> Not to be a downer, but I'm not sure a common name like Seth really > solves the problem here. I can already foresee: > > new_person: New relay operator here, any tips? > somebody: Hey, try Seth! > new_person: The EFF technologist who posts on tor-talk? > new_person: Does he help with relay admin stuff, too? > somebody: Nope, it's something completely different. It's a confusing name.
Thanks Mike! Actually, when Roger reminded me of Seth Schoen that's the one thing so far that did give me pause. I doubt this would honestly cause confusion but that aside, I should check with him. I'd find it unpleasant if a popular project in this community was named 'Damian'. If he feels likewise I should pick another name. Hope not though. I really like this one. :( > Conversational confusion aside, one of my pet peeves is being unable to > search the web for a piece of software by name only and find it on the > first page. A program named "Seth" is likely going to be as difficult to > find as "arm" was/is. Hmm. Just about every name we have that doesn't include 'Tor' in it unfortunately fails this test. Tails, Stem... even Vidalia struggles a bit through it manages to beat out the cooking recipes for the #1 and #2 spot. >> so now just a final sanity check with you, our wonderful community. >> Any strong reasons to pick something else? Nothing is set in stone yet >> so still open to alternatives. > > Here's some random tips for picking a memorable brand/business name that > might help. I've sorted these roughly in order of how applicable they > seem to be to software (most relevant urls first), and included some > comments below each URL: > > http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/223401 > - "Seth" violates tip #2, #5, and probably #7 here. Those are really good tips. Originally I was thinking of Tormoni (which actually *was* arm's name for a brief time before I was asked to change it), but it's both too long and Roger would still prefer if we pick a name without 'tor'. Pity. Otherwise it actually fits those really well (meaningful, sounds good aloud, etc). Cheers! -Damian _______________________________________________ tor-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev
