lemon block
Operator: What is your e-mail sir?
Me: ryan at em double u three design dot com
Operator: r - y - a - n @ n - w - 3 . com
Me: no, r - y - a - n - @ - m "as in mimesis" - W "as in Worcestershire" - "the number" 3 - design.com
Operator: so I have ryan at n - w - 3 - design.com.
Me: no, emmmm not ennnn . . .
Operator: oh so, ryan at em double u three design dot com
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I'm sure everyone has had a similar experience, the constant spelling out of e-mail addresses. That coupled with my always changing e-mail addresses (remember @normansanagram.com, @everythinggrey.com, rsb@cc.usu.edu, daylight_fadingCC@yahoo.com (back in 1997)). I was excited for a time to settle on mw3design.com, but this e-mail has proven to be too frustrating to give out. I thought about doing something like me@ryanbarlow.com, but that feels semi narcissistic. The thought of switching to something more popular like gmail, or yahoo, would be nice, but then again . . . I'd have to spell out the username. So began the search. What should ryan use for his e-mail address? I thought of using tradingloop.com, but if that business idea failed, I wouldn't want to be continually faced with that failure. In the end, I concluded my best option was to find a domain/e-mail that is a combination of two completely unrelated words. That may sound simple enough, but the task of finding a good, not taken domain name is at par of finding gas priced below $3.00 a gallon. After much thought, I've decided on . . .
lemonblock.com
It still feels unusual to me, but so far it has passed the "say it without spelling test". I'm going to continue test driving this e-mail (see if it grows on me). I still get e-mails to my mw3design.com, but if anyone gets an @lemonblock.com e-mail, don't assume it is a pen1s enlargement concoction made out of fresh lemons.
A more official e-mail will be sent out if I decide that this is going to be my e-mail of choice.
Me: ryan at em double u three design dot com
Operator: r - y - a - n @ n - w - 3 . com
Me: no, r - y - a - n - @ - m "as in mimesis" - W "as in Worcestershire" - "the number" 3 - design.com
Operator: so I have ryan at n - w - 3 - design.com.
Me: no, emmmm not ennnn . . .
Operator: oh so, ryan at em double u three design dot com
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I'm sure everyone has had a similar experience, the constant spelling out of e-mail addresses. That coupled with my always changing e-mail addresses (remember @normansanagram.com, @everythinggrey.com, rsb@cc.usu.edu, daylight_fadingCC@yahoo.com (back in 1997)). I was excited for a time to settle on mw3design.com, but this e-mail has proven to be too frustrating to give out. I thought about doing something like me@ryanbarlow.com, but that feels semi narcissistic. The thought of switching to something more popular like gmail, or yahoo, would be nice, but then again . . . I'd have to spell out the username. So began the search. What should ryan use for his e-mail address? I thought of using tradingloop.com, but if that business idea failed, I wouldn't want to be continually faced with that failure. In the end, I concluded my best option was to find a domain/e-mail that is a combination of two completely unrelated words. That may sound simple enough, but the task of finding a good, not taken domain name is at par of finding gas priced below $3.00 a gallon. After much thought, I've decided on . . .
lemonblock.com
It still feels unusual to me, but so far it has passed the "say it without spelling test". I'm going to continue test driving this e-mail (see if it grows on me). I still get e-mails to my mw3design.com, but if anyone gets an @lemonblock.com e-mail, don't assume it is a pen1s enlargement concoction made out of fresh lemons.
A more official e-mail will be sent out if I decide that this is going to be my e-mail of choice.
posted by ryan at
12:33 PM
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