I am in the news!
Ok .. the headline was just to catch your attention. I am as much as in news as I will be if they talk of Indians, software engineers, ambiguously ambidextrous people and well ... bloggers. Yesterday was harvest time for all bloggers in every news site possible. Here's a sample
- Bloggers spill the beans on Apple (Click here for the news item)
One of the advantages of being a reporter is that you are not bound by law to name your sources of information. For example, if your friend is a reporter for a local newspaper and you can ask him to put up a news item saying you slept with Salma Hayek (Oh you wish!!), he can do so and better still tell everyone that he can't reveal his "authentic" sources (If I am wrong, please do correct me on this count). Why am I saying this here - if you are a reporter and you know some inside info about Apple's plans, you can spill the beans and still save your skin. But, do you have the same right as a blogger? Can bloggers be considered reporters? Such issues are actively being argued upon coz Apple has a few good friends in the blog world who put up up todate information about company's plans for all and sundry to see before the board can "assess the repurcussions". Apple is going to court, and somewhere in a very faint, vague way - our asses are on fire.
- Blog-linked firings prompt calls for better policies - (Click here for the news item)
2 case histories:
One lady is a flight attendant who's been blogging about her travails and travels as she spanned the skies in her delta airlines uniform. The 29 year old then gets a little adventurous and posts pics of her in her uniform, from inside the plane in her blog. Unfortunately for her, too many people read her blog and the the pics were brought to the notice of her employers. Her employers weren't quite impressed and hence she was fired. This is her blog . Now for some good news and bad news - the good news is, unlike others she hasn't bent down to pressure and still has left the snaps intact. The bad news is, the site takes time to load and it's definitely not worth the wait - leave alone losing a job on it!
The other guy is a good chap who was working in Google and lost his job because he doubted his company's finances openly in his blog. Anyway, he's happily made another job now. But if you are still interested - here's the link
The bottom line is - where's the line that one can draw when he's writing about events related to his blog. Whatever you write - Uncle sam and aunty chat are watching you!
After all the expose and the exposing - here's some good news about how blogs iranians to keep in touch. Funny, the happy news is always in the end and gets only a brief mention while disasters grab the space :)
- Bloggers spill the beans on Apple (Click here for the news item)
One of the advantages of being a reporter is that you are not bound by law to name your sources of information. For example, if your friend is a reporter for a local newspaper and you can ask him to put up a news item saying you slept with Salma Hayek (Oh you wish!!), he can do so and better still tell everyone that he can't reveal his "authentic" sources (If I am wrong, please do correct me on this count). Why am I saying this here - if you are a reporter and you know some inside info about Apple's plans, you can spill the beans and still save your skin. But, do you have the same right as a blogger? Can bloggers be considered reporters? Such issues are actively being argued upon coz Apple has a few good friends in the blog world who put up up todate information about company's plans for all and sundry to see before the board can "assess the repurcussions". Apple is going to court, and somewhere in a very faint, vague way - our asses are on fire.
- Blog-linked firings prompt calls for better policies - (Click here for the news item)
2 case histories:
One lady is a flight attendant who's been blogging about her travails and travels as she spanned the skies in her delta airlines uniform. The 29 year old then gets a little adventurous and posts pics of her in her uniform, from inside the plane in her blog. Unfortunately for her, too many people read her blog and the the pics were brought to the notice of her employers. Her employers weren't quite impressed and hence she was fired. This is her blog . Now for some good news and bad news - the good news is, unlike others she hasn't bent down to pressure and still has left the snaps intact. The bad news is, the site takes time to load and it's definitely not worth the wait - leave alone losing a job on it!
The other guy is a good chap who was working in Google and lost his job because he doubted his company's finances openly in his blog. Anyway, he's happily made another job now. But if you are still interested - here's the link
The bottom line is - where's the line that one can draw when he's writing about events related to his blog. Whatever you write - Uncle sam and aunty chat are watching you!
After all the expose and the exposing - here's some good news about how blogs iranians to keep in touch. Funny, the happy news is always in the end and gets only a brief mention while disasters grab the space :)
posted by Rathish at 1:52 PM
5 Comments:
:O
Does this mean The Cog can screw my 'travel plans' & The Haen can sue me?
Technically speaking -- YES. Anything you say in your blog about your employer or that you don't want your employer to know can be held against you. it's a hard life :(
The Cog doesn't know i exist;in the sense he feels i am incosequential for the company's growth :(
The Haen...well :)
But i haven't spoken ill of my company...YET :p:p
Check out this news atricle about bloggers..
http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/03/08/stories/2005030800950100.htm
All said and done, I guess the safest thing to do, is to enjoy writing non-controversial stuff in your blog and readign controversial stuff in other's blog!;)
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