Alright, let me walk you through what I did today. I heard this name, Dylan O’Connor, mentioned somewhere. Can’t even remember exactly where, maybe in passing about some project or something. Anyway, it stuck in my head, so I thought, okay, let’s see who this is.
So, first thing, I just went to my computer and pulled up a search engine. Typed in “Dylan O’Connor”. Simple enough, right?
Well, boom. Pages and pages of results. Seriously, it seems like a super common name. There were profiles on all sorts of sites, you know, the usual social media stuff, some news bits, maybe something about sports? It was just a big jumble. Hard to tell which Dylan O’Connor was which, or if any of them were the one I was vaguely thinking of.
Trying to narrow it down
Okay, that was too broad. I tried to remember the context. Pretty sure it was something related to maybe… tech? Or perhaps some kind of creative work? My memory’s fuzzy on the exact details, which didn’t help.
I decided to try adding keywords. So, my next searches looked something like this:
- “Dylan O’Connor tech”
- “Dylan O’Connor developer”
- “Dylan O’Connor artist”
That helped a bit, filtered out some of the noise. But still, I got multiple possibilities. Found a LinkedIn profile here, an old forum post there, maybe a mention on a company ‘about’ page. Some looked promising, others felt like dead ends. One profile seemed really old, probably not updated in years. Another looked like maybe a student.
It felt like I was guessing. Is it this one? Or that one? Frustrating.
Hitting different platforms
I figured maybe specific platforms would be better. Went over to LinkedIn, searched again. Found a few more Dylan O’Connors in technical fields, but none immediately screamed “this is the guy!”. Then I tried Twitter, or X, whatever it’s called now. Even more noise there. Lots of personal accounts, hard to tell who does what professionally just from a quick look.
I even poked around on sites like GitHub, thinking if they were a developer, maybe I’d find something. Found a couple of accounts with that name, looked at the repositories. Nothing really jumped out or matched the vague context I had in mind.
What I learned (or didn’t)
Honestly, after maybe 45 minutes of this, I just stopped. It was taking way more effort than I expected for a simple name lookup. It really shows you, the internet has everything, but finding one specific person, especially with a common name, can still be a real chore. Maybe the person I was thinking of keeps a low profile online. Or maybe I just misheard or misremembered the name or context entirely.
So, the end result? I didn’t really find the Dylan O’Connor I was looking for, or at least, I couldn’t be sure. Just ended up seeing how many people share that name. A bit of a wild goose chase, really. Sometimes you just search and come up empty. That was my practical experience for the day!
