Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Thoughts on being too candid
It's a weird feeling writing things down. First you are wary of putting down information that people will know about you and will be archived for ever and a day, but then you think what if no-one ever bothers to read anything that I've written. Which would be worse? Guess I'll have to suck it and see.
I think I probably think a bit too much about what I am writing, rather than splurge it all out and deal with the consequences later. I'll give an example. I'm a bit of a petrolhead and my favourite website online is probably www.pistonheads.com, on Pistonheads there are forums discussing everything and anything. I've probably read it at least 3 times a week for the last 38 months and I have posted a grand total of 113 posts (sorry 115 now). Thats around 3 posts a month, how sad is that when you compare to one poster who has notched up 12967 posts in 19 months, thats like 682 a month. I mull over getting the right nuance (and go to www.dictionary.com to spell it correctly) and then promptly leave out a very important word that I have thought about in my head, but not translated it into the page.
I think I probably think a bit too much about what I am writing, rather than splurge it all out and deal with the consequences later. I'll give an example. I'm a bit of a petrolhead and my favourite website online is probably www.pistonheads.com, on Pistonheads there are forums discussing everything and anything. I've probably read it at least 3 times a week for the last 38 months and I have posted a grand total of 113 posts (sorry 115 now). Thats around 3 posts a month, how sad is that when you compare to one poster who has notched up 12967 posts in 19 months, thats like 682 a month. I mull over getting the right nuance (and go to www.dictionary.com to spell it correctly) and then promptly leave out a very important word that I have thought about in my head, but not translated it into the page.
