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So it’s been a full 3-days (work days) rocking the ‘ol (new) mustache, and already I’ve noticed some major changes in my daily routine / overall outlook on life / reason for being (in my mind, the hierarchy of life while wearing a mustache follows something similar to the aforementioned).
…you Google yourself. You know you do, we all do it at some point. We just need to know…
And don’t let anyone try and tell you otherwise; it’s nothing short of a necessity for any job seeker, employee, future beau/gal, really anything. Your Google Search is part of your identity now (it always has been, but as the masses become more and more digitized in their daily lives it becomes a first stop for information).
I caught this piece on Lifehacker today about Google responding to requests that they WILL NOT remove potentially negative results as you search your own name. I repeat: Google WILL NOT remove any of the trash your ex talked about you on some blog, some comment you made one night while drunk or your first employer ranting about how you goofed off too much. That’s right, get used to it boys and girls. Especially you boys and girls with really individualized names like Biegacki or Finkeinsteinowitz.
Almost immediately after the Lifehacker piece, Google Reader coughed up this little gem:
Now I’m not condoning the AUTOMATED search results, but you know how this story goes. I caught this article via the Daily Show blog, but even though it’s comedy, the search query is correct. Type “Rush Limbaugh is” on a Google Search and the crawler does the rest.
I abhor you: Protect your name on-line. The Lifehacker article outlines some really basic things you can do (opening Facebook, Twitter and other major social network accounts help relieve your first page returns). After that you’re on your own.
Peace.
mjb
Yesterday, I cheated on my blog.
Luckily, since my readership is now up to 3.5 people a day somebody caught my minor indiscretion.
Typically, when I post an image on this site it directly reflects the post (either through a brand logo or other image of a business/brand or killer YouTube video, yes I just used the word “killer”). When I toss something on a post that is hmm…I guess “artsy” would be the word, I jump over to CreativeCommons Search for a “commercial use/modifiable” image. People have tremendous stuff (in my most humble of opinions) on Flickr and I’d like to think a blog can serve as a pseudo-gallery for some recreational photography.
I was a little lazy yesterday and reverted to an old (proverbial “first-time” blogger) habit: the dreaded “Google Image” search.
I found a great little picture as the 2nd return on my search for “living funeral”:
Turns out this thought-provoking little image is actually a painting by Ellis Wilson, go figure. I mean you can even see the signature in the bottom right-hand corner. In my haste, I posted the image (unaccredited, nonetheless) and went on my way.
About an hour later, a few of the guys around the NGAGE office (@daveyjohnson and @eammon, respectively) decided that they had seen the image before, in fact, remembered in quite vivdly, “hanging over the firepace proper” of the Huxtable house in the Cosby Show.
For your viewing pleasure (Season 2, Episode 13 “The Auction”):
So long story short, be mindful of the images you post. You never know what memory they might conjure up from a sweet 80′s sitcom. (sidenote: I did catch a few facts about Ellis Wilson which I would have otherwise never knew, so hey, I got that going for me).
Peace.
mjb
