This is a dialogue between JoAnn Hammond-Myers and I on based on meme questions about one's digital footprint. Her comments were from September 2008. Mine are from March 2009. I wish to invite JoAnn to further reflect on my responses, and add anything to her previous ideas. I also invite others to join this continuing dialogue, and leave a digital footprint of one's own. (Glenn, March 6, 2009)Q1> What type of digital footprint am I leaving? (Jo Ann, Sept. 24, 2008) -- I want to leave an authentic footprint -- and I will not always leave a footprint -- as sometimes I hold back. (Glenn, March 6, 2009) -- JoAnn, I agree with the reluctance. I ask myself: Is this post something I want to add to my legacy? Is it a true picture of who I am at this point in time? (March 6, 2009)Q2> Which technologies (blog, e-portfolio, wiki, etc.) best match my emerging personality for self-expression?(Jo Ann): So far -- I'm okay with being a new blogger -- don't think I will invest too much in e-portfolio -- but some renovations to what I am now and will be developing over time. I know that I would like to be more "confident" about wiki contributions -- formal -- more polished points or descriptions -- and I think this will evolve for me. I think there will be so many blogs to participate in that this may lead to time crunches -- more brevity. (Glenn) Hi JoAnn. I am so aware of the truth of your comments. I am overwhelmed by the need to maintain a blog, remain authentic to my voice, while participating in a number of form discussions. Overload!Q3> What footprint do I want to place upon the digital landscape?(Jo Ann) for me -- which people to I want to communicate with -- and what subject domains do I want to invest my time -- enough to do a good and worthy job. (Glenn) I hope to tread lightly, carefully, compassionately, ever-aware of the possible damage unreflected upon judgements can have on others. I seek to backtrack and retrace my steps, walk backwards in the steps and then veer off towards other directions. I am excited by the chance to leave a digital footprint which endures, but hope that if it is covered up by the passage of time, I have a way of finding my way back to re-visit past selves, past reflections.Q4> How do I intend others to see me?(Jo Ann) As I am (even if that is a bit intimidating -- I don't think I can be otherwise) . (Glenn) I agree, JoAnn. Asking others to view you as you are is very powerful, but seldom do we in fact perceive others that way. In fact, I hope that others are not too judgemental of me, neither considering my potentials nor pointing out my flaws, but seeing me as I am, in the present. Q5> How do others' feedback on how/what I communicate mesh with my intentions?(JoAnn) When people communicate with me authentically -- but I have had spam, requests for all kinds of things -- and that I find a hastle and a bit draining. Most of the bloggers are great. (Glenn) When other people attempt to meet me in a bridging space, acknowledging our differences but also celebrating them. I talk through my blog as a way to open up my ideas more to change, to growth. I hope that others view my posts as gifts, to open up and examine, give to others to play with, set aside for a rainy day, use as a conversation piece, or even to re-gift. Every use is a validation.Q6> What should I do when an exchange of ideas lead to a clash and possible shifting of my perspective?(JoAnn)I don't mind oppositional clashes -- but I like to do my best to understand others -- and if I can't -- I just move on as I have too much to do to stay stuck for long. (Glenn) In the case of a clash, I ask myself if I have been misunderstood, and so I need to sit back, chew it over a bit, reflect on it, then either spit it out, or make use of it, nourishing me and sustaining me to engage in further discussion.(Jo Ann) "That's today's footprint."