How do people name things?

[notfred]

I've been developing this content management system for our website here at work. All this time, it's never had a name. So, I was telling my supervisor that we needed a name for it. He thougt real hard about it for a couple minutes, and came up with "Maxwell".

Ok, so it's named maxwell.... cause we couldn't think of anything better.

Are products typically named like this?

 

[Zugzwang152]

i think typically a priduct gets named something catchy that will sell better. But usually don't they have marketing teams strategerizing on it? 😕 usually they dont let managers name a product whatever they want...

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
i think typically a priduct gets named something catchy that will sell better. But usually don't they have marketing teams strategerizing on it? 😕 usually they dont let managers name a product whatever they want...

Well, we're not selling it, it's just a tool for employees here to use.

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
i think typically a priduct gets named something catchy that will sell better. But usually don't they have marketing teams strategerizing on it? 😕 usually they dont let managers name a product whatever they want...

Well, we're not selling it, it's just a tool for employees here to use.

when it's just something for our employees at work to use, we just call it what it is...

support log = call/support log

haha..

 

[Zim Hosein]

Since you're developing it, why not be simple and call it "Notfred?" 🙂

 

[BooGiMaN]

its usually themed based
here all the printers have fish names
where i used to work all the conference rooms had names of beaches

color printers have mythical names