Names in the wild: Herfy’s
Posted in Names, Names in the Wild on March 29th, 2007 No Comments »
Tags: signs, herfy’s, burgers, restaurant, uwajimaya, seattle
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The Name Inspector at Ignite Seattle!
Posted in Events, Names, Types of Name on March 28th, 2007 No Comments »
Residents of the Seattle area, have you been to Ignite Seattle!? (Please note that The Name Inspector is not loose with his exclamation points-that one is part of the name Ignite Seattle!.) The third one is happening next week-Thursday, April 5-at the Capitol Hill Arts Center. At 6:30 there’s some sort of group building project […]
Flickr
Posted in Company Names, Good Names, Iconic Names, Metonymy, Names, Real Word Names on March 21st, 2007 5 Comments »
On Monday The Name Inspector hosted a Biznik workshop and everyone discussed the name of the popular photo-sharing site Flickr. It’s an interesting case study in selecting a real word to serve as a business name.
The word flicker clearly evokes scenarios associated with light and photography. One person said it reminded her of movie projectors […]
Skype
Posted in Blend Names, Company Names, Enigmatic Names, Good Names, Hard Names, Metonymy, Names on March 16th, 2007 4 Comments »
The name Skype combines the familiar and the peculiar. Though there’s that unmistakable word sky in there, t