I've been held back from attending SXSW before for money reasons and also for not being able to take time off of work, but I made a promise.  After reading all of the tweets, blog posts, podcasts and hearing the chatter from everybody from 2008 I made a promise that I would get to SXSW Interactive in 2009 no matter what.  That time has come and I'm happy to say that I will see you in Austin at the Omni and around town!

I've created my card that I'll be handing out so look for that and feel free to leave feedback on the card as well in the comments.

Posted Mar 4 in For Your Information, Web Life | 889 Commentshttp://rynoweb.com/attending-sxsw-interactive-2009/Attending+SXSW+Interactive+20092009-03-04+22%3A08%3A10Chuck+Reynolds

Today is the official public launch for the .ME TLD (top level domain).  It's like a .com but it's a .me – dig?  If you have a fairly popular name such as Chuck Reynolds, then I suggest you get out and secure your name before the next guy/girl.

I can't say enough about how important personal branding is these days, and I do blabber about it all the time, so secure your name and your kid's names because the internet isn't going anywhere and managing your reputation online starts with owning your personal brand.

Most registrars should have active registration for .ME today.  I personally always use NameCheap for all my domains but if you are like the rest of the sheep you can use the other guys.

So what domain.ME did you buy today?  I got ChuckReynolds.me (which for now I'm just forwarding to my .us name) – couldn't get Geno.me though… doh

Posted Jul 17 in Web Life | 127 Commentshttp://rynoweb.com/me-domains-for-personal-branding/.ME+Domains+for+Personal+Branding2008-07-17+18%3A52%3A55Chuck+Reynolds