Super interesting... We are doing something similar with our Android app, Paq... To be honest I didn't understand how to actually post more than one comment or engage with others... Did you?
Going thru these growing pains ourselves... Well written, couldn't agree more... One of the biggest problems with apps (when we considered the Lean Startup application) is that you can't
All the articles I read said they hoped to invest in 1,000 in the future. While I didn't expect the number to Be nearly that high I didn't expect it to be near 20. basicaly they're gambling that two
super interesting...Google's really digging into mapping, first with the revamped MyMaps and now with this...I'm just wondering if a timeline is the best way to see places...If I had a great date with my girlfriend a few months ago, I don't remember the day or even month...there's gotta be a better UX, no?
Awesome stuff... If you're looking into the more social desktop area there's Mapme out of Israel... What are people's take on Google's My Maps? (esp on mobile)
Hey, first time commenting in HN...let's hope i don't break any rules :)
We spent 5+ months thinking about different names & brainstormed literally for hours. You can find lots of good idea generators & checks for domains, social, etc here: http://startupstash.com/
We tried lots of languages (Greek, Spanish, Cherokee, you name it!) and even looked at cocktails (hint from Gimlet Media)...but nothing felt right...at the end we figured it needs to be something super simple but also tied into other aspects of what we're doing...
Since most of our users are traveling, we thought about things you see while traveling (animals, famous places, etc) as well as the actions you take (packing, moving, flying, etc)...in the end we loved the idea of "pack" -- it can be a noun, verb, whatever you want...but it was obviously taken across social media...
So we played around with Pak, Pakk, Pacq, Paqk, etc. We settled on Pak & Paq then ran it by some friends--good thing!!!--as apparently Pak is a racist slur for Pakistanis (never knew that)...so we went with Paq which fits into "have you Paq-ed for your trip?" "drop a Paq" and our mascot...Ally the Alpaqa!
Another tip is to think about what your core demographic is and play to those languages/strengths...While we loved "caja" (spanish for box) in Hebrew (we're based in Tel Aviv) it sounds like "cacha" which means "so-so"
This is how I go about naming things - by thinking of an associated concept or word or image. Recently, my workplace was looking to name their new BI tool. I thought about what BI gives you, thought about images it invokes, etc. Ultimately, I thought 'Echo' was a good name since you can think of business data being the echo of business and it's not the usual 'intelligence', 'insight', etc.
