harvestmoon
Joined 13 years ago
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Comment · 10 years ago
Competition isn't necessarily a bad thing, imo. A lot of companies and successful businesses enter a field where there is a proven demand and need and find a way to stand out.
Comment · 10 years ago
Find out what tools and services the startups/projects are using. You can then put a link to those services and get a commission.
:)
Comment · 10 years ago
Thanks, the kind words mean a lot. To be honest, I am not sure why the website has done so poorly in terms of search, but that is a good idea to reach out and try/get it on some top lists of web 2.0 name generators.
Comment · 10 years ago
Thank you. Actually, in testing, the Namebird has been able to generate multiple names that are actual medication names. So there is something there, maybe I could modify it and make a version for use by pharmaceutical companies.
Comment · 10 years ago
Thank you! Now that's the reaction I was hoping to get, hehe. Glad it helps and hope you find the perfect names for your projects!
Comment · 10 years ago
Thanks. Verisign is kind enough to let you sign up (for free, iirc) to get their list of taken .com domain names.
Comment · 10 years ago
The hosting isn't too bad, but I'm paying for a somewhat powerful server as I am a bit of a perfectionist and only want to run the software at maximum capacity, so to speak. It's not much, but over the years, it adds up.
Comment · 10 years ago
Oh, cool! Glad it helped.
Comment · 10 years ago
I designed a new name generation software called namebird: http://shobia.com/namebird
It allows you to make words that are fairly awesome and are great startup brand names. It even let's you make words via regular expressions - r.* im .* a creates words like retima and rimbra. (no spaces)
It didn't get a great HN response and in the 2 years since launch, I have spent a large amount on hosting and gotten no return whatsoever. I keep it up because it is incredibly powerful software and I hope it is helping at least some people.
Comment · 10 years ago
Personally, I am a huge fan of Guy Noir. I wonder if he ever found out the secrets that the city was trying to keep from him - or if he found the answers to life's persistent questions... Guy Noir, Private Eye.
Comment · 11 years ago
Yes, and as the wise narrator of this parody series points out, "What is most remarkable about this story is not that the dolphin knew the woman was sick, but that it knew she didn't know already."
Comment · 11 years ago
If anything, I think lowering the barriers to entry should result in higher quality hit songs. For a hit song to occur, it has to become popular, which means a certain amount of oomph.
So with 1000 songs to choose from for the hot 100, you'd expect OK songs, but with 100,000 to choose from, you'd expect in a meritocracy much better songs.
Of course, the hot 100 is hit and miss. An example of a song which was made using affordable DAW software is, I believe, Crank That by Soulja Boy which is a song I personally dislike, take that as you will.
Comment · 11 years ago
I don't. I think the dragon and angel references are there not because of an understanding of the game but rather to make it sound like what a powerful card should be. Obviously, to the reader who doesn't know MtG a rare dragon is more powerful than a rare flower, after all.
Comment · 11 years ago
Case in point The Simpsons. What season are we on, the 25th?
I made Namebird to help people name their startups, websites and products http://shobia.com/namebird
Currently, I am working on a website theme/template recommender program.