Saturday, February 14, 2009

Pseudonym?

Sandy Banks writes about joining Facebook as a middle age mom.   My first thought was, "What an awesome pseudonym.  She could use that online."  It is probably her real name, but regardless, her column deals with the challenges of how much information to divulge online.  

I've recently had the same conversation with a 20-something mom, and professional colleague who is about to go on Facebook for the first time.

For as many of these "woe is me, I'm a Baby Boomer trying to keep up with the kids on TwitterBookSpaceStumbleDigg" stories that I've read, I've had experiences with much younger colleagues in the same vein.  The questions about personal information, privacy, and how much to share are questions for the digital era, not questions for a certain age. Hat Tip Newmark's Door where he is often up on the times in L.A.

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