Comments on: A Digital Digression, Pt. 1

By: Raj

Raj — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:31:45 +0000

I've done the same thing, for many of the same reasons that all the others have, and recently have had the great fun of using my boora.ca domain to share images of my daughter (yes, I've also thought about when she gets married and if I have no sons, boora.ca will be likely inherited by my nephew). But I've also added my alias recently as I've felt the need to not only protect my real name, but my "handle/alias" as well. To that end, I've added idarknight.ca and idarknight.com to my stable of domains as well. Raj’s last blog post..Hashing out a song among tweets

By: damian

damian — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:55:52 +0000

er, and just to clarify, subdomains can indeed be totally different sites. I can have joe.schmoe.com pointing to a WordPress site and mary.schmoe.com pointing to a wiki and http://www.schmoe.com just a plain HTML landing page.

By: Damian

Damian — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:25:56 +0000

(Commenting away from home; don't remember my login info!) @Dan: Great point about distinguishing yourself and your accomplishments from, say, those of Dan Callahan the painter or Dan Callahan the accountant (or the Dan Callahan who had bit parts in Spider-Man 2 and 3!). @Marcy: Would love to hear about your journey, either here or on your blog. @Dean: Much obliged! Always happy to contribute something to the mix. @Ken: Both of your examples would be subdomains of www.rodoff.com. The anatomy of the address is {subdomain}.{domain name}.{top-level domain}. So in your examples, both morgan and ken would be subdomains, rodoff would be the main domain name (or hostname; I'm not entirely clear on the etymology), and com would be the TLD. Damian’s last blog post..A Digital Digression, Pt. 1

By: ken

ken — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:56:43 +0000

Always thought I owned my name. Now I have to buy it. Next thing you know, I'll have to pay for air to pump up my car tires. But one legit question: how is morgan.rodoff.com a subdomain of ken.rodoff.com? Seems like a totally different site. ken’s last blog post..the photo album

By: Dean Shareski

Dean Shareski — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:29:22 +0000

Well worded. I'll be using this post in my talks/workshops on identity. Thanks. Dean Shareski’s last blog post..In Praise of the Pop In

By: MarcyWebb

MarcyWebb — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:04:30 +0000

Funny. I was just contemplating the very issues you pose in your post over the weekend, as I was setting up my new blog. I wanted to approach things differently this time, and, for me, that meant coming out of the shadows, and revealing my true identity. For me, authenticity comes with posting my real name. Mind you, this isn’t a judgement on those who choose to remain anonymous. I did that for over two years. So, each person has to find her own way, and discover her own voice in the process.

As for purchasing a domain name, the current host of my blog, squarespace.com, offers me the option to do so. I’m am considering it.

By: Dan Callahan

Dan Callahan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:43:30 +0000

The value of having your own domain name and using it to do some stuff? Mine's all made of things indicative of my work and thought processes, and overall I can feel proud of those things. That in general is nothing to sneeze at. More valuably, in a world with zillions of Dan Callahans (me being the 4th in my family!), I'm number one. Also, going to EduCon and having people know me and be glad to see me, even though we'd never met in person? Totally didn't suck. Dan Callahan’s last blog post..This week’s comments elsewhere (weekly)