23 February 2010

What is Google?

It's a snowy day in Austin and a 7-year-old in NYC has gotten me on a Google kick. I was already headed there after several googledoc files related to SXSW were shared to me and I couldn't read them.

What does it mean to have an online identity? How successfully can you navigate more than one--and keep them separate?

I started with my yahoo id in 1997 and have used it ever since. And I've got two work addresses, and now I'll use this gmail address, too? Have I been left behind the google train because of loyalty to yahoo? Admittedly, I'll never ditch the yahoo address--too many people from many years ago have it. Oh, the confusion of modern technology. I'm sure SXSW will confuse me even more.

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