Loose lips sink ships, or so the saying goes. Well it looks like Google blogger Mark Jen has been sh*t canned. Mark joins the growing list of bloggers who have run afoul of their employers. Basically, Mark said a little too much about his work life at the apparently very secretive Google which may be becoming the Proctor and Gamble of the IT industry.
Without going into detail, Mark didn’t exactly give away the family jewels, but this incident showcases the sensitivity of even a company that is generally admired by techies. Well good luck Mark on your next job!
Is any of this really a surprise though? I for one prefer not to talk about my day job here in my blog. I enjoy my job, but I get enough of that during the day, no need to blog about it at night when there are so many more things that need ranting! So my advice to bloggers is one, don’t blog on company servers at all; and two, don’t blog about your day job! Heck, you might even want to think twice about even telling coworkers you even have a blog. The above advice notwithstanding, I would add that you should always blog as if everyone knows who you are and where you live. There’s no such thing as anonymity on the web. If someone wants to find out who you are, most of the time it isn’t very hard to find out. So blog like a celebrity and have fun!