TAG: names

You're a Nobody Unless Your Name Googles Well

"In the age of Google, being special increasingly requires standing out from the crowd online. Many people aspire for themselves -- or their offspring -- to command prominent placement in the top few links on search engines . . . "

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IKEA product naming system

"Have you ever wondered how and why IKEA products are named the way they are?"

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Database of American Proprietary Eponyms

Popsicle, escalator and rolodex are all trademarks. Who knew?

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The Name Game

Guy Kawasaki's tips for naming a copmany or product.

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Call Me Shithead, or, What's in a Name?

Design Observer: Naming things is a "design-related activity that virtually every person on earth feels fully qualified to undertake on their own, for free."

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