Posted in Uncategorized on May 25th, 2007 2 Comments »
The Name Inspector’s 10 name types post has been translated into Russian. Just for fun, here it is translated back into English by Google Translate.
Posted in Bad Names, Company Names, Large Names, Names, Phrase Names, Startup Names, Types of Name on May 24th, 2007 3 Comments »
Most company names consist of just one or two meaningful parts. That makes sense, because brevity is important in a name for several reasons: memorability, simplicity of pronunciation, ease of writing and typing, and graphic compactness in a logo. So crowded is the space of names, however, that people have been forced into three-meaningful-part territory. [...]
Posted in Names, Names in the Wild, Phrase Names on May 10th, 2007 2 Comments »
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Posted in Links on May 8th, 2007 No Comments »
This has nothing to do with naming, but it’s gorgeous: The Name Inspector website depicted as a graph, created by Sala’s app. Thanks to swissmiss for the tip.
Posted in Bad Names, Company Names, Iconic Names, Large Names, Names, Phrase Names on May 7th, 2007 3 Comments »
Have you noticed that your local Kinko’s has become FedEx Kinko’s? Kinko’s is known for having a laid-back corporate culture. Maybe a little too laid back. The Name Inspector once went to a 24-hour Kinko’s in Manhattan, and there was no one there. Not only were there no other customers, but there were no employees, [...]
Posted in Events, Naming, News on May 3rd, 2007 1 Comment »
Some of you have sent email or left comments asking for advice about how to name your company. The Name Inspector hopes you understand that it takes work to come up with good suggestions, and it’s not really sensible for him to do that work for free because his time is scarce and there are [...]
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