Article: It's hard to make a Web name for yourself.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

I didn't know if Joanne Jacobs existed, so I sent an e-mail to Joanne(AT)joannejacobs.com. Was she using joannejacobs.com? If not, was the name available?

A reply came addressed to Joanne Jacobs. Yes, she was using the Web name. It was signed Joanne Jacobs.

I'm boldly going where other Joanne Jacobses have gone before _ to my own place in cyberspace. I am mistress of my own domain. It's just not under my own name.

I've been using the Internet for many years now, without understanding how 99 percent of it works.

I've heard words _ domain, server, host, ISP _ without really knowing how the thing works.

That came home to me when ...

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