Public vs private

Sunrise from Tolmans Hill, Hobart
Originally uploaded by Nice Girl in the Corner Office

This week I'm playing with flickr as part of the Learning 2.0 program. Interesting, as I've never bothered with flickr before.

I love playing in the 2.0 environment and wish I had more time. However, the major challenge for me as with many of the web 2.0 tools is the whole public vs private thing. I love the interactivity of the web...the ability to share information and images...and have people leave their comments on my 'stuff'.

What bothers me is who I may be sharing this 'stuff' with. I'd blog obsessively and post photos and vids as a great way of sharing events with distant friends and family. But how much does the world really need to know?

Sharing a photo of a sunrise is easy. Putting up a photo of the kids is entirely different. What do you think?

Why?

At a moment in time when office space was being allocated.....a colleague mentioned a book she had recently read called 'Nice Girls Don't get the Corner Office' that inspired her to push aside the natural 'niceness' to gain the space she wanted (she did!). I'll leave you to read the blurb on Amazon to find out what it is all about http://www.amazon.com/Nice-Girls-Dont-Corner-Office/dp/0446531324. I haven't read it (yet) but the idea is an catchy one.

In a spooky sort of way, the other week IPAA in Hobart hosted a debate at Parliament House on the very issue. No question about it, the night was clearly won by those who argued that you can be nice and occupy a prime piece of real estate.

What intrigues me is the LibraryThing list of similar books (see TALISPlus): what does it mean when Don't go to the cosmetics counter without me : a unique guide to over 35,000 products, plus the latest skin-care research by Begoun, Paula rates a mention?

Did I mention...it's gift time at Clinique? Maybe that's the connection.