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Product names — how do you come up with one?
zridling:
I wouldn't wish this process on anyone! and cannot imagine coming up with a name for a new software program. If you're a developer, how do you come up with a name? I can understand naming a product after its functionality, but so often every variant you can imagine is already taken. And if you're a user, what would you suggest?
mouser:
great question!
i have come up with some real losers and some i hope winners :)
i try to have 2 rules:
1) do a google search and it shouldnt return more than 1 or 2 hits
2) name should reflect function of the app.
mistakes i have made in the past:
1) don't use a name that could be spelled different ways and with punctuation:
e.g. "find and run robot" vs "find+run robot" vs. "find&run robot" = bad bad bad
mouser:
i also want to point out that naming an app can be very fun and motivating - it breathes some life into a project idea and can really motivate you.
zridling:
I think the last thing I would go for would be an obscure name. Better than it be descriptive rather than confusing. Lots of P2P or bittorrent apps have nondescript names.
mouser:
another mistake i make a lot as zaine is quick to remind me :)
is that i sometimes leave out the spaces and sometime put them in
ie "ScreenshotCaptor" vs. "Screenshot Captor"
pick one and stick with it!
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