http://www.eriknovales.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/18/true-names-and-the-fracturing-of-identity/ Game and Software Development, plus other stuff Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:13:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.eriknovales.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/18/true-names-and-the-fracturing-of-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Identity Reclaimed Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:03:07 +0000 http://www.eriknovales.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/18/true-names-and-the-fracturing-of-identity/#comment-44 [...] was complaining late last year about how my site still wasn’t the number one search result for my name. Well, I think [...] [...] was complaining late last year about how my site still wasn’t the number one search result for my name. Well, I think [...]

]]> http://www.eriknovales.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/18/true-names-and-the-fracturing-of-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Erik Novales Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:48:05 +0000 http://www.eriknovales.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/18/true-names-and-the-fracturing-of-identity/#comment-38 I guess I wasn't thinking so much of <b>intentional</b> identity bifurcation (I just made that up, BTW), so much as basic neglect of a profile/identity once it loses its shine. The anonymity afforded by the Internet is obviously a very good thing, and I'm certainly not advocating doing away with it... I guess I wasn’t thinking so much of intentional identity bifurcation (I just made that up, BTW), so much as basic neglect of a profile/identity once it loses its shine. The anonymity afforded by the Internet is obviously a very good thing, and I’m certainly not advocating doing away with it…

]]> http://www.eriknovales.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/18/true-names-and-the-fracturing-of-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-36 johanna Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:34:01 +0000 http://www.eriknovales.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/18/true-names-and-the-fracturing-of-identity/#comment-36 i have a v. fractured online identity; that's b/c there are parts of my life i want kept separate: for professional reasons, b/c i don't want certain google-happy members of our family to have access to everything i do online, etc. etc. etc. i admire people who write about painful/sensitive topics under their real names, but i don't do that anymore. i have a v. fractured online identity; that’s b/c there are parts of my life i want kept separate: for professional reasons, b/c i don’t want certain google-happy members of our family to have access to everything i do online, etc. etc. etc. i admire people who write about painful/sensitive topics under their real names, but i don’t do that anymore.

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