living online - a request for suggestions

[chris raettig <chris@raettig.org>]

so one of my (varied) aims for the year is to put myself online in
a more wholehearted and complete way than ever before. some of the
steps towards this mean subtle changes to the way i write, and for
me to increase the frequency of postings, if not necessarily total
verbiage. 

i also plan to buy a scanner, so the assorted two-dimensional
analogue aspects of my life can be here preserved. these would
include such things as photographs, documents, scribblings,
the many backs of fag packets and napkins i end up covering and
the famous chrisr notebooks. 

i'd very much like to buy a digital camera, but my money needs
to be flowing in other directions for the short term. so whilst
rampant photography is on the cards, it wont happen just yet.

obviously the webcams will only become more numerous, reliable
and featureful. and audio journalling is a concept i haven't
yet abandoned. 

besides these things, which seem quite obvious to me, though, 
i'm trying to look fundamentally at what a life is. and how
(if one is brave or foolish enough) it can be placed onto the internet.
there are the many oft discussed limitations on what i can put into
the online realm, and most of this lies in that place where my life
crosses over or runs in parallel to that of others. i couldn't, 
for example, put the entirety of my email, icq and u-write histories
online without a great many hurdles. 

i would very actively welcome any and all thoughts, suggestions and
admonishments. however simple, crazy or silly they might sound. 

simple, crazy and silly are my middle names. 

my parents have a lot to answer for, as any regular visitor to my site
will already acknowledge ;-)

seriously, though; i really will consider anything, as long as it doesn't
have negative implications on those around me. i'm perfectly comfortable
with being a guinea-pig in the name of working out just how openly
and firmly online a person can push themselves.