Comments on: Naming Stories: LiftPort http://www.thenameinspector.com/liftport/ Tells you what makes names tick. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:19:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Spicoli http://www.thenameinspector.com/liftport/comment-page-1/#comment-112730 Spicoli Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:53:10 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/naming-stories-liftport/#comment-112730 Mabye LiftPort could do something like John Cougar did. He became John Cougar Mellencamp and waited a few years and then dropped the Cougar part completly to become just John Mellencamp. The slow transition thing. BTW, what ever happend to Hilary Rodam Clinton, hmmm. I thought of a good name for a band a few years back, check this out, Crack Spackler. Whataya think? Mabye LiftPort could do something like John Cougar did. He became John Cougar Mellencamp and waited a few years and then dropped the Cougar part completly to become just John Mellencamp. The slow transition thing. BTW, what ever happend to Hilary Rodam Clinton, hmmm. I thought of a good name for a band a few years back, check this out, Crack Spackler. Whataya think?

]]> By: The Name Inspector http://www.thenameinspector.com/liftport/comment-page-1/#comment-437 The Name Inspector Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:41:13 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/naming-stories-liftport/#comment-437 Hi Brian (Laks), Thanks for your comment. I like the idea of having a forum where entrepreneurs can discuss their name ideas with others. I've even considered having something like that on this site. Hmmm.... Hi Brian (Laks),

Thanks for your comment. I like the idea of having a forum where entrepreneurs can discuss their name ideas with others. I’ve even considered having something like that on this site. Hmmm….

]]> By: Brian Laks http://www.thenameinspector.com/liftport/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Brian Laks Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:38:25 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/naming-stories-liftport/#comment-338 Wow, I think this just goes to show how much work should go into the name BEFORE the website and company are up and running. Many of the posts I have been reading across this site have a similar comment half way down them - "We won't be changing our name". I think this would be the response you'd get from any company that has already spent much effort establishing their brand. It would be nice to have a forum where potential names could be batted around so you don't realize you have a stinker name after carving the marble statue logo for your headquarters. But to the people at LiftPort, I like the name. It's simple, easy to remember, and industrial-sounding which also gives it an air of officiality, unlike some other cutesier names that aren't as drab. (But I do like skywire too!) Maybe that could be one of your future product offerings. "Skywire, by LiftPort, coming soon!" Wow, I think this just goes to show how much work should go into the name BEFORE the website and company are up and running. Many of the posts I have been reading across this site have a similar comment half way down them – “We won’t be changing our name”.

I think this would be the response you’d get from any company that has already spent much effort establishing their brand. It would be nice to have a forum where potential names could be batted around so you don’t realize you have a stinker name after carving the marble statue logo for your headquarters.

But to the people at LiftPort, I like the name. It’s simple, easy to remember, and industrial-sounding which also gives it an air of officiality, unlike some other cutesier names that aren’t as drab. (But I do like skywire too!) Maybe that could be one of your future product offerings. “Skywire, by LiftPort, coming soon!”

]]> By: Brian http://www.thenameinspector.com/liftport/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Brian Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:21:16 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/naming-stories-liftport/#comment-25 <i>Brian is right, we wont be changing our name. :-)</i> The upside to that would be that any stock with the LiftPort name becomes an instant collector's item. The downside to the upside is we have to make it all work _first_ and hang onto the swag for a few years. Brian is right, we wont be changing our name. :-)

The upside to that would be that any stock with the LiftPort name becomes an instant collector’s item. The downside to the upside is we have to make it all work _first_ and hang onto the swag for a few years.

]]> By: The Name Inspector » Blog Archive » LiftPort follow-up http://www.thenameinspector.com/liftport/comment-page-1/#comment-24 The Name Inspector » Blog Archive » LiftPort follow-up Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:52:29 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/naming-stories-liftport/#comment-24 [...] The Name Inspector would like to thank Michael Laine and Brian Dunbar for their gracious responses to his critical comments about the name LiftPort. Brian links to the critique in a good-natured post. In a comment Michael vows to impress the world with results rather than words. That’s really what matters, isn’t it? In the meantime, check out the posters and T-shirts for sale on the LiftPort website. They feature images from 3D models of the space elevator, and appear to be a lot cooler than the name! [...] [...] The Name Inspector would like to thank Michael Laine and Brian Dunbar for their gracious responses to his critical comments about the name LiftPort. Brian links to the critique in a good-natured post. In a comment Michael vows to impress the world with results rather than words. That’s really what matters, isn’t it? In the meantime, check out the posters and T-shirts for sale on the LiftPort website. They feature images from 3D models of the space elevator, and appear to be a lot cooler than the name! [...]

