Comments on: The Ever Watchful Eye of Google http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/03/14/the-ever-watchful-eye-of-google/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:07:38 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Searching Technologies, Cultural Evolution, Web 2.0: Slight Nostalgia for Olden Days and, Don’t Diss Librarians « EBM and Clinical Support Librarians@UCHC http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/03/14/the-ever-watchful-eye-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-5078 Searching Technologies, Cultural Evolution, Web 2.0: Slight Nostalgia for Olden Days and, Don’t Diss Librarians « EBM and Clinical Support Librarians@UCHC Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:46:15 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/03/14/the-ever-watchful-eye-of-google/#comment-5078 [...] One of the first lessons a new blogger learns is how ridiculously easy it is to trip up online… when you make a mistake in a public and highly-distributed way, such an online event can make one very glad for the solitude of  the workplace cubicle (while your face turns a deep, burning shade of red).  But it’s a shared experience.  By joining up into the collective “we”,  it is possible to be anonymous yet harder to be invisible.  In digital life, these terms are elastic, relational, relative.  And Google never forgets. [...] [...] One of the first lessons a new blogger learns is how ridiculously easy it is to trip up online… when you make a mistake in a public and highly-distributed way, such an online event can make one very glad for the solitude of  the workplace cubicle (while your face turns a deep, burning shade of red).  But it’s a shared experience.  By joining up into the collective “we”,  it is possible to be anonymous yet harder to be invisible.  In digital life, these terms are elastic, relational, relative.  And Google never forgets. [...]

]]> By: Creaky http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/03/14/the-ever-watchful-eye-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-2348 Creaky Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:23:38 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/03/14/the-ever-watchful-eye-of-google/#comment-2348 Chris, Thanks for this great blogpost about Google. I enjoyed reading it, and also wanted to let you know I have cited it on my blog on 4-10-08, at http://creakysites.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/news-web-20-online-privacy-tracking-g_-_gle-and-the-eye-of-sauron/ Creaky Chris,
Thanks for this great blogpost about Google. I enjoyed reading it, and also wanted to let you know I have cited it on my blog on 4-10-08, at http://creakysites.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/news-web-20-online-privacy-tracking-g_-_gle-and-the-eye-of-sauron/

Creaky

]]> By: News, Web 2.0: Online Privacy, Tracking, G_ _gle and the Eye of Sauron « EBM and Clinical Support Librarians@UCHC http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/03/14/the-ever-watchful-eye-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-2347 News, Web 2.0: Online Privacy, Tracking, G_ _gle and the Eye of Sauron « EBM and Clinical Support Librarians@UCHC Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:53:51 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/03/14/the-ever-watchful-eye-of-google/#comment-2347 [...] Blogger Christopher S. Penn write about the ubiquitous-ness of Google (Mar 14 2008) which I suggest that we all read as a cautionary tale, lest we forget that there is no ‘delete’ key: http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/03/14/the-ever-watchful-eye-of-google/ [...] [...] Blogger Christopher S. Penn write about the ubiquitous-ness of Google (Mar 14 2008) which I suggest that we all read as a cautionary tale, lest we forget that there is no ‘delete’ key: http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/03/14/the-ever-watchful-eye-of-google/ [...]

]]> By: mike mcallen http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/03/14/the-ever-watchful-eye-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-2211 mike mcallen Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:50:51 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/03/14/the-ever-watchful-eye-of-google/#comment-2211 This is a great post Chris. It reminded me of something my dad told me as we were driving into our driveway a long time ago. He said he was worried about me being such a smartass. He himself had been a smartass his whole life and he thought he probably would have gone farther in life and been more successful if he held his tongue more in business and around town As I was a teenager I remember trying to ignore him and as I looked out the window of the new Lexus we were driving in and the large house in Hillsborough, California we lived in I wondered. "is he being a smartass now? he did pretty good for himself." Someone is always watching, be yourself and if you do something illegal or immoral then people should know you are an ass. Google just helps that along these days. Thanks again for the great blog. This is a great post Chris.
It reminded me of something my dad told me as we were driving into our driveway a long time ago. He said he was worried about me being such a smartass. He himself had been a smartass his whole life and he thought he probably would have gone farther in life and been more successful if he held his tongue more in business and around town

As I was a teenager I remember trying to ignore him and as I looked out the window of the new Lexus we were driving in and the large house in Hillsborough, California we lived in I wondered. “is he being a smartass now? he did pretty good for himself.”

