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"What can CAP do for you? First let's agree….. worst name ever. Now that we're past that, here's our story, and an ask." MS, you're competing with a product ca
by NamTaf 10y ago
"What can CAP do for you?
First let's agree….. worst name ever. Now that we're past that, here's our story, and an ask."
MS, you're competing with a product called "IFTTT". Don't think so lowly of yourself!
- kranner 10y agoIf This Then That is a pretty cool name. Zapier on the other hand...
- NamTaf 10y agoI get where it comes form, and it makes sense, but it's long and will inevitably be shorterned to IFTTT which is just awkward. An acronym/initialism is better if it can be pronounced like a word. CAP is one of them, and thus I feel it's better than IFTTT even though IFTTT's full name makes more sense and is 'good'.
- kranner 10y agoIn terms of searchability, "IFTTT" and "Zapier" beat "CAP" by a mile because the latter is a common word. So I can search for recipes with "IFTTT" or "Zapier" but in this case I have to type the full expansion "conditional action programmer." Whether or not a name like IFTTT is awkward, and therefore bad in some sense, is subjective. Personally I happen to like the awkwardness.
- nutheracc 10y agoWhat's "an ask"?
- slazaro 10y agoIt might sound weird to you, but it's correct. Noun ask (plural asks) 1. An act or instance of asking. 2. Something asked or asked for; a request. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ask https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ask
- userbinator 10y agoMore information here: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/4246/can-or-should-ask-ever-be-used-as-a-noun http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/4246/can-or-shoul... Personally I never use it because it can sound far too close to "ass" especially through low-fidelity channels.
- morgante 10y agoAccording to that link, it's been part of "Microsoft-speak" for over a decade. It's definitely a noun, but the kind of noun that only annoying business people use.
- nutheracc 10y agoNow try to find it in a real dictionary.
- Sacho 10y agoHere's oxford dictionaries on the word: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/ask http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/ask > [WITH ADJECTIVE] informal A demand or situation that requires a specified degree of effort or commitment: > it is a big ask for him to go and play 90 minutes > it was a tough ask, but they delivered Or OED: http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/11505?rskey=xAEeZD&result=1#eid http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/11505?rskey=xAEeZD&result=1#ei... > Westm. Papers 1 Nov. 107 Who has not suffered when he has played correctly second hand..from his partner assuming that there has been an ask for trumps? > 2014 D. Chapman Ascendant lxxiii. 301 A plane? Full of people?.. That is an enormous ask.
- kentt 10y agoWhen used liked that it's synonymous with request. If heard it often used as "that's a big ask". Some example usages[1] since you seem a bit skeptical. [1] https://scholar.google.ca/scholar?hl=en&q=%22big+ask%22&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_sdtp= https://scholar.google.ca/scholar?hl=en&q=%22big+ask%22&btnG...