Comments on: Facebook Username Selection http://www.matthewsim.com/weblog/244/ Clever name pending. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:34:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Facebook Username Selection by: N http://www.matthewsim.com/weblog/244/#comment-36468 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:21:01 +0000 http://www.matthewsim.com/weblog/244/#comment-36468 I accidentally discovered that Google Mail is insensitive to the dot. So: Firstname.Lastname@gmail.com FirstnameLastname@gmail.com F.i.r.s.t.n.a.m.e.L.a.s.t.n.a.m.e@gmail.com all go to the same place. Smart. I didn't try it with underscores; that's left as an assignment to the reader. It solves one of the more irritating issue with guessing email addresses, or even in reading them and properly typing them afterward (people often don't notice the period). Along a similar vein, if you dial 811 that rings 911 in many areas. I accidentally discovered that Google Mail is insensitive to the dot. So:

Firstname.Lastname@gmail.com
FirstnameLastname@gmail.com
F.i.r.s.t.n.a.m.e.L.a.s.t.n.a.m.e@gmail.com

all go to the same place.

Smart. I didn’t try it with underscores; that’s left as an assignment to the reader. It solves one of the more irritating issue with guessing email addresses, or even in reading them and properly typing them afterward (people often don’t notice the period).

Along a similar vein, if you dial 811 that rings 911 in many areas.

]]> Comment on Facebook Username Selection by: Matthew http://www.matthewsim.com/weblog/244/#comment-36374 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:07:19 +0000 http://www.matthewsim.com/weblog/244/#comment-36374 Went with simply "simoneau", so you can now reach me here: http://www.facebook.com/simoneau They are capitalization and period-insensitive after all, so "simoneau", "Simoneau", and "sim.on.eau" all reach the same page (no redirection). Went with simply “simoneau”, so you can now reach me here: http://www.facebook.com/simoneau

They are capitalization and period-insensitive after all, so “simoneau”, “Simoneau”, and “sim.on.eau” all reach the same page (no redirection).

]]> Comment on Facebook Username Selection by: Chris Kollett http://www.matthewsim.com/weblog/244/#comment-36373 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:54:48 +0000 http://www.matthewsim.com/weblog/244/#comment-36373 Forget matthew.simoneau, you should claim home.php. THAT will get you a lot of hits. Forget matthew.simoneau, you should claim home.php. THAT will get you a lot of hits.

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