“Astounding and excellent”
Seriously cool compliment from the awesome Amber Case! Thnx.
Some who know me well know that I am a sucker for cool domain names.
Not a typical domain squatter though. Usually, I have an idea and if I want to move on that idea I tend to make it more real by having an actual domain to house it. The benefit is a form of motivation and a nudge to keep moving that idea forward and present it. Or maybe that’s just a well-formed excuse for being a domain junkie 
It does work sometimes so theirs something to it.
I also let many domains expire when the idea or project is no longer applicable or front and center in my mind. I recently had very few domains but then I started thinking about expressing social gestures virtually but doing it with open standards and protocols instead of just some app on facebook or whatever. Semantic URLs are core to this thinking. It’s not a new or entirely original idea to use domain hacks in interesting ways but commendable efforts seem non-existent. I work with people who once envisioned this stuff with me. But focus shifted away from that long ago. For me, I have had a rejuvenated interest in making something work and have chosen to focus mainly on common human social gestures as shareable digital data objects. Also some gaming concepts that are less “gesturely”. Like anything I do…. it’s a side side project done in my spare spare time. But a simple nod of approval from a brilliant mind like Amber Case certainly helps to carve out more of that precious time to tinker.
Stay tuned, always.
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