Monthly Archive for March, 2009

I ran across this site off of a professors site that linked to her personal blog and this was one of four links in her “Links” section. What was linked was her fertility chart page. Before you get cranky about me digging in her stuff, do the math. This was three clicks and a few scrolls from the main course site for her students. I was only there because of interest in the online course offered by the school and ones she taught.

While I see the purpose of community and the benefit from sharing information. Especially something like fertility and the pressures from problems [not] having kids. The more information and support the easier things are to get through. But… linking to your chart is just as bad as the next person tweeting their poop schedule. Why the hell do we have to know. Should this be one of those things that is automatically private, members only, top secret, need a password.

I did check the site out while I was feeling self-righteous. Highlights:

The games is a nice interesting touch. Check out the pac man rip-off as you get to move around devouring sperm [for real, pac man swallows]. They seem to be forward thinkers having their iPhone app ready. Curious to know if it is to post, share or check out other peeps flow/not-flow.

Check out the keywords, seems like a lot of really personal and medical info just plopped out their. This also lands in territory you don’t want your boss to see. Add that to the random photos of you licking a strangers ass at the last Halloween party makes for an interesting conversation about a promotion. “So, I see your trying to get knocked up huh. How’s it going? And by the way, was that chocolate?”

My job has meant that my personal views and posting are tempered to a degree. But I also don’t link here from anything school related. I am private on the social junk. Admittedly these things are a google search away but that requires effort and intent. When you make the breadcrumbs too large to ignore you are out there way too much.

But I think it also makes you think about the social networks we use for the normal stuff and whether the privacy settings should be tighter to start with. Oh, well. I will be posting both my poop schedule and my fertility chart in the next week for those interested.