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Dave Taylor has been involved with the online world since 1980 and is recognized globally as an expert on both technical and business issues. He has been published over a thousand times, launched four Internet-related startup companies, has written twenty business and technical books and holds both an MBA and MS Ed. He's a columnist for the Boulder Daily Camera and Linux Journal and frequently appears in other publications both online and in print. Additionally, Dave maintains four weblogs: The Business Blog at Intuitive.com, Ask Dave Taylor, Dave On Film, and GoFahterhood. Based in beautiful Boulder, Colorado, Dave is an award-winning speaker, sought after conference and workshop participant and frequent guest on radio and podcast programs, as well as active member of his community and busy single father to three children.

The micro-land rush of Facebook Custom URLs

I succumbed, as you can see with this sequence of images:

facebook username url 1

Finally, the seconds count down and ...

facebook username url 2

Whoo hoo! Imagine a digital version of settlers in their wagons rushing across the plains to stake down their prime real estate. Um, kind of. A click on the "Continue" button and:

facebook username url 3

What the hell? Seven seconds have elapsed and someone's already nailed "DaveTaylor" (and "dave" and "taylor" and "dave.taylor") custom URLs? I surmise someone had a name reserved for them, somehow.

Ah well, I have another one that I commonly use, "d1taylor", so that's what I try instead:

facebook username url 4

Success!

facebook username url 5

Done. Now you can click on facebook.com/d1taylor to find me.

Now, does anyone care?

Posted by Dave Taylor at June 12, 2009 10:06 PM

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