on names (and other things)
Mar. 19th, 2009 12:35 pmI've been pondering, recently, whether or not to change my name. Really, because there are two issues -- site username and what people call me -- I have the following options:
* stay as isabeau
* change use-name but keep username
* keep use-name of isabeau/isa but have a different username
* change both username and use-name
Option one is of course the easiest, but I'm a little dissatisfied. Option two is unlikely.
If I just change username, but have 'Isabeau' as my displayed name (and fan name), the options I like are ysobel, gracehunter, mixednuts, and ewokangel.
(Story behind the last: at one point I was EvilAngel on IRC -- don't ask why *G* -- and used EA as a shorthand. At one point, I was EA|work ... which one person accidentally misread as Ewok. And so going to EwokAngel was the obvious-at-the-time next step)
If I change both, there is the possibility of keeping use=username, which includes the above (though least likely with mixednuts), but also Aurora, Shiara, Jerusha, Keturah, Maachah, Tabitha.
DW seems like a good place to implement the change, since it's a fresh start in some respects. Given the possibility of futurely upgrading OpenID to normal accounts, I could rename the
isabeau openID account to isabeau and then this to whatever. But I have to *decide*. whiiiine.
* stay as isabeau
* change use-name but keep username
* keep use-name of isabeau/isa but have a different username
* change both username and use-name
Option one is of course the easiest, but I'm a little dissatisfied. Option two is unlikely.
If I just change username, but have 'Isabeau' as my displayed name (and fan name), the options I like are ysobel, gracehunter, mixednuts, and ewokangel.
(Story behind the last: at one point I was EvilAngel on IRC -- don't ask why *G* -- and used EA as a shorthand. At one point, I was EA|work ... which one person accidentally misread as Ewok. And so going to EwokAngel was the obvious-at-the-time next step)
If I change both, there is the possibility of keeping use=username, which includes the above (though least likely with mixednuts), but also Aurora, Shiara, Jerusha, Keturah, Maachah, Tabitha.
DW seems like a good place to implement the change, since it's a fresh start in some respects. Given the possibility of futurely upgrading OpenID to normal accounts, I could rename the
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