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Hell, I may steal the other (Techne) - specifically because of the false cognate. I’ve been doing tech stuff (webpages and such) as well as writing/editing (gotta use this English degree somewhere).
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You have my blessing, and my amusement at the idea that anyone else might want to use that name. 
But maybe I should make you promise not to advertise in the DC area. grin
My “if I haven’t done anything with the domain in a year” comment meant if I hadn’t made any advances in doing freelance work at all: at this point I’m pretty certain that I won’t change names.
…hmm, “Blue Techne Services”… 
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You have my blessing, and my amusement at the idea that anyone else might want to use that name. But maybe I should make you promise not to advertise in the DC area. grin
My “if I haven’t done anything with the domain in a year” comment meant if I hadn’t made any advances in doing freelance work at all: at this point I’m pretty certain that I won’t change names.
…hmm, “Blue Techne Services”…
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Of course, I agree not to advertise in the DC area (on purpose) heh.
Actually, so far I’ve only considered working for those I know, and thought I might branch out a little in a year or two. I doubt a college kid from Ohio is much competition for you “big-city DC folk.” - also, I hate driving in the DC area, so trips up there to meet with customers is a no-no. You have to allow me Philadelphia, though, as I am up there somewhat often…
Brendon
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You have to allow me Philadelphia, though, as I am up there somewhat often…
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Maybe in a year or two we can compete for Philly.
I see my services as things that can all be done online, so (hopefully) my clients’ physical location won’t matter. That said, I can’t imagine aggressively marketing myself outside of DC/Northern Virginia: any work I get outside this area would probably come through word-of-mouth, especially at the start.
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any work I get outside this area would probably come through word-of-mouth, especially at the start.
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That seems definitely true. The only reason I have a shot at anything in Philly is because of family connections there. My aunt, cousins, and their kids all live around the city somewhere, each with a job at a company that is ripe with contacts (specifically, my cousin works for a place that has been looking into website design. She’s already mentioned it to a boss, since it’s a small company, and they are going to wait until I get the last project up and running just to make things easier for me. I told them I didn’t mind, but any delay won’t hurt me any.)
The sad thing is, I told Mrs. Small the name. She hated it. Well, she said…“it’s okay, I guess” which means pretty much that I shouldn’t use it. Since she is going to be involved a good bit (we’d like to do it full-time for both of us while she’s finishing school - about 4 more years - then she can work at a college while I work from home, since she’ll have a Ph.D. and all). Looks like I still need one. Too bad, the two I liked are unusable. Well, one is unusable, the other is disliked by my better half…heh…
Back to the ol’ drawing board.
Brendon Small
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Well, she said…“it’s okay, I guess”
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That was pretty much my SO’s reaction to that name, too. 
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That was pretty much my SO’s reaction to that name, too.
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Darn SO’s. They just don’t get that it is clever, in an “it’s ok” sort of way…
I figure that no matter what, I will pick a name someday…
Brendon