Manage your online identity.

Today, I came across a few interesting posts about the value of your online identity. First is the Bokardo blog, which was riffing on a post entitled “The Blog is the New Resume.” Bokardo writes:

Your blog represents you.
Represent! Your blog is speaking for you…to folks who might not know anything about you. Is it saying the right thing? is it saying the same thing you would say if you met someone for the first time?

Your blog is serious business.
It has the power to completely sway someone’s opinion about you. It fulfills the needs of lurkers everywhere who Google you to see what kind of person you are. Show them your best. (if you’re looking for work this is extremely important

At ClaimID, we obviously think that your online presence is more than just your blog, but the essential point of the post is relevant - what is online about you is very important. Linking in the comments is a post from Chris Messina, which is novel because you can find Terrell in the comments talking about ClaimID (which was nothing more than some really bad Ruby code at the time.)

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 19th, 2007 at 9:37 pm and is filed under Tips and Tricks, claimID.