As of, well, now, I'm the San Francisco Social Media correspondent for Examiner.com. I had big plans for my first piece, but then this whole Facebook namepocalypse thing came up. So I led off with that:

Facebook gives you your (or at least a) name

I’d be remiss if I didn’t use my initial social media article to cover the biggest news in social media: Facebook’s decision to open up their URL format to personal names. And they’ve offered them up to their users in what’s being called a “land rush:” a first-come-first-served grab-your-name free-for-all starting at 12:01 AM Eastern time on Saturday, June 13.

More at the link. Let me know what you think!