Ask HN: I have bought myself an e-mail domain, now what?
Mostly, because I wanted to start a blog, with hope that one day it might help me with job hunting, if such need arises. And I like writing, and even if I write 3 posts this year, it is better than if were 0 :-)
What I wonder, should I start using the domain as my email address as well?
In my mind, for using it as email address:
* name@surname.net trumps nickname@gmail.com, especially if I needed to communicate with somebody who doesn't know me yet
* my identity on the net would be better separated from my email provider
Against:
* decent mail provider costs ~50$/year
* I don't plan to go job hunting or start a side-business
* for official things I use surname@university and it is working out fine
But maybe I am missing out and 50$ a year isn't a big deal anyway :-)
What do you think?