Comments on: PageFlakes: Good metaphors don’t have to be perfect http://www.thenameinspector.com/pageflakes/ Tells you what makes names tick. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:52:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: 10 tips for naming your company, product, or service : The Name Inspector http://www.thenameinspector.com/pageflakes/#comment-466 10 tips for naming your company, product, or service : The Name Inspector Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:32:30 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/pageflakes/#comment-466 [...] Creative professionals, especially namers, love making mind maps and doing other exercises to break their habits of thought and explore connections that would not otherwise occur to them. You should do this, too. Start with a clear understanding of what your company/product/service does and how it benefits people. Then think of things that are indirectly associated with these ideas. Include some things that are visually distinctive (logo material). Also try to think of things that can represent a function or benefit metaphorically. Good metaphors make abstract ideas tangible and obscure ideas clear–consider the way the flake metaphor in the name PageFlakes helps people understand what an Ajax homepage is like. Finally, some simple free association never hurts. [...] […] Creative professionals, especially namers, love making mind maps and doing other exercises to break their habits of thought and explore connections that would not otherwise occur to them. You should do this, too. Start with a clear understanding of what your company/product/service does and how it benefits people. Then think of things that are indirectly associated with these ideas. Include some things that are visually distinctive (logo material). Also try to think of things that can represent a function or benefit metaphorically. Good metaphors make abstract ideas tangible and obscure ideas clear–consider the way the flake metaphor in the name PageFlakes helps people understand what an Ajax homepage is like. Finally, some simple free association never hurts. […]

]]> By: Lutfar Rahman Nirjhar http://www.thenameinspector.com/pageflakes/#comment-39 Lutfar Rahman Nirjhar Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:12:56 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/pageflakes/#comment-39 Very fantastic article. I am very happy to read this!!! Very fantastic article. I am very happy to read this!!!

]]> By: Saqib Md. Tanzim http://www.thenameinspector.com/pageflakes/#comment-38 Saqib Md. Tanzim Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:49:01 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/pageflakes/#comment-38 Yeah, Page for Corn lovers like us! :) Yeah, Page for Corn lovers like us! :)

]]> By: mouly http://www.thenameinspector.com/pageflakes/#comment-37 mouly Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:45:16 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/pageflakes/#comment-37 Very interesting article. Specially the Phonetic analysis was nice. I use pageflakes, but the analysis never came to my mind. Very interesting article. Specially the Phonetic analysis was nice. I use pageflakes, but the analysis never came to my mind.

]]> By: Lars http://www.thenameinspector.com/pageflakes/#comment-31 Lars Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:53:15 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/pageflakes/#comment-31 Nice article. I heard of Pageflakes before - will check it out again now. I always thought of Cornflakes when I hear of Pageflakes. I grew up with Cornflakes ;-)) Lars Nice article. I heard of Pageflakes before - will check it out again now. I always thought of Cornflakes when I hear of Pageflakes. I grew up with Cornflakes ;-))

Lars

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