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How Bluetooth got its name – an interview with Jim Kardach

54 points by natashabaker 8y ago

salutonmundo 8y ago
That's a great story. Marketing doesn't know everything, I guess!
- truly_loved 8y ago
  Im so thankful to wake up this morning.nothin or any person will take take that.stay miserable. One thing's for sure I won't be your company.
- bdamm 8y ago
  Inspiring really to see the engineering teams prevail despite the marketing and business headwinds. That's what tech is really all about!
- _red 8y ago
  I really like the fact that they acknowledged the problem with a name like "PAN" is that it becomes impossible to search for on internet. It can sometimes be a problem with names like ".net" or "go", certain use-cases become unsearchable.
gumby 8y ago
There's a lot of really great stuff in this interview about standardization, motivation, success/failure etc. Also I assumed that "How bluetooth got its name" was a clickbait title and there'd be a two-sentence answer to that someplace in the article. But no, it's actually a fun story!
tokai 8y ago
The "viking" on the stone is actually Christ.[0] You could say that Harald Blåtand connected the danish people in Christianity ;) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelling_stones#Runestone_of_Harald_Bluetooth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelling_stones#Runestone_of_Ha...
pge 8y ago
Fun fact: A story about Harold Bluetooth is also the likely original source of the apple shooting portion of the Wilhelm Tell story. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell
massivecali 8y ago
Or for anyone who has already seen Kingsmen: The King of Sweden : Bluetooth technology. Eggsy : Which, of course, got its name from the legendary Danish king Harald Blatand, whose name translates to 'Bluetooth' in English. [back in England, Roxy is relaying all the information through Eggsy's glasses] Roxy : And the Bluetooth logo is his initials in Norse runic symbols. Eggsy : And, as I'm sure you know, the Bluetooth logo is his initials... Princess Tilde : Yup. Eggsy : ...in Norse runic symbols.
chiph 8y ago
Tom Scott has a good take on King Bluetooth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdmQp9M9jUo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdmQp9M9jUo
car 8y ago
Maybe a word on where Harald Blåtand got his nickname from. He apparently had a dead incisor tooth, which had turned bluegrey.

54 points by natashabaker 8y ago

salutonmundo 8y ago

That's a great story. Marketing doesn't know everything, I guess!

truly_loved 8y ago
Im so thankful to wake up this morning.nothin or any person will take take that.stay miserable. One thing's for sure I won't be your company.
bdamm 8y ago
Inspiring really to see the engineering teams prevail despite the marketing and business headwinds. That's what tech is really all about!
_red 8y ago
I really like the fact that they acknowledged the problem with a name like "PAN" is that it becomes impossible to search for on internet. It can sometimes be a problem with names like ".net" or "go", certain use-cases become unsearchable.

gumby 8y ago

There's a lot of really great stuff in this interview about standardization, motivation, success/failure etc. Also I assumed that "How bluetooth got its name" was a clickbait title and there'd be a two-sentence answer to that someplace in the article. But no, it's actually a fun story!

tokai 8y ago

The "viking" on the stone is actually Christ.[0] You could say that Harald Blåtand connected the danish people in Christianity ;) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelling_stones#Runestone_of_Harald_Bluetooth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelling_stones#Runestone_of_Ha...

pge 8y ago

Fun fact: A story about Harold Bluetooth is also the likely original source of the apple shooting portion of the Wilhelm Tell story. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell

massivecali 8y ago

Or for anyone who has already seen Kingsmen: The King of Sweden : Bluetooth technology. Eggsy : Which, of course, got its name from the legendary Danish king Harald Blatand, whose name translates to 'Bluetooth' in English. [back in England, Roxy is relaying all the information through Eggsy's glasses] Roxy : And the Bluetooth logo is his initials in Norse runic symbols. Eggsy : And, as I'm sure you know, the Bluetooth logo is his initials... Princess Tilde : Yup. Eggsy : ...in Norse runic symbols.

chiph 8y ago

Tom Scott has a good take on King Bluetooth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdmQp9M9jUo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdmQp9M9jUo

car 8y ago

Maybe a word on where Harald Blåtand got his nickname from. He apparently had a dead incisor tooth, which had turned bluegrey.