I agree - the brand has to extend to peoples lives. But I don't think land based terminolgy make for accurate descriptors of what this web network will be. For exmple, many of the sites running on the network won't be geographiclly based at all. Also, "dean country" lessens communities ability to define their own image. For exmple, it is implied that all network communities are residents of "Dean Country" - whereas with "DeanSpace" all communities can define where they reside and what they are constituded by and for and make a small note that they are connected to other communities by "DeanSpace".
-Zack On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Shannon Little wrote: > It's a good idea to be forward thinking regarding how the name is going > to sound and look when referred to on the site and by potential > members. This is part of the reason I really like Dean Country. The > site could have a nice flash into saying something like "Now entering > Dean Country...." and a welcome message: "Welcome to Dean Country" , A > "Dean Country Map" that could be visual with an image of the US where > people could click on their state to find local sites. These are just > a few ideas that would fit nicely into a site theme using deancountry. > >