]]> By: Michael Laine http://www.thenameinspector.com/liftport/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Michael Laine Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:58:12 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/naming-stories-liftport/#comment-23 Thanks for your thoughts. I suspected that I would get a response along those lines. I actually DID consider SkyWire 4 years ago, when we were brainstroming names, and ruled it out for the same reasons - we couldnt get a website for it. Brian is right, we wont be changing our name. :-) Since we are not going to win praise about our name, I guess we are going to have to EARN our glory with RESULTS. Take Care. mjl Thanks for your thoughts. I suspected that I would get a response along those lines. I actually DID consider SkyWire 4 years ago, when we were brainstroming names, and ruled it out for the same reasons – we couldnt get a website for it.

Brian is right, we wont be changing our name. :-)

Since we are not going to win praise about our name, I guess we are going to have to EARN our glory with RESULTS.

Take Care. mjl

]]> By: LiftPort Staff Blog » Blog Archive » What’s in a name? http://www.thenameinspector.com/liftport/comment-page-1/#comment-22 LiftPort Staff Blog » Blog Archive » What’s in a name? Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:42:30 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/naming-stories-liftport/#comment-22 [...] I will allow that the line does not really work here. I’m not Juliet, this isn’t Verona and there ain’t a Montague in sight. But how could I resist? The Name Inspector* doesn’t like the name LiftPort … First, what’s exciting about the “Elevator to Space” idea is that it goes to outer space. There’s nothing about space in the name LiftPort. Lift gets at the idea of going up, but it’s a mundane word and does not evoke a vivid image. It makes The Name Inspector’s spouse think of those little things you put in your shoes to appear an inch or two taller. Doesn’t exactly send the imagination soaring beyond geosynchronous orbit, does it?Then there’s the word port. It’s a perfectly good word to use in this context, evoking airports and shipping ports. But it’s a bit redundant in combination with lift. Like lift, port also suggests moving or carrying, as in transport and teleport (it is, in fact, derived from the Latin word meaning ‘to carry’). This kind of redundancy makes a compound name fall a bit flat, and squanders the opportunity that such names provide to combine words and their meanings in jarring and delightful ways. [...] [...] I will allow that the line does not really work here. I’m not Juliet, this isn’t Verona and there ain’t a Montague in sight. But how could I resist? The Name Inspector* doesn’t like the name LiftPort … First, what’s exciting about the “Elevator to Space” idea is that it goes to outer space. There’s nothing about space in the name LiftPort. Lift gets at the idea of going up, but it’s a mundane word and does not evoke a vivid image. It makes The Name Inspector’s spouse think of those little things you put in your shoes to appear an inch or two taller. Doesn’t exactly send the imagination soaring beyond geosynchronous orbit, does it?Then there’s the word port. It’s a perfectly good word to use in this context, evoking airports and shipping ports. But it’s a bit redundant in combination with lift. Like lift, port also suggests moving or carrying, as in transport and teleport (it is, in fact, derived from the Latin word meaning ‘to carry’). This kind of redundancy makes a compound name fall a bit flat, and squanders the opportunity that such names provide to combine words and their meanings in jarring and delightful ways. [...]

]]> By: The Name Inspector http://www.thenameinspector.com/liftport/comment-page-1/#comment-19 The Name Inspector Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:54:57 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/naming-stories-liftport/#comment-19 Hi Brian, Suggesting a better name wouldn't go against the spirit of the blog, exactly, but really doing it right would take more time than I can spend on a blog post, because it would be necessary to screen out all the unavailable URLs and trademarks. That said, I think something along the lines of <b>SkyWire</b> would be interesting if it were available. That name conjurs up a pretty vivid image and is descriptive without sounding generic. There are, unfortunately, a number of companies that already use the name, though I don't know if any of them are in your space, so to speak. Hi Brian,

Suggesting a better name wouldn’t go against the spirit of the blog, exactly, but really doing it right would take more time than I can spend on a blog post, because it would be necessary to screen out all the unavailable URLs and trademarks. That said, I think something along the lines of SkyWire would be interesting if it were available. That name conjurs up a pretty vivid image and is descriptive without sounding generic. There are, unfortunately, a number of companies that already use the name, though I don’t know if any of them are in your space, so to speak.

]]> By: Brian http://www.thenameinspector.com/liftport/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Brian Sat, 03 Feb 2007 06:03:33 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/naming-stories-liftport/#comment-17 <i>A better name would provide a more vivid image of an elevator going into space.</i> Example? Or would that go against the spirit of the blog? A better name would provide a more vivid image of an elevator going into space.

Example? Or would that go against the spirit of the blog?

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