I have Googled myself, as suggested in my study of digital citizenship, and have discovered that I really don't exist in the digital world. In fact, the first listing was an obituary for a person with the same name - see I can't even write it here!! Which author famously wrote, "I am dead"? I obviously have to press harder in the sand.
I take Kevin Honeycutt's point that we don't have to be so careful that we don't exist, but should use the digital world to promote and celebrate the positive aspects of our lives and images.
So, this is one of my goals now - to create a positive digital tattoo. A much better word than footprint. The next big wave can wash the footprint away but information and images online are like a tattoo - impossible to erase.
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