Dale’s Personal Blog

I know I am probably going against the tide, but I like to keep my online personal and professional activity as separate as possible. So many blogs and twitter feeds mix the two up, which I personally find really unhelpful. Indeed, I have unsubscribed from or unfollowed the output of a number of otherwise interesting people, simply because what they have to say professionally is diluted by a lot of personal trivia. I then noticed that comments I had placed on other people’s blogs in a professional capacity via WordPress had a link to this (my personal blog) automatically associated with my name, which is quite inappropriate. Not sure where this is being picked up from, but have created a jump off WordPress blog with simply a list of links, which I have then told WordPress is my primary blog. Have also pointed my ‘webpage’ link in my profile to the Freeform Dynamics home page. We’ll have to see if this workaround does the trick, and which URL gets picked up as I contribute additional comments via WordPress.

In the meantime, it highlights the interesting question of how best to manage your online presence when different content you generate is aimed at different audiences. This is not a privacy question, more one of keeping things focused and relevant.