If you exist in the public eye at all - as a reporter, as a marcom type, as a product representative (etc, etc, etc) - nothing you say in public is private anymore. Nothing. If you talk in a public place, assume it will be broadcast. If you use Twitter - even with protected tweets - assume it will get pushed out. If you have a blog, assume lots of people will read it.

Why do I mention this? Mathew Ingram brings up a recent example of how badly things can go when a public person fails to understand this. Take it as a cautionary tale.

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