Geek & Mild by Sean Sperte
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I agree with Dan Benjamin on why your avatar matters:
A great avatar will help people remember you instantly. And you should use it everywhere, across the board. Use it on your blog if you have one (you should). Use it on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, everywhere. Even if people don’t automatically remember your name or your website, they’ll remember your avatar and make an association.
I try to use the same image of myself everywhere – but it’s almost 5 years old now so I guess I need a personal rebrand.
I tend towards this, but find it laborious to even think about changing it out. I wish there was more widespread support for Gravatars, but they could function in different sizes (e.g. I sign up for Vimeo and plug in my Gravatar info and both are smart enough to assign the correct size to that site.)
§ Joshua Blankenship · 05 February 2009