chris dalrymple - blog

Well actually, it doesn't. It just records all the stupid things you do. Interesting article from the BBC about the perils of online paper trails, especially if you're just about to enter the big wide world of employment.

The inability to delete your emo-tastic MySpace profile aside (ever heard of privacy settings?), it's definitely something people should think more about - especially if you've spent your formative years as an online AOL 12 Y3AR OLD SCRIPT KIDEI LOLZ!.

On a few occasions before meetings or job interviews people have asked me about my blog (hello if you're doing pre-meeting research). Because of this I'm very aware of what I write which might incriminate me later, but to a certain extent I just have to live with it - I'm sure any determined Googler could find something untoward if they looked hard enough.

However so long as you're sensible with your privacy settings, use an alias if you want to spill salacious gossip about your colleagues on a public message board and be careful who tags photos of you dressed like a fairy on facebook, you should be fine.

Labels: bbc, google, privacy

Fantastic news this evening, my seemingly-more-talented-each-day girlfriend Bella Hardy, has been nominated for 2 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

She's picked up nominations for the Horizon award and for Best Original Song, which is fantastic. Fingers crossed for February!

Labels: bbc

Radio 4's The Archers, already the most popular programme on the BBC's 'Listen again' player, is to become available via PodCast.

It's another good move by the BBC, but still frustrating given the iMP is still going to be using DRM and isn't compatible on Mac as yet...

Labels: bbc, drm