My page

Well its blog time again, this week we were assigned to research a fellow student and find what we could about them. I chose to do a google search, and found my partners Facebook page, through that I learned where he live, and what city he is from and that he is a student here at CNU. Not very much. I found other with the same name, but it was easy to distinguish the difference.

As far as to what my partner found about me, He found my Barbershop quartet, and chorus, and pictures/video of us in action. He also found my LinkedIn page.  When it came to trying a more detailed search, he came across my famous namesakes, a music composer, and a colonial planter/statesman.

I am not surprised by what he found. I have googled myself many times in the past, and came up with similar results. I am pleased with these results. I live a mostly anonymous life, my main areas of interest ar music, and barbershop music for the most part. I am pleased to know that if anyone discovers things about me, that barbershop is what is found.

I suppose that if I had my way there might be more found about me, it would be nice if employers could find information about my work and how good I am at arts things, but maybe that will come later. I am also pleased that there is nothing that casts me in a negative light, I have lived a good life, and it is nice to see that my public image fits the life I lead. SO many people have things that they might not want known about themselves, so it is a good thing to have nothing to hide. Social media can be a good tool for marketing oneself, and I try to be sure that I stay away from things that might tarnish my reputation. Especially in a world like the one we have today.

The culture today of everyone sharing things about themselves can make it easy for someone to learn your secrets, it’s easier not to have any, I don’t post things about my private life, and thoughts out there, just a little way of keeping thing neat. I pity the persons who go to look for work, and are one day trying to explain a keg stent picture to a job interviewer. Since many of us are posting those embarrassing things about themselves, they may one day have to have that conversation; like a comedian I listen to saying it’s hard to tell your kids to say no to drugs if you have a pot leaf tattooed on your neck. It is easier just to avoid that by not posting those things.