[chrislrob]

Hi all,

As we all know, there are a variety of online tools available to communicate with friends, family, prospects, partners, leads, clients, the press, etc.

And in the past month I've signed up on Twitter, Seesmic, Twhirl, myspace, Tumblr, and maybe a half-dozen other sites.

I've also tied all of the above, including my blogs and (inactive) youtube channel, into friendfeed.

Yesterday, I noticed on FF that my feed showed that I'd favorited a youtube video. I'd added youtube so that people would know when I posted a new video and had never considered that my own personal "favorites" would be broadcast to my followers, many of them likely to be business associates.

Not that it was inappropriate, mind you...

But it got me to thinking just how much we are expected to expose ourselves in a Web 2.0 world. Is being open about my political views and family life really always good for business? Heck, is it good for family life?

So I'm curious: how do you maintain a distinction between your business world and your personal world? Separate accounts for everything? Two Twitters? Private email and text?

Or maybe you don't make a distinction at all? Maybe the life of an internet mogul means not just blurring the line between the two, but obliterating it.

What do you think?