Colin Must Have LOVED This Article

The "nutsy and boltsy" article from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).

This was published about 19 months ago. It does demonstrate some of the fear surrounding a new medium. It feels to me that a few memes were perpetuated about blogs early on. Remember the reports of people getting fired for writing about their jobs online? Probably true. Possibly overreactive by the employers and more than likely a less-than-smart move on the part of the employee. But these couple of cases caused a near panic in the uninitiated. "What's this blog? I don't even know what a blog is." I feel we get panicky about our privacy in this country. So, it naturally follows that in a soul-baring medium like the online journal, this is a hot topic.

Not only are the early adopters scrambling to make sense. But then you've got those who are left behind or who are running to catch up who strike fear into the rest to give themselves a better footing. Just sue the pants off 'em to start with. Put the fear of Corporate America into those scrappy bloggers. Don't let anyone know who you are! Or do let people know who you are. Or let them think they know who you are. It's complex, my friends.