I do see your point. I’m sure it’s similarly annoying to guild members (i.e., actors, etc.) that have to pick new names when they find out theirs is already “in use.”

Again, take my advice for what it’s worth (not much considering it’s hypocritical.)

In part, I’m probably OK with this since I already own the top spot under “bjhess.”

My big mistake is that my only business cards say “scrawlers.com.” Not that they’re really _my_ business cards…just the only ones I own.

So, if I were you, was a freelancer, and had no real branding efforts already hooked in, my business card would read bjhess.com. I’d sign comments, set up profiles, etc with the same name.

That’s easy to say when you have your first choice url. (There’s only one other, non-geek aaron mentele that I’m aware of.)

I could add my middle name and grab a domain. Hmm…