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Out in the open

Just this Friday the topic came up again. A new acquaintance explained how her dad had somehow found her MySpace page. And as one would expect, she worried about what she had on the page: pictures of drunken debauchery, friend's vulgar comments, or maybe bleeding-heart blog post? Whatever the item was, it was obvious that she wasn't comfortable with her dad, or any authority figure, looking at the page. It was meant for a certain audience. Or maybe not meant for a certain audience, as it was created in spite of a certain segment, designed never to be read by the eyes of some people.

My generation is riddled with this dilemma. We want to have some sort of presence online, be it on MySpace, Facebook, Blogger, or whatever. But when we do establish this presence, we create it in the hopes that certain people will never see it. I bet many of my friends are thankful that Facebook can only be accessed by people in the social network, with a school email. So that security is exploited, and Facebook becomes the source to find any and all sources of potential embarrassment if it were to be viewed by anyone outside the intended demographic.

Therein lies the contradiction: We want to share ourselves but we also want to hide some parts. At some point, a concession must be made. Otherwise, you can find yourself in a lot of trouble. So recognizing that anything on the Internet is easily accessible with a Google search, you might as well design your content for the general public, all out in the open with the prospective that anyone can view it.

This website was created that ideal in mind. It's for everyone: friends, relatives, employers, ex-girlfriends, casual acquaintances, and everyone in between. There's no reason to keep it hush-hush from some people: I've got nothing to hide.

With that said, I hope you enjoy what I am putting together. If you like it enough, feel free to spread the word. After all, isn't that what the interweb is all about?