Centralizing my distributed activity
I'm a little conflicted about the personal life aggregators services that have sprung up. Second Brain, Iminta, Friend Feed --- each pulls from the various places where you create content (delicious, flickr, amazon wishlists, blogs, netflix queues, etc.) and feeds that content into one view that you then share with your network.
It's good to see all the activity in one spot, but it's not good, too. I have some real concerns with having my various activities and associated time stamps in one convenient location. The log of my minute to minute Internet surfing is not something I want to explain or justify to anyone. I war with convenience versus privacy, community building versus lone experimentation/interests. I always do.
I'm going to play with these for a while and then make a decision. Friend Feed seems to have the best range of options and user interface. If you sign up, look for me. We can experience the madness together.
It's good to see all the activity in one spot, but it's not good, too. I have some real concerns with having my various activities and associated time stamps in one convenient location. The log of my minute to minute Internet surfing is not something I want to explain or justify to anyone. I war with convenience versus privacy, community building versus lone experimentation/interests. I always do.
I'm going to play with these for a while and then make a decision. Friend Feed seems to have the best range of options and user interface. If you sign up, look for me. We can experience the madness together.
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NaNoWriMo
Yes, you've covered these themes (issues) before. I've personally encountered some of this now that some professional and personal contacts have friended me on Facebook. I was piping my twitter feed into FB, but decided to remove that feed because I might not want my FB friends to see all my tweets, which tend to be more political and subversive in nature.
I gotta believe these new services will eventually allow granular filtering of who can see what updates, or what gets posted to your feed.
Worst case, you can always do the private stuff you don't want anyone to see under another identity separate from your main one. I know you'll say that's an inconvenience, but maybe one worth accepting so folks like me don't know about the battery operated "personal comfort devices" you're buying online. ;-)
My personal comfort devices don't tend to use batteries, but I appreciate the thought. :)
It is inconvenient to create a separate ID. I like the idea of granular filtering, however. See it in action anywhere?