To those of you who know me in real life, you know that my name is not "Robert Borden." It's a pseudonym I use for my online writing. I'm not really trying to keep my identity a big secret though...if you click around enough I am quite certain the discerning reader will be able to ascertain my true identity.
But, I'd like to make it harder than just typing in my real name to find every single thing I've written online pretty much. Potential employers and absolute strangers, for example. Plus, I think that the name Robert Borden has a nice ring to it.
Initially, I began using the name Robert Borden when I wrote for the Associated Content website, which later became Yahoo Voices. Some of what I wrote for Yahoo I didn't want associated with me personally, so I thought it was best to create an "online persona." Within a year, Robert Borden became one of the top contributors to Yahoo Voices, with my articles receiving over 3,000,000 page views cumulatively.
Ultimately, I know a pseudonym for my blog doesn't 100% protect my privacy by any extent of the imagination. But, putting that additional layer of privacy there makes me feel better about really sharing openly and honestly online, which is what I want to do with this blog.
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