Divide By Zero - a blog by Kamran Ayub

I have to talk a little bit about why I use my own name as a domain name that forwards to this blog (i.e. kamranayub.com).

Contrary to what you may think… it wasn't because I wanted a domain named after me. I mean, that's kind of cool, but really my thought process worked like this:

• My blog is named Divide By Zero, why not have "divide-by-zero.com" or something?
• Because what if I change the name of the blog later? I'd have to pay another $10 to get it changed.
• What if it was something weird?
• Then it doesn't describe what it's about.
• What if I just use my name?
• People will think I'm full of myself. Oh well.
• I can always change where the address forwards to, if I ever change blogs or the name of the blog.
• In the long-run it will cost less because I won't have to buy another domain!
• People will remember because they know who I am.
• It's shorter than divide-by-zero.com and the real URL of this blog.

Let's be honest, I am a wired person (I am everywhere)… this blog acts like my central hub of who I am. I link to my Linked In, my company, my designs, my resume, my Google shared items, my favorite blogs, etc. It just makes more sense to use my name to get to somewhere that's… about me.

I had a blog before and I got rid of it, this one is probably here to stay awhile longer… but it may end up that I switch providers (i.e. not UThink) and I change the name of the blog, or whatever.

It's just convenient to tell people "go to my name .com" to get to the blog… if it was like divide-by-zero.com I'd have to say "Go to Divide By Zero .com with dashes between every word" or "Go to Divide By Zero Blog .com all one word," ad infinitum.

So there you have it, now feel free to judge me.