Hello all,
So I've decided it's time for me to break down and get a website that I can use for portfolio work and professional contact information and whatnot. I'm not necessarily at the point in my career where I absolutely need one, but at the very least I'd like to start securing a domain name and building a website so that I will have one when I need one - better too early than too late. The first step though is choosing a domain name.
Sadly, the normal domain-name-being-my-name is taken - michaelroche.com (<- just in case anyone didn't know my real name, there ya go!) belongs to some sort of gaming programmer. Beyond that, there are a number of ways I can go with this, but I'd like some input on what would be best. "Michaelrocheld.com seems to be available, but at this point I'm not entirely sure I plan on working as an LD professionally, and I don't want any confusion when I apply for technical positions. I could go with michael-roche.com, michaeljroche.com (middle initial - although I never go by that, and it seems to be on hold anyway), or many other things. I could theoretically go with another extension (.org .biz. .me ), but I really feel that a .com is much easier to remember and causes less confusion.
So here's the question - what is the most logical, and least confusing URL for me to put across my name and possibly my position as an electrician/theatrical lighting technician? Michael-Roche.com seems to be a good possibility at this point, but I want to hear other opinions about using dashes versus something else - will you be likely to forget the dash and end up confusing me with a gaming programmer?
Thanks in advance!
So I've decided it's time for me to break down and get a website that I can use for portfolio work and professional contact information and whatnot. I'm not necessarily at the point in my career where I absolutely need one, but at the very least I'd like to start securing a domain name and building a website so that I will have one when I need one - better too early than too late. The first step though is choosing a domain name.
Sadly, the normal domain-name-being-my-name is taken - michaelroche.com (<- just in case anyone didn't know my real name, there ya go!) belongs to some sort of gaming programmer. Beyond that, there are a number of ways I can go with this, but I'd like some input on what would be best. "Michaelrocheld.com seems to be available, but at this point I'm not entirely sure I plan on working as an LD professionally, and I don't want any confusion when I apply for technical positions. I could go with michael-roche.com, michaeljroche.com (middle initial - although I never go by that, and it seems to be on hold anyway), or many other things. I could theoretically go with another extension (.org .biz. .me ), but I really feel that a .com is much easier to remember and causes less confusion.
So here's the question - what is the most logical, and least confusing URL for me to put across my name and possibly my position as an electrician/theatrical lighting technician? Michael-Roche.com seems to be a good possibility at this point, but I want to hear other opinions about using dashes versus something else - will you be likely to forget the dash and end up confusing me with a gaming programmer?
Thanks in advance!