October 28, 2003

  • Have you ever made a butt call?  I have, though I don’t think I’ve ever gotten one back in return.  You know, they aren’t so bad really.  Not once you understand what they’re about and learn to suffer the intrusion stoically.  Best thing is to just grin and bear it in silence.  But if you have to laugh or cry, go ahead.  After all, you’re the unwitted victim.


    Have you ever picked up your telephone only to hear noise on the other end? Or maybe you heard bits of conversation or singing over some static?


    If you were lucky, you recognized the voice of someone you knew. That's when you realized what had happened: Your friend had accidentally pressed the redial or speed-dial button on their cellular phone, which then placed a call to you.


    Maybe the phone bumped up against something in a purse or briefcase, or rubbed up against a seat belt. Or maybe the phone fell on the floor. Maybe the person just sat on their phone—which explains why some industry insiders call inadvertent dialing "butt calls."
    —David Coursey, "Butt calls: Let's put an end to 'em," ZDNet AnchorDesk,     October 8, 2003


    So…what about inadvertent blogging?  Have you ever posted something as ‘public’ that you thought was ‘private’?  Have you ever taken self-revealing photos with a webcam not realizing that they were being uploaded and viewed on the internet?  Have you ever cut and pasted the wrong text from the wrong document and hit ‘submit’.  Even if you haven’t, it’s better to feign that you have.  That way, you’ll have an alibi for the appearance of that stupid blog you wish to recant: “But…but…it was a butt blog!”


     


    Yeah, a butt blog.  The one that blew out your arse.

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