Life of Pride
Friday, June 23, 2006
Me writing an article about Internet safety and ethics:
Mom: "This week you're going to write me an article about Internet safety and ethics."
Me: "I can't! I don't know anything about it!"
Mom: "Everything's in the folder on the server. I have confidence in you."
I go away. Later:
Me: "Everything in the folder is press releases and stuff from this one company with a really lame kiddie website. I have to do some more research."
Mom: "Sounds great!"
I go away and research peer-to-peer software, current issues with child porn, the condition of Napster, and parental control software. Later:
Me: "This is way too broad an area. How do you want me to focus the article? Do you want me to talk about Internet safety and ethics myself, or do you want me to point readers to helpful resources? What specific topics do you want covered?"
Mom: "Use your best judgment!"
I go away. Next day:
Me: "Here's the article. It's about 900 words."
Mom: "This won't cover three pages of magazine."
Me: "Three pages? I thought you only wanted one!"
Mom: "No, three. Didn't you look at the thumbnails? You'll have to pad it out. Get some screenshots of those websites and make a sidebar or two."
Me: "There's no way I can pad one page into three. That's cheesy. I guess I'll just have to write more."
I go away and research copyright law, finding several helpful websites and adding PHC anecdotes to the article. Later:
Me: "I wasn't sure what you wanted, so I'm adding a section on copyright law and a few anecdotes."
Mom: "Sounds good!"
Me: "But it's still only 1500 words. What do I do now?"
Mom: "Use your best judgment!"
My job has such demanding, strict guidelines, with no freedom of operation whatsoever, as you can see! lol.
Mom: "This week you're going to write me an article about Internet safety and ethics."
Me: "I can't! I don't know anything about it!"
Mom: "Everything's in the folder on the server. I have confidence in you."
I go away. Later:
Me: "Everything in the folder is press releases and stuff from this one company with a really lame kiddie website. I have to do some more research."
Mom: "Sounds great!"
I go away and research peer-to-peer software, current issues with child porn, the condition of Napster, and parental control software. Later:
Me: "This is way too broad an area. How do you want me to focus the article? Do you want me to talk about Internet safety and ethics myself, or do you want me to point readers to helpful resources? What specific topics do you want covered?"
Mom: "Use your best judgment!"
I go away. Next day:
Me: "Here's the article. It's about 900 words."
Mom: "This won't cover three pages of magazine."
Me: "Three pages? I thought you only wanted one!"
Mom: "No, three. Didn't you look at the thumbnails? You'll have to pad it out. Get some screenshots of those websites and make a sidebar or two."
Me: "There's no way I can pad one page into three. That's cheesy. I guess I'll just have to write more."
I go away and research copyright law, finding several helpful websites and adding PHC anecdotes to the article. Later:
Me: "I wasn't sure what you wanted, so I'm adding a section on copyright law and a few anecdotes."
Mom: "Sounds good!"
Me: "But it's still only 1500 words. What do I do now?"
Mom: "Use your best judgment!"
My job has such demanding, strict guidelines, with no freedom of operation whatsoever, as you can see! lol.
Comments:
Heh, heh - so that's where you get your never ending drive to push yourself higher and farther and better all the time.
Hmm, Internet Safety and Ethics. You, not know anything about it? I should think you know far more than you realize, having used the internet three or four years longer than most every other person in America.
Hmm, Internet Safety and Ethics. You, not know anything about it? I should think you know far more than you realize, having used the internet three or four years longer than most every other person in America.
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: 9:11 PM
: 9:11 PM
I think I get the drive from God, because He made me smart and because I want to serve Him. I always remember the parable of the talents.
I know quite a bit about managing myself safely and ethically on the Internet, but that is an entirely different matter from explaining to other people. :P
Thanks for the encouragement!
I know quite a bit about managing myself safely and ethically on the Internet, but that is an entirely different matter from explaining to other people. :P
Thanks for the encouragement!
It's not finished yet, but no! Of course not! I would never advise people to keep to standards that I wouldn't follow myself!
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