This Ain’t The One
Tue, 19 Feb 2008.
Currently my job doesn’t involve interacting with clients or the public at large. But I do wonder what would happen to my blog if I had to take on greater responsibility and become a semi-public figure.
The first hit on Google for my name is this blog, the second is my Twitter. That’s a good thing because there was some blog post by some guy a long time ago talking about claiming your online identity. Why? Well the worst case scenario is someone starts talking shit about you and all the google results will point to that. When girlfriends, employers and members of the press google you, that’s all they see. Why not head them off at the pass and have your own site that presents a much more rosy picture?
Of course, that’s just my paranoia talking. The real motivation to claim your online identity should already be clear if you watched Jet Li’s 2001 flop, The One; a movie that managed to lose over $5 million at the box office. In the movie, there is a big-ass multiverse and each universe contains one Jet Li and there is an evil Jet Li that travels to each universe and kills off that universe’s Jet Li so that he can absorb their powers and become a superhuman Jet Li. Similarly, there are many people who use the internet and share your name; if not your full name than at least your first name. The challenge here is to kill off every single one of these imposters’ websites so that your website will grow in strength and become The One.
I know this stuff because I used to be a web designer. Industry experts agree that by the year 2048, there will only be one website left. More than likely, it will be a Jet Li fansite.
Anyway, what to do when I have to be in a job that’s more exposed, more public? There’s nothing inherently bad about my blog but if I had the choice, I’d rather co-workers and customers never ever find out about it. I already went through a long phase of censorship after all my friends began reading my blog regularly. Maybe I just need to go through another long phase if work people should ever find it.
Maybe I should just stop with the blogging and start that Jet Li fansite already.
I actually liked that movie… I think. Maybe I was a little drunk.
If you were to get a job that was more public oriented, what kind of job would you want to get?
I don’t know… maybe a job where I’m part of an online community answering technical questions and stuff. It could happen!
Then again, maybe I don’t want to be involved in customer support.
Mmmm. Mr Li is diviiiiine.
You need to get a job at somewhere like collegehumor.com - perfect.
It always freaks me out a little when someone Googles my name and clicks on my blog…I wonder who they are and why they were trying to find me.
I think that the last website on the internet will be run by Chuck Norris. But that’s just me.
You need your own wikipedia page Jack: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack
It will be the definitive source of everything about the Jack. Also, it’ll be fun to hijack it occasionally and make ridiculous claims about you. :)
heyyy your question is all answered on my site. Sorry this is so short, im exhausted but i promise to come back and give your blog a proper reading. :)