Forget Digital Footprints—We are Leaving Tire Tracks

Thursday, 01. 28. 2010  –  Category: T2 Communications

The phrase “digital footprint” is used regularly to describe the trail of information we are leaving in an increasing fashion online and in technology devices.  And while the very real threat that the information could fall into the wrong hands, we continue to find new and different means to share our life through 1s and 0s.  As our aversion to putting personal information out there lowers, it becomes more important to monitor the extent to which we are extending ourselves into the digital world.

Five to ten years ago, there were very few things that we were doing digitally.  It seems like so long ago, but there was a time when mail trumped e-mail, phone calls were the way to reach out to those across the…