[BNM] Upcoming Registration

[delarge]

On a related note - if you're ever stuck for a new username again... use an
anagram generator (http://wordsmith.org/anagram/) to come up with a good
alternative version of your name...

e.g. Paul Burgess = Pegasus Blur, Danny Hope = Hyena Pond, Andy Budd = Daddy
Bun

Alternative identity problem solved!



On 5/2/07, Danny Hope <danny.hope at hobointernet.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/2/07, Andy Budd <andy at clearleft.com> wrote:
> >
> > > There are some annoying things about the  migration, it's not been the
> > > smoothest one they've done and it's not quite as slick as it used
> > > to be
> > > either. I'm sure these are just teething problems.
> >
> > I think the log-in migration has annoyed a lot of Flickr and Upcoming
> > users, and suspect del.icio.us will be next. I guess we all knew this
> > was coming when Yahoo bought these sites. I'm just amazed it's taken
> > so long.
> >
> > One of the most annoying things was being forced to register for a
> > Yahoo account, and ending up with andybudd72 instead of just
> > andybudd. If you're keen to protect your online identity, it's
> > probably worth registering your name on every major site and app,
> > just on the off chance that you may use it at some stage.
>
>
> The biggest annotyance for me in the Upcoming/Yahoo merge was the lack of
> warning: they about it on the blog but didn't issue a warning email.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/yandle/466142405/#comment72157600098977285
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Danny Hope
>
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Paul Burgess

http://iampaulburgess.co.uk