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Random thoughts: - If, when you say it, you find yourself having to spell it for people, it's a bad sign. - A name that succinctly describes a service is grea
by jamesbritt 14y ago
Random thoughts:
- If, when you say it, you find yourself having to spell it for people, it's a bad sign.
- A name that succinctly describes a service is great for that service, but can make it hard to pivot. Conversely, a nonsense name gives you more latitude (and likely unique Google-mojo) but now you have to teach people what it means,
- If a name isn't obviously interfering with what you're doing then it's probably not that big a deal while you're validating an idea, but of course if things don't take off you're going to wonder how it might have been different if you had a catchy clever name :)
- mindcrime 14y agoThe advice I've always heard is that names should have four primary attributes: 1. easy to pronounce 2. easy to spell 3. easy to remember 4. memorable To that list, I'd add: 5. Don't have obvious negative connotations (eg, sounding like a sexual perversion or a cough medicine)