well said, +1<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 5:54 PM, ricardo lafuente <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bollecs@sollec.org">bollecs@sollec.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On 05/31/2010 03:07 PM, a.l.e wrote:<br>
> - it may not be easy to get <a href="http://create.org" target="_blank">create.org</a><br>
><br>
> yes, create is a great name, but we need the domain name attached to it!<br>
<br>
</div>Just a side note for the discussion: the domain issue need not be a<br>
dealbreaker when discussing the name of the project. Of course, having<br>
<a href="http://create.org" target="_blank">create.org</a> would be fab, but createfoundation dot org, or even<br>
<a href="http://creategraphicsassociation.org" target="_blank">creategraphicsassociation.org</a> (note: exaggeration) doesn't seem that<br>
confusing or hard to type.<br>
<br>
As a snarky example, <a href="http://0100101110101101.org" target="_blank">0100101110101101.org</a> is an artist collective whose<br>
absolutely unmemorizable domain name didn't keep them and their website<br>
from getting popular and famous. Obviously it's good to have a simple and<br>
clear url, but the actual relevance of the project will be a much bigger<br>
driver of pageviews than a 6-letter domain name.<br>
<br>
Finally, i did read somewhere that most people seem to look for a site by<br>
googling its name (or even its url! the horror) -- most of the<br>
less-than-geeky people i know do this. So again, it's relevance that<br>
should be the priority for the project and its website in order for it to<br>
be known.<br>
<br>
Other than that, +1 to Create Foundation/Association/*. It's a very good<br>
(and catchy) name, with enough identity to be associated with graphics but<br>
vague enough to give some leeway to future broadening of the project's<br>
scope. And it avoids the usual pitfalls of arguments around 'free' vs.<br>
'libre', or 'graphics' vs. 'art' vs. 'design'.<br>
<br>
Cheerio,<br>
<font color="#888888">:r<br>
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