What’s the difference between the public and private view of ‘My Site’?
Your personal site has a private view that contains information of interest to you. From the private view, you can organize and access your documents, view and manage your alerts and information, view your e-mail and maintain a calendar — all from one location. In the public view, you may edit your public profile if you wish to provide other portal users with more information about yourself. Always keep in mind you are publishing this information and all other portal users may be able to see it if they locate your site through a search. You may choose to share the links and documents on your public view. An additional feature for employees includes the ability to create workspaces that allow you to invite other employee users to join in discussions, develop content online or discover other ways of collaborating with co-workers in a shared portal workspace.