Someone is always watching, be yourself and if you do something illegal or immoral then people should know you are an ass. Google just helps that along these days.

Thanks again for the great blog.

]]> By: Web Worker Daily » Archive Online Privacy - a Nice Dream? « http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/03/14/the-ever-watchful-eye-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-2182 Web Worker Daily » Archive Online Privacy - a Nice Dream? « Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:03:58 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/03/14/the-ever-watchful-eye-of-google/#comment-2182 [...] course, there are some ways to avoid “The Ever Watchful Eye of Google.” You can relentlessly block cookies in your web browser. You can do all of your surfing [...] [...] course, there are some ways to avoid “The Ever Watchful Eye of Google.” You can relentlessly block cookies in your web browser. You can do all of your surfing [...]

]]> By: Mitch Joel - Twist Image http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/03/14/the-ever-watchful-eye-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-2176 Mitch Joel - Twist Image Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:23:34 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/03/14/the-ever-watchful-eye-of-google/#comment-2176 I wish I had said that! That quote actually belongs to Chris Anderson - editor of Wired Magazine and Author of The Long Tail. I wish I had said that! That quote actually belongs to Chris Anderson – editor of Wired Magazine and Author of The Long Tail.

]]> By: John Wall http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/03/14/the-ever-watchful-eye-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-2172 John Wall Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:17:31 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/03/14/the-ever-watchful-eye-of-google/#comment-2172 I'd add another often overlooked item to the list - although they may not be doing much with it, your ISP has access to most of the same information. I’d add another often overlooked item to the list – although they may not be doing much with it, your ISP has access to most of the same information.

]]> By: Peter O'Connell http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/03/14/the-ever-watchful-eye-of-google/comment-page-1/#comment-2171 Peter O'Connell Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:08:49 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/03/14/the-ever-watchful-eye-of-google/#comment-2171 Christopher: Your comments are spot on in accuracy but disappointing too. While we should always be mindful of shooting our mouths off personally or hitting send key too early at ANY time ('thinking before we speak') we still need to be able to have open debate and discussion. If we become too beholden to or stand in fear of Google tracking our responses or comments, then the on-line community will collapse, dissolve and become meaningless. I have no doubt there are horror stories that may have incited this post because of people saying something online only to have it come bite them in the ass in a job interview or even an interpersonal situation. And we are in a period of transition (all of us) as to how social media is going to be accepted, used and judged (and how our personal brands will also be accepted, used and judged); its unclear still how this will shake out. But for the continued success of social media, we can certainly be thoughtful but we must not be censored or silenced by fear of reprisal. Otherwise, social media just becomes another electronic time waster. A great post, thank you very much for opening the discussion. Best always, - Peter Christopher:

Your comments are spot on in accuracy but disappointing too. While we should always be mindful of shooting our mouths off personally or hitting send key too early at ANY time (‘thinking before we speak’) we still need to be able to have open debate and discussion.

If we become too beholden to or stand in fear of Google tracking our responses or comments, then the on-line community will collapse, dissolve and become meaningless.

I have no doubt there are horror stories that may have incited this post because of people saying something online only to have it come bite them in the ass in a job interview or even an interpersonal situation. And we are in a period of transition (all of us) as to how social media is going to be accepted, used and judged (and how our personal brands will also be accepted, used and judged); its unclear still how this will shake out.

But for the continued success of social media, we can certainly be thoughtful but we must not be censored or silenced by fear of reprisal. Otherwise, social media just becomes another electronic time waster.

A great post, thank you very much for opening the discussion.

Best always,
- Peter

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