our son has Avynn.com (and has since 1996 or so) - so not crazy. - Tad

I got my lastname as a domain, so I'm covered. I can give him/her firstname.lastname.tld - Daniel Sims

Daniel: good point, that is kind of an easy way to figure it all out :) - Mike Bracco

I like Daniel's idea. - Robert Freeze

Daniel: What about daughters that will marry? - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

I thought about getting name.me domains for my kids but felt that things will change a lot in the next few years - it may not be relevant when my kids get old enough. - Robert Freeze

Rishabh, hopefully she heeds her father's advice and marries someone with an available domain. Then I'll set up a 301 redirect :) - Daniel Sims

Daniel: In this day an age, would a 307 temporary redirect be more appropriate - just in case? haha - Mike Bracco

all this personally identifiable info on the web... will lead to trouble i tell ya... you wanna use handle's/avtars anyway... so find one you like.. - simran

simran: I understand your opinion but I gave up the whole online privacy thing a while ago. I used to be worried about it but just think about celebrities and public figures - there is a lot more info on them out there - so when I put it in that perspective I feel better. In addition, when interacting in an online conversation - like here - I think the value is increased when people claim their true identity. I think it becomes a more real/human conversation. Just my opinion :) - Mike Bracco

I don't think personal domains will matter so much, but it will matter to anchor your web identity somewhere - so i think facebook or Google profiles are more important. But it is an interesting question as for future generations it will be more and more difficult to find a unique name unless names are will be recycled at some point. - Oliver Bouchard

Oliver: I agree. At the same time though I am a little scared about investing so much time on "other websites" (not my personal site). It's not like Facebook or Twitter is going to fold tomorrow but they are outside of your control - they could go out of business or they could change their strategy and become less appealing to you. I think the important thing is that your social graph stays intact independent of specific websites. As you said, I think we are going to be going back to 1998 in a way - everyone will have landing pages where all their activity is fed into - I do think that personal blogs (as they exist today) are going to fade away - for the most part. - Mike Bracco

I put my thoughts on this topic in a comment here: http://friendfeed.com/possibl... - Micah

No worries. MikeJr20152335 is a catchy name for a kid. - Todd Hoff

http://xkcd.com/327/ - "Did you really name your son Robert') DROP TABLE Students; --?" :-) - Carlos M. Gomes

Carlos, that comic strip was awesome - still laughing. http://xkcd.com/327/ - Robert Freeze

Mike, how do you know there even will be domains when your yet-to-be-unborn child reaches the age that (currently) might be considered an asset in the schoolyard? - ianf ⌘

I've registered domain names and gmail accounts for both my children. WIll they use them? Not sure but it's relatively easy to do so why not. - Gabe Diaz

**hopefully she heeds her father's advice and marries someone with an available domain. Then I'll set up a 301 redirect** HAH... best.. answer.. ever! Thanks for the laugh, Daniel :P - Tim Hoeck

I've registered all of my kids names ... www.jeremyparmet.com, www.saraparmet.com and www.lucyparmet.com. someday they may need it. - David Parmet