Here’s the panel I’m at now:

Digital Exhibitionists or Chroniclers of their Time: Will Naked Bloggers Make History?
Throughout history women have written about their worlds, with little public recognition; still they provided a vibrant portrait of history beyond the political battles and civil wars. Are modern-day diarists self-involved? Self-absorbed? Boring? Au contraire! They may be future historians’ and anthropologists’ best source for understanding 21st Century mores and culture. We’ll discuss identity blogging and how the legacy of such bloggers might be what future generations learn from them a century down the road. Documentarian Laurie Kahn-Leavitt will talk with indiebloggers Heather Barmore, Stacy Campbell and Kris Likey and the anonymous, but ever-evolving alwaysarousedgirl.

It’s really interesting to hear about the self-censorship that so many bloggers enact. I think it’s perfectly appropriate to have an awareness that what you’re writing is public, but I also think it’s important to have a place where you CAN write freely. I use livejournal for this, but some people blog anonymously (ie, public blog, but no name), some people just censor themselves.

I’ve got to check out this plug in called PostLevels — it basically allows you to have completely public posts as well as private, inner circle posts. This is yet another reason to get elish converted over to WP.

Rub my duckieOne woman shares that as a general rule, if it’s not something you wouldn’t say to someone’s face, then it doesn’t go on the public-facing blog. This is a rule I follow, too.

Also, if anyone who came to the panel got the Rub My Duckie thinger from the shwag bag and doesn’t want it, PLEASE PLEASE LET ME TRADE YOU FOR IT! Please. I must have one.