enjoy my job (people ask me if I love my job, I say it's great but if they stopped paying me I'd stop showing up. Does that mean I don't love it?) and I'm not one of those people who needs controversy or attention. I don't write (much) about politics or religion, it's like trying to teach a pig to dance; it will just frustrate you and annoy the pig. You're not going to convert anyone to your points-of-view, and it creates animosity and divisiveness. I've had folks ask me to take their names or information off the site, some nicely, some not so nicely, and I've always agreed. Not because I believe their threats (I won't remove this post) but because there's no need for me to generate resentment. I wouldn't want to upset my reader. I had a fight with a (now ex-) girlfriend about her not being on my blog, she thought if she was important to me I should blog about her. I've fought with girlfriends about dumber things, all pointing to seeming insufficiencies in their importance to me. In retrospect it's best that I didn't blog about her, we're still friends. So I've tried to be nice-guy blogger, and that's probably why I have reader and not readers. But I'm happy with my life and I ~~love~~ ~~like~~ am satisfied with my job and I have no urge to mess it all up. 0 Comments: Post a Comment Last updated (format) 2/22/06	recent posts Happy Mother's Day! The 50 greatest commercial parodies of all time Site of the Day Glengarry Glen Ross speech 80's Dancing Moves part 7 of 35: The Running Man In case you were wondering... Changing Jobs (Again) TurboTax vs. TaxCut: Tax Preparation Software DEAT... Daylight Saving Time starts today Great article on disability insurance archives October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 blogs Greg and Linda Gillis Marc Moore Your Name Here! personal sites Craig and Kathy Hinesley Ruocco Peter Steiger Your Site Here!

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