Wednesday, November 7, 2007

You think you know, but you have no idea

In todays digital world of social networking sites, it is common for users to post pictures of themselves at events or birthday parties. While probably 99% of these picture are boring shots of you and your friends and maybe the occasionally "rabbit ears" pic. An increasing number of the pictures I see on sites like these have become well, a little risky. I have pages on both Facebook and Myspace. I might even take part in the occasional illegal activity. But I'm a professional, and I never post things that might be misinterpreted as "the real me". In a world where you can look up somebodies name in Google and find out everything about them, one thing has become clear to me. You need to take heed of your extracurricular activities. I just finished reading "Web of Risk' in Newsweek. This article is a classic example of misused photos on the web, and how they can damage ones life.
My generation is famous for the "F you, I don't care what others think of me, this is me" attitude. This is a fine rule to live by if the situation revolves around something productive in society. For example, if Bill Gates would have listened to all those taunts of "Your a dork", we might not have windows (I am a Mac guy, so i really, I don't care). If your an extreme dork and have vision like Bill Gates, than this article isn't for you. But if your a graduate student looking for employment, well you might want to take down the picture of you in Mexico with lady, errrrr, stripper
We all love to take pictures at our friend’s birthday, or the special night out on the town with our friends. Some of these pictures we take are fine, but after one o'clock, when everybody is beyond faded. Those pictures can be damaging to ones career, martial status, or status with his own family. I know it's hard to be in control when your having fun with your friends. But one thing that is easy to control, is digital cameras todays. They have a delete button right there on the camera. Engineers knew you were going to take a fucked up pic. Use the damn thing.
My advice, next time you decided to take that picture, you know the one with the midget, a horse, and bottle of tequila. You might want to press that delete button on your camera. The consequences are to grave to let a little bit of fun ruin you life.

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