About tycho garen

Speaking of my byline, I should make clear the tycho garen/Sam Kleinman distinction. It's a long story, the origins and reasons of which aren't particularly interesting or relevant, but some years ago, I began to feel uncomfortable with the lack of privacy, and potential ?confused contexts that goes along with contemporary culture. So I began writing my blog as tycho garen, when I publish fiction I use it as a byline. I send emails (by default) from tycho, I was photographed for a portrait project, and put tycho garen on the model release (as the name). tycho (never capitalized, it seems) is even the originator of my PGP key.

I wouldn't want to make things as cut and dry as saying that "Sam" is the ?meatspace identity and tycho is the cyborg/cyberspace identity, though properly contextualizing my work and relationships is one of the inspirations for using "tycho." In the beginning, I suspected that the domains Sam would work in and the domains that tycho would operate in would be distinct enough to avoid overlap or collision, but time proves me wrong.

If you wondering about the method to the madness regarding how I choose which moniker to use, here's my intention: Sam will cover all of the public-facing and administrative content for the Institute, but on the wiki I will sign contributions (when appropriate) with tychoish and a link to this page. Because it only seems fair.