From: Jeff Shultz 

On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 21:20:34 -0500, Rich Gauszka wrote:

> We have a new word - dooced
>
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Business/story?id=485895&page=1
>
>  Heather Armstrong worked as a Web designer for a Los Angeles software
> company. In February 2001, she started a blog - a Web log or online
> journal. "It's sort of my hobby," she said. "Other
people like to play
> instruments; I like to write online."
>
> No names were used in her blog - not hers, her co-workers', nor her
> company's. But she was terminated after company executives were tipped off
> and read her posts, which included unflattering descriptions of many of
> them.
>
> "What I was doing was completely benign," Armstrong said.
"I never
> mentioned any trade secrets. I never mentioned the company."
>
> Her Web site is located dooce.com. Since her termination, some bloggers
> have taken to calling the act of being fired because of one's Web site
> being "dooced."

My (old) blog is why I got sent home early from the Army (mixed blessing),
and at least one member of the Army with a blog has been Article 15'd,
reduced in rank and otherwise punished for OPSEC violations.

You've gotta be careful out there with what you say and do.

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