Blogging a Summer Job
Ambivalent Imbroglio asks about the propriety of blogging one's summer job. Unfortunately, before I could adequately express my feelings about this, Prof. Brad Wendel at the Legal Ethics Forum beat me to it:
From the perspective of a risk-averse professional responsibility teacher, the answer is clear: No, no, no.
No kidding, though of course I'm no professor. As Wendel points out, mentioning anything about work risks being branded as having "poor judgment." Besides, it falls afoul of my own rule of not mentioning other people--well, at least non-bloggers--without their explicit permission.
Like Heidi, I'm in the habit of naming what city I'm working in but not the firm. Last summer I didn't mention a thing about work. (Well, I think I said it was "interesting," which I'm pretty certain doesn't violate Rule 1.6 of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct.)
Fortunately, I doubt I'll have any shortage of things to write about. I've just read over what I'd put together in Tokyo last summer, and despite a lack of work coverage, I think it functions well as a travel diary. This year I'll be splitting my summer between Hong Kong, a city I don't know at all, and London, a city I know as well as any other, if not better. I guess you should expect a few more pictures, and a couple of "clueless foreigner" stories as I get used to Hong Kong. If anyone has a list of top ten things to make sure I do while in the Fragrant Harbour, please leave a comment.
UPDATE: Sorry about that... for some reason, the title didn't show up the first time. I've corrected that now.
Comments
Sorry. I was in Hong Kong courtesy of the U.S. Navy for a week in 1984, but I'm sure things have pretty well changed completely since I was there.
Have fun, though.
bgcnPosted by: Len Cleavelin | May 12, 2005 10:34 AM
Hello 3YoH!
Hong Kong will knock your socks off. I'm not sure what scene you're into, but make sure you drop by Lan Kwai Fong at night and stroll around Soho. I'd suggest a day trip to Macao.
AP
Posted by: Asian Provocateur | May 12, 2005 12:01 PM
Eat lots of Shanghainese soup dumplings with pork or pork+crab fillings. Called Xiao Long Bao. You might not eat pork or are allergic to seafood, who knows... ha ha...
edgeoPosted by: lala | May 23, 2005 06:11 AM