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You know, I thought the same thing. The idea started as a tipjar for Github and I bought Gittip.com, but then I realized it was much bigger, so I decided to use
by whit537 14y ago
You know, I thought the same thing. The idea started as a tipjar for Github and I bought Gittip.com, but then I realized it was much bigger, so I decided to use Logstown.com, a domain I already own. But then I was talking to my bro-in-law this past weekend, a non-technical musician, and he was like "Logstown makes me think I'm taking a dump. I like Gittip a lot better." So I renamed it back.
He has no idea what git and github are, so the name gittip to him is just a nice, symmetrical name that has "tip" in it and evocations of "gift."
Go figure.
Look at the way that "bit" and "wiki" have evolved beyond BitTorrent and the WikiWikiWeb. I console myself by hoping that with gittip, the same is maybe happening to "git."
- whit537 14y agoI mean, it already started happening with github.
- lazerwalker 14y agoFair enough! The main thing I'd worry about is people mis-hearing the name and trying to go to either gettip.com or gifttip.com, but it's very likely that I'm giving people too little credit. That wouldn't be a problem if 'git' enters the non-technical zeitgeist, but that's admittedly a pretty big 'if'.
- jmathai 14y ago> [Insert name] makes me think I'm taking a dump. That's about as good of feedback as you can ask for.
- whit537 14y ago:D