National Post Business, a monthly magazine included with issues of Canada's National Post newspaper, featured a cover story on the perils about blogging about work in its April edition.
While I would be quick to remind you my own blog played a major role in my landing a job here, a few foolishly or rashly-written words posted to a globally-accessible medium where information flows freely and is easily copied can suddenly make you unemployed. I'm not trying to scare you away from blogging; I'm just asking you to exercise some good judgement.
One Solution: Restricted Categories and Photo Albums
If you feel that you share something with your online friends that might jeopardize your job, Blogware offers restricted categories and restricted photo albums. These are categories and photo albums that are accessible only by users who are logged in and who have permission to view them. You can grant access to restricted categories and restricted photo albums on a person-by-person basis, so you can set up your blog so that:- Your best friend Alice can see any article or photo posted in any category or photo album in your blog.
- Your brother Bob can see any article or photo in the "Main
Page" and "Family" categories, but not the "Deep Dark Secrets" category.
- Anyone else -- your boss included -- can see only what you've posted to the "Main Page" category.