- Things I’ve named
- One Word
- Pianosu
- Manifold
- Inquisition.app
- Bad names:
- “MLab” ⇒ super corporate
- Abbreviations like OpenPhil, SFF, CEAALAR (EA Hotel was much better)
- Good names:
- Atlas
- Strategies for naming
- Finding a good URL
- Don’t intersect with others
- Beware misspellings
- Pay attention to pronounciation (emphasize trochees)
- Use words people know
- But not too common. “Scott’s Cheap Flights ⇒ Going”
- Paul Graham: