May 23, 2023 · Personal
I didn't like internet at all when I was little. But... It's about February 2016 when I first inmerged into the open world of social networking apps.
One of my first social network that I remember using & enjoying was YouTube. I didn't upload but watched a lot of videos.
I remember joining Tecnología Amino back at August 31th, 2016, just some minutes after watching Top 5 Apps Android Septiembre 2016 from Topes de Gama (formerly "Andro4All"), from Jaume Lahoz.
I didn't get used to that new social media platform at first, but eventually did start to post and upload blogs. I quickly escalated in there and started to be recognized on the platform. By 2017 it was one of my favourite social network platform and where I started posting things about ROMs and reviewing apps.
By the time I joined, back at August 2016, NTN-42B (also stylized ntn42b) was the main leader and the creator of Tecnología Amino.
I felt like that was an unique and easily recognizable username. I just noticed that using just my name, "Sergio Fernández", was not enough to be recognized, so I started thinking about a nickname, an unique one.
BBJFdez it's easier than you might be thinking; following his layout. The first three laters (B, B and J)... The following letters (Fdez) are just the spanish abbrevitation for "Fernández". So that makes BBJFdez.
I quickly used this nickname for all my social platforms and online accounts (by that time they must be Twitter, Instagram, DEV.TO, Medium, and some other platforms).
By that time, Gabriel Howard and I decided to create a placeholder to develop, host and publish some Android projects (ROMs, kernels, visual designs and other things we've been doing by that time).
The organization borns in June 2019. With its name no more basic as my nickname then. B, B and J, already explained, and "ProjeK", which means "project" in dutch)... That made "BBJProjeK".
That way we started releasing projects and creating new things under BBJProjeK name, and expanding the Android community with recognizable projects like ElementOS, PaloKernel, and other releases in XDA Developers and other forums.
The answer is easy; because it lacked meaning and originality.
Also because the apparition of nice (more basic) alternatives make me rethink of my nickname. It's about January 2020 and after thinking a bit too much of my friend's and other people's Instagram or other platforms nicknames when I realized I needed a more descriptive nickname (i.e. a more basic one).
My friend's nicknames were as basic as using name+surname plus some repeated vocal or consonant for that unique username. That formula makes dynelaarsen for someone called Dyne Larsen or palomagarrcia for someone called Paloma García.
So yeah, I was as dumb as recreating my "unique" nickname by using my name and surname... that made serrgiofdezz. Nice... now I entered the basic nickname community... But at least I used that nickname for every platform, and not a different one this time... (this make it easier for anyone to find me on any platform, although it might be a priacy issue).
It's 2023 and I'm still using this nickname. Well, I think this is just the nickname. It's simple and it's descriptive. So why changing again?
I mostly use this nickname for every social network or platform. But as many know, I'm leaving social presence, so many social networks have been deleted (try finding me on Instagram or Twitter. Or Facebook ;D ... I deleted them all).
BBJFdez's original profile picture (2017)
