Several times in the last month I have met new people and have I've been shocked by how much they already knew about me.

As a blogger and someone who is fairly Google-able, I often forget that as soon as I send someone an email, there is a good chance they'll look me up. Leveraging Ideas, Workstreamr, Twitter, Facebook - there is a lot of information on me out there. While everything I write is clearly by choice, the paradox is that I am a very private person.

Clearly I shouldn't be shocked when that such interactions are occurring more frequently, but it is always still a bit disarming when it happens. It's sort of a cross between feeling flattered but also wondering what they think of me in-person versus my online persona.

For example, I recently met a techno-celebrity who I have the utmost respect for...but that respect has been won through their writing and online-voice. In person they seemed a lot less impressive and certainly less personable than I would have hoped. I think when you follow someone online as closely as many of us do, a subconscious expectation is set. We expect that person to somehow 'know' that we know lots about them. Through some mysterious transitive property, we expect them to already consider us close friends. However, this is usually not the case.

As I have mentioned before, I wish this blog had a bit more appeal to my true friends, most of whom could care less about technology. While they read on occasion, it is simply to keep up-to-date on my travels and happenings.

My attempt to appeal to people who know me, but who don't necessarily care for technology analysis is my Tumble Blog, called /Anecdotes.

Just some thoughts on a blustery Sunday afternoon.