There seems to be a surge of press about blogging employees and their employers lately. So it was just a matter of time for it to make the rounds to me.

I just finished reading 18 pages of our company’s information security policy. Nothing in it rates anything more than common sense, but then again you have to consider a few of the folks it applies to. Actually, my employer has been quite tolerant of employee access to information and technology, sometimes to a fault. I’ve personally witnessed a major digital transformation in my current job assignment spanning slightly more than a decade. It required a great commitment by management who really didn’t comprehend the implications in terms of training, application and costs.

To make things even more interesting, my workplace is deemed a high security area (HSA). When I arrived in 1992, there was not a single PC on site. Today, there are more than a dozen, not counting laptops, servers and PLC’s. We have LAN’s, WAN’s and even digitally controlled fans. We have equipment talking to each other now that a decade ago could barely speak on its own. We’ve come a long way baby and I love this stuff… when it works.

And then there’s me and my blog. I occasionally want to write about my job, my employer, and the products of our efforts. And my employer encourages me to do so. To a certain extent. And that’s why I choose not to. I don’t want to walk that fine line.

I like not having to think when I blog. And I like not worrying about losing my job either. It’s an easy decision to live with.

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