My own name in Twitter: @philbert
Whenever I subscribe to something big, like Linked In or another big website, I always try to get “philbert” as username. Usually I fail. It is apparently not as unique a name as it looks.
Worldwide, there are plenty of Philberts: superheroes, frogs, French villages, heck, there is even a Philbert coat of arms!
So when I signed up for Twitter I had little hope, but I checked anyway. Hey wait! Indeed it was taken, but by someone with 0 tweets, following nobody, and being followed only by 1 inactive.
So I figured: I should give this a shot. So I just asked the Twitter people if I could have it, since that guy wasn’t using it, and I am starting a business. And what do you know! The Twitter gods were merciful (and I might add, polite and friendly about it) and gave me my own first name as my twitter handle: