I agree in general about the public knowledge resource -- your blog nudged me to start mine. At the same time, I'd like a way (which means "there probably is a way") to automatically tag some content as private.

E.g., I have an "incubator" category in WordPress that I use for notes for myself that aren't ready or aren't intended for public view. (If my blog is a whiteboard, maybe I should rename that category "scratchpad.")

The problemis, in addition to using the incubator category, I have to remember to set the status to "private." Otherwise, these items appear as posts. Easy enough to change, but I'd like some way to more smoothly manage what stays on teh scratchpad.