I had a meeting today with a communications director who covers social media. I often forget exactly how interested I am in the space. I joined Frienster far before anyone dreamt of Facebook. Being from the Bay Area, I lived on the edge of the tech boom with my father being a member of one of many start-ups that just couldn't make it. And even today, I look at companies like Google, Yahoo, Facebook and SalesForce in wonder that someday I may join their ranks or find a company to compete with them.
So how does Twitter fit in you may ask? As I sat there discussing the next big thing this company is doing (definitely cool!!), I thought, how can I consider myself a full blown participant of the digital revolution and still not be a part of Twitter. So it hit me, even if I didn’t use it to its full extent, I had to join. Well, slight problem. As you’ve noticed, the title of this blog is JulyDream, which has been an alias since I was… oh… 10ish. I often contemplate getting a “big girl” name, but revert back to this alias time and time again. Turns out, twitter.com/julydream is taken! My first name is just common enough to be gone as well. My initials are short a middle name, so that too is unavailable and for whatever reason, whenever I set an internet address, I get a sense of anxiety that this is permanent. Think of the hassle there is in even changing an email address!
The first letter of my first name followed by my last name is available, but then I actually have to spell my last name for people, which is one of many reasons that I have kept the alias for so long. While I realize, in comparison to future decisions, this is minuscule, it seems these are the thoughts I have while eating my lunch. So if I join twitter, what name do I use?
6 comments:
You could use julydream followed by the year you were born or the specific date in July you were born. (july31dream or julydream31)
When you join Twitter, you'll have to connect with all of us Darden people!
I suppose it depends on what you are going to use your Twitter account for. Because Twitter is so easily indexable, you might want to think SEO-- whoever googles you, should also land-up at your linkedin/facebook/twitter account.
My Facebook and LinkedIn accounts are in the top3 results on google for my full-name.
First, this is hilarious.
Second, I share your anxiety (I, too, faced a similar anxiety when creating my Twitter account a few weeks ago).
Third, oh yeah, I just created a Twitter account a few weeks ago! :p
Woo hoo! Join the party (or the conversation, as they say)!
I have been relatively open about myself on my blog, but in the last few weeks I have had strangers come up to me and say- Are you Metal(my blogger name)? which sometimes sends a chill up my spine. So I have decided not to use Twitter for the time being...am happy with what is leaking out to the world right now. Nonetheless, Happy Twittering!
Wow! This is amazing. I am about to discontinue my old blog and start with a new one and was thinking a name for it and then I thought of visiting you before making a decision! And here it is - you trying to figure out an alias for yours!
Even I joined twitter a couple of days back and am not really using it as it should be. Thankfully I can use my name and it was available!
Will be interesting to see what you choose...
waiting...
Looks like that twitter.com/JulyDream has a blog (link on the page). Also, it looks like they recently posted on the blog. I would say go ahead and leave a comment on the blog asking if you could have the JulyDream name. Their last update was back in 2007. Can't hurt to ask!
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