Should You Make Your Email Address Public?

Another data breach, another exposure of your email address. So it goes these days.

Maggie McGary’s reaction was typical:

@simonowens I guard mine with my life! Already get way too much email.
— maggielmcg (@maggielmcg) September 18, 2014

Simon Owens offered up a different view:

@maggielmcg I can't tell you how many major career opportunities came my way because people were easily able to find a way to contact me
— Simon Owens (@simonowens) September 18, 2014

@maggielmcg In fact I'm about to have a long feature piece published in Scientific American because the editor was able to find my email
— Simon Owens (@simonowens) September 18, 2014

@maggielmcg And by making your address hard to find you potentially close yourself off the important correspondence and connections
— Simon Owens (@simonowens) September 18, 2014

Others who list their email address in their Twitter bio, as Simon does, include Dave Weigel, Melody Kramer, and the staff of the top tech blog, TechCrunch.

And now me. Good advice, Simon.