Morgan. I was thinking further about the co-workers vs blog audience thing. I wonder whether our blog audiences will actually be with us longer than our co-workers, in this age of rapid job change?

I was sad when you stopped Exploded Library, as you really think things through much deeper than I do, and I appreciated your perspective. I can see how, with BIG things happening at work, you could feel that anything you wrote on your blog was kind of insignificant by comparison. I reckon though, that I and the rest of your blog audience would still enjoy what you had to write.

I totally agree with Meredith’s point that we should be open about blogging about and learning from the failures and difficulties in our work. But the question is – how can this be done without harming our employers, co-workers and our own careers?

Christine. Thanks so much for the feedback. I wonder what we’ll be thinking about my self imposed limitation in ten years, or even five? I wonder whether I’ll seem like I was being terribly fussy and prim.? I hope not.

One of my rules is constricting as well as freeing, which is to not blog about work. Obviously this is a huge restriction on what I can write about – I don’t share projects or exciting news, but at the same time it frees me from having to think about whether or not to post something work related. How I’ll talk about my upcoming job news on the blog is something I haven’t decided yet!

Besides whether or not talk about failure (which I think is important, and was one of the most valuable lessons I gained this year) it is important to reflect on how and why we say things about what we are doing, especially in a place as public as a blog.