Web Presence
The importance of creating a web presence today is huge.
Parents, don’t let your kids grow up to be nobodies on the web.
Kids are living on the web in ways that are becoming more and more intricate and they are going to continue to live on the web more when they grow up.
It is important to have an identity on the web beyond a myspace profile. Although that is a start, it is only a start. The future will bring much more conversation and collaboration over the internet.
So instead of parents being scared of sites like myspace where lots of specific information about an individual is revealed to the world, parents need to understand that this isn’t going away. It is only going to get richer and richer in the amount of deep content about people is available to the world. The best way to deal with this is to learn how to create a presence that is designed to last a lifetime…not block it.
What happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas anymore.
July 4th, 2006 at 9:24 pm
I was just saying those words to my son. Were you listening?
July 14th, 2006 at 11:22 am
I wish I could get this through to my son. I’ve been telling him this for years - but has he listened? No…
We leave our tracks around the internet like a raccoon going through our garage - both for good and ill. It can be a help, or it can hurt, depending on what you do. Either way, you’re right. It’s a fact of life and will only become more so.
On the other hand, think of the source material for biographers for those who become famous.
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