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A couple of days ago, I received an email from a client who had managed to find some of my LJ posts about their project. In the posts, I expressed frustration over certain aspects of the job. They were not pleased with this, and frankly I don't blame them. They asked me to edit out references to their project, which I have gladly done.
So much for LiveJournal being an "unsearchable" entity, which I'd previously understood it to be, making my LJ a "just among friends" venue. A word of warning to others: http://www.ljseek.com spiders LiveJournal, and I'm sure there are other services that do the same.
As a result, I've lost a valued client and feel very ashamed of how I conducted myself. This also taught me another valuable lesson: to be temperate in what I say. Although there have been many cases of people in the comics industry saying (and publishing to the Internet) MUCH worse than what I posted, that doesn't excuse me from the responsibility to be impeccable with my words. If I had been more tender with my words -- with how I talked to myself about the job -- would I have been less frustrated and able to see things in a more positive light? Probably.
This isn't easy to talk about, but one thing several of you have said you value about this LJ is my honesty. So... a shock, a word of caution, and a lesson learned.
That's all for now.
ETA: Disabling comments. Thank you all for your input and feedback.
ETA II: I did not realize that "disabling comments" would erase any comments previously made. Apologies all around.
ETA III: Apparently it doesn't, but it makes them hard to get to. If for some reason you want to, here's the link: http://crowdog66.livejournal.com/251871.html
So much for LiveJournal being an "unsearchable" entity, which I'd previously understood it to be, making my LJ a "just among friends" venue. A word of warning to others: http://www.ljseek.com spiders LiveJournal, and I'm sure there are other services that do the same.
As a result, I've lost a valued client and feel very ashamed of how I conducted myself. This also taught me another valuable lesson: to be temperate in what I say. Although there have been many cases of people in the comics industry saying (and publishing to the Internet) MUCH worse than what I posted, that doesn't excuse me from the responsibility to be impeccable with my words. If I had been more tender with my words -- with how I talked to myself about the job -- would I have been less frustrated and able to see things in a more positive light? Probably.
This isn't easy to talk about, but one thing several of you have said you value about this LJ is my honesty. So... a shock, a word of caution, and a lesson learned.
That's all for now.
ETA: Disabling comments. Thank you all for your input and feedback.
ETA II: I did not realize that "disabling comments" would erase any comments previously made. Apologies all around.
ETA III: Apparently it doesn't, but it makes them hard to get to. If for some reason you want to, here's the link: http://crowdog66.livejournal.com/251871.html
