OK, so what should be the rules for diplomats who blog?
Ian Proud, a 38-year-old British diplomat in Bangkok, caused a furor with his blog that shared what he thought were “harmless” stories about his life in Thailand.
Here’s an excerpt from the BBC News story:
JUST call me the wifi bandit.
My blogging addiction has taken me on all kinds of adventures — from almost missing a flight because I was too busy posting at the Hong Kong airport to being kicked out of an Internet cafe by a Middle Eastern family in a quiet street in Dusseldorf, Germany.
But this is the closest I have come to actually committing a crime because of my addiction.
My friend Tina lent me her new apartment during my recent trip to Singapore. A trip which only had one purpose: to stalk the beautiful Rachael Yamagata.
NUMEROUS travel blogs are out there. But an interesting blog called Philippine GPS Users mixes tech and travel blogging.
Currently maintained by Earl Robles, a techie and former executive at Narra Ventures, the blog is actually his proof of concept of a “voice navigated turn-by-turn In-Car GPS.”
In an e-mail, Robles said the device is “programmed into a standard din-size device which can be installed in cars.”
