[CREATE] [LGF] A name !

[Jake]

well said, +1

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 5:54 PM, ricardo lafuente <bollecs at sollec.org>wrote:

> On 05/31/2010 03:07 PM, a.l.e wrote:
> > - it may not be easy to get create.org
> >
> > yes, create is a great name, but we need the domain name attached to it!
>
> Just a side note for the discussion: the domain issue need not be a
> dealbreaker when discussing the name of the project. Of course, having
> create.org would be fab, but createfoundation dot org, or even
> creategraphicsassociation.org (note: exaggeration) doesn't seem that
> confusing or hard to type.
>
> As a snarky example, 0100101110101101.org is an artist collective whose
> absolutely unmemorizable domain name didn't keep them and their website
> from getting popular and famous. Obviously it's good to have a simple and
> clear url, but the actual relevance of the project will be a much bigger
> driver of pageviews than a 6-letter domain name.
>
> Finally, i did read somewhere that most people seem to look for a site by
> googling its name (or even its url! the horror) -- most of the
> less-than-geeky people i know do this. So again, it's relevance that
> should be the priority for the project and its website in order for it to
> be known.
>
> Other than that, +1 to Create Foundation/Association/*. It's a very good
> (and catchy) name, with enough identity to be associated with graphics but
> vague enough to give some leeway to future broadening of the project's
> scope. And it avoids the usual pitfalls of arguments around 'free' vs.
> 'libre', or 'graphics' vs. 'art' vs. 'design'.
>
> Cheerio,
> :r
>
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