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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

James needs your advice...for real

I'm putting together the elements of a Web page that will be home to my doodling, a place where you'll be able to connect to my news reporting which is published originally in the Miami Herald and on MiamiHerald.com, this blog, and other projects I'm working on.

But I'm having trouble settling on a name for the site. Mrs. B says I should keep it simple, like my name dot come. But JamesBurnett.com is taken. I've seen a few variations of it with dot net and dot this and dot that, etc., but nothing I like so far. So at this point I'll take clever over simple.

Thoughts?

If I end up using your clever recommendation, there'll be a reward in it. Not sure what, but I'll think of something.

Oh, and speaking of news reporting, here's a piece I wrote with a colleague in Sunday's paper on DVD & CD piracy.

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20 Comments:

  • imtooprettytogotojail.com

    maybe not

    how bout the name of this blog dot com.

    burnettsurbanetiquette.com

    I like that.

    By Blogger Jay, at 9:46 PM  

  • I am too pretty, Jay. But I'm not sure if that's the site name that will keep folks taking me seriously. As for the latter, it might be too confining. Don't wanna box myself in to my whole site being about the theme of this blog.

    By Blogger James Burnett, at 9:58 PM  

  • How about "THe Burnett Report" then - simple, efficient, but versatile too in that you can go off in whatever direction your reporting is taking you at that time as well. Just a thought.

    By Blogger Jeni, at 1:17 AM  

  • The Burnett Collective

    A place where all of your thoughts are collected into one site...

    Thanks for writing... I enjoy your blog very much.

    By Blogger Alison, at 3:05 AM  

  • How about:

    Burnett's Miami

    Of course you'll have to write it this way:

    BurnettsMiami.com

    How about:

    MyMiami.com

    Or this:

    MiamiMe.com

    Or:

    MiamiBurnett.com

    Or:

    BurnettOverMiami.com

    Or:

    JamesMiami.com

    Or:

    MiamiJames.com

    Or:

    JamesMiamiJournal.com

    Or:

    BurnettsMiamiJournal.com

    Or:

    JamesAboutMiami.com

    (I really like this one. It has more than one meaning."

    Or: BurnettAboutMiami.com

    Or: BurnettOnMiami.com

    Or: JamesOnMiami.com

    Or: MeAndMiami.com

    (I like this one, too.)

    Or: MiamiAndMe.com

    Or: UncoveringMiami.com

    Or: CoveringMiami.com

    Or: MiamiIsMyType.com

    Or: TypingMiami.com

    Or: PressOnMiami.com

    Or: MirrorOnMiami.com

    By Blogger The First Domino דומינו, at 5:06 AM  

  • Goodness someone has been busy!

    Think I'd use 'Burnett' somewhere in your url as that's how many of us know you, even though we may address you as James.

    Happy name choosing/inventing.

    By Blogger Bronchitkat, at 6:41 AM  

  • You could always go with:

    TheREALJamesBurnett.com

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:11 AM  

  • How about "Mr. B's"

    mr.B.com

    By Blogger Gerald, at 9:43 AM  

  • I still like "Urban Etiquette"

    By Blogger SWF42, at 10:50 AM  

  • Burnettiquette 2: Electric Boogaloo?

    By Blogger Jansky T, at 10:55 AM  

  • I think because you are amalgamating several aspects of your work into 1 site that TheCompleteBurnett.com works.

    I always thought melding Burnett and Etiquette together into Burnettiquette.com was funny too but Kevin above me has the same idea.

    Both BurnettOnMiami.com and BurnettInMiami.com are available as well (actually everything I've listed is available... I checked).

    By Blogger Wavemancali, at 11:52 AM  

  • I notice you are really James H. Burnett III. My husband is a 4th and he uses his number in his email address. So, how about JamesBurnettIII; JamesBurnett3; JamesHBurnettIII; JamesHBurnett3. Or variations with initials: JBurnettIII; JHBurnettIII; etc.

    Good luck!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:18 PM  

  • Why not go with what you know — love the play on etiquette you've used with your name, a la burnetiquette.com or burnettiquette.com.

    I don't think that would necessarily limit your focus, since "etiquette" could be used loosely to simply imply a mode of doing something (even if that "something" is a manner of speaking, thinking, etc.).

    Other ideas:

    burnettsblog.com
    burnettsworld.com
    allthingsjames.com
    allthingsburnett.com
    jamesthoughts.com
    burnettsblock.com
    joshingwithjames.com
    thejamesgame.com
    burnettorbust.com
    burnettinmiami.com
    lostinflorida.com
    burnettinflorida.com
    theburnettpost.com
    miamisvice.com


    I could go on... (and probably would, if I didn't have work to do :).

    By Blogger thirdworstpoetinthegalaxy, at 3:19 PM  

  • urbanjamesburnett.com

    By Blogger Karen, at 3:51 PM  

  • The James Gang

    Our Man in Miami

    James Burnett Unplugged

    By Blogger heartinsanfrancisco, at 6:24 PM  

  • Good suggestions, all! I've narrowed it down to two. One of the "finalists" was posted by at least one of you guys. I will reveal it on Friday.

    By Blogger James Burnett, at 10:51 PM  

  • too bad, I like the Essential James Burnett

    By Blogger The CEO, at 11:14 PM  

  • Well, I'm a day late.

    By Blogger Pamela, at 2:58 AM  

  • I thought TheEssentialJamesBurnet was good too.

    By Blogger Bronchitkat, at 4:47 AM  

  • Monty, you and BK have made me reconsider. I think I'm liking TheEssentialJamesBurnett.com too. OK, so there are now two finalists from this list.

    By Blogger James Burnett, at 9:20 AM  

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