naming

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Naming is hard, yes, even, especially for a personal site since you have to pick both a name you like as a representation of yourself, and one that hasn’t been already taken, though sometimes you can ask nicely (or pay a lot) for domains that are registered but unused.

Because it is a general truism, the phrases "naming is hard" or "names are hard" are frequently heard in the chat when discussing names, especially for products or software.

Often, coming up with a name for a URL for a new site to represent you isn't easy either.

Bikeshed

A group of people discuss, debate, or arguing about a name of naming is commonly referred to as a bikeshed or bikeshedding.

Guides

  • Onym Resources: "This guide is an on-going open source attempt to organize the best tools and resources for naming things"

Naming Considerations

Branded vs more general names

  • https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/108352418240054955
    • "Developing Mastodon, I strive to use terminology that is familiar to as many people as possible so as to not put up unnecessary barriers in understanding. For this reason I am happy that we went away from calling posts "toots". It has always been a point of friction for people. Not that I dislike branding, quite the opposite, but in my experience receiving feedback over half a decade, it had a negative effect on the platform for little benefit." @Gargron May 23, 2022

See also:

Name generators

Silo Examples

Google

  • https://twitter.com/tomgara/status/1587640766696140800
    • "It’s pretty simple: Google Meet (original) was previously Meet, which was the rebranded Hangouts Meet. Meet has been merged with Google Duo, which replaced Google Hangouts. Google Duo has been renamed Meet, and Meet has been temporarily named Google Meet (original), for clarity" @tomgara November 2, 2022

Issues

Page name

  • Discussion: should we rename this page? /s

Articles

Articles about naming.

Brainstorming

Assumptions about names

See Also