Good article. However, weblogs are not a _complete_ representation of a person, in many cases. While I would never intentionally lie about something on my weblog, I do withhold information that I don't want being recorded for all time in some giant internet archive.

I also restrict what _topics_ I talk about. My weblog is almost entirely about technology (which, true, is almost entirely what I talk about in real life). But in real life, I also have strong opinions about other controversial things like politics, sex, and religion which, interesting though they may be, will hopefully never show up on my blog.

One of the most difficult things (at least for me it was) about becoming a blogger is deciding what level of discretion is appropriate for you -- at what point do you just keep your yap shut?