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One day we’ll look back to these as the salad days of social media - the time of simple mistakes and youthful innocence.

Salad Days (n): A time of youth, innocence, and inexperience: “my salad days,/When I was green in judgment, cold in blood” (Shakespeare).

We’re taking our best friends and mixing them with social acquaintances. On Facebook I blend people who went to university with me and my close family members. On LinkedIn I have colleagues, clients, direct reports, bosses and business friends all sitting alongside each other.

Yet at times we forget who is in the salad.

I like the youth and bravado displayed in the first post. Who hasn’t complained about their boss? It’s one of our rights! Yet most of us are smart enough to wait until he or she is out of the room.

But once your boss is a friend on Facebook, there is no “out of the room”.

I also like the panache displayed by the man ”formerly known as boss”. He doesn’t mince words (nor did he mince around the office, apparently).

It takes a certain energy, confidence and commitment to live your life on-line. I have a company evaluating me for some work. I’ve only provided my profile on Linked In, my blog and my Tweets - along with the odd email or two.

Recommendation #1? Live as if you’re always on display…