Converting User Names to Real Names

It goes without saying that I’m a web dork. But I have to be honest and say even in my dorkiness I sometimes get confused on who is who. A blog may be named “Two fish with green eyes” but I know it’s Joe’s blog. And his AIM name is probably “PistolJoe” and I know that too. Then his YMX name is “JoeFish” and his myspace is “GreenfishJoe.” Weird legacy old school web stuff… and it’s plain confusing to me. Yuck, I hate it.

So in the last few weeks I’ve been changing everyone’s feed titles in Google Reader and AIM screen names to their real names. (Easy options for both) It’s happy on my eyes.

Real names? Yeah, like the name mommy and daddy gave you when you popped out. You’re name isn’t some weird web-name you use… it’s a first and last name. 

A vent: Now that I’m completely addicted to twitter [follow me] and now that I’ve been sucked back into myspace… I wish I had a way to edit both of those profiles with people’s real names. Hey myspace and twitter… figure that out!

Maybe this is why I like the idea of OpenID so much? Having a single, cross-platform profile/login will be commonplace in a few years… the whole “pseudo name” thing really is archaic. 


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5 responses to “Converting User Names to Real Names”

  1. Gman Avatar

    Yeah I usually use two names: fess2 or Gman. Though those for IM weren’t quite as exciting as TorontoHkcy. (Though the latest I’ve seen is people using their own names put spelling it backwards Example: Len Evans)

  2. Todd Porter Avatar

    That is why I try to stick with thesnuffy or the_snuffy for all I do online.

  3. adam mclane Avatar

    But Todd Porter is so much more… I dunno, descriptive!

  4. Jeff Greathouse Avatar

    I have thought about changing my ymx name to my name; can i do that ?

    That is why blogger is jeff greathouse 🙂

    of course it makes me an easy find 🙂

  5. adam mclane Avatar

    Yes, you can do that. Just send us a PM and we’ll take care of it.

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