Magic bracelets, Marvel Avengers Edition
This post originally appeared at the Duets Blog. Being a Make Mine Marvel type, I am of course very excited to see the Avengers movie, which will feature all of …
This Name Lacks an Object: Google+ Name Review
This post originally appeared at Catch This. Like all techies great and small, I was all over the news of Google’s answer to Twitter/Facebook: Google+. Even though I have an …
Provenge: Is it Vengeful? Is it Proactive? Is it Even a Vaccine?
This post originally appeared at Fast Company. Pharmaceutical naming is a tricky business. In addition to finding a name that’s available to trademark, you have to make sure it doesn’t …
Overstocked with names: It’s still the Oakland Coliseum around here
This post originally appeared at the Duets Blog. You may be aware that there is a large sports arena located in Oakland, California, wherein both the Oakland A’s and the …
Names We Loved – and Loved to Hate – in 2010
This post originally appeared in Fast Company. Ah, 2010. Seems like a million years ago, when in fact we’re only two weeks into the new year. Like all good bloggers, …
This Just In: Naming Is Still Hard
There have been a number of Dilbert strips that deal with naming; seems like Scott Adams does about one a year. And you know what? It’s still funny, and it’s …
More Best/Worst: Catchword on the Radio
I was lucky enough to be interviewed on CKTB by the wonderful Tim Denis about the best and worst names of the decade (following up on our list which I …
Say It Out Loud: PETA Has A Badly-Named Blog
I’m probably late to the game on this one, but: Really? Seriously?
NoPa? Really?: Who Owns Naming Rights in San Francisco?
This post originally appeared at Catch This. Believe it or not, some of us still read newspapers. And so I am able to tell you that on its front page, …
Born Again: GodTube Becomes Tangle
This post originally appeared at Catch This. Yeah, I know the title was a cheap joke, but what the heck. I knew that GodTube existed, but just the other day …