Wordlab signup now working again
August 28, 2010 at 11:46 am in Wordlab Alerts by snark
The Wordlab registration page was inexplicably broken for a couple days, but now it is working again, so come on in and sign up here for a free account.
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IP.com: the best free patent search service
August 23, 2010 at 2:11 pm in IP Issues by snark
If you need to do a little patent searching, the best choice just keeps getting better: IP.com‘s free patent search engine. Not only is the design better and the page loading time faster than most other free patent search sites, but IP.com has more databases in place and more on the way (including China PRC and Chinese in English translation already in place), from patents and patent applications to prior art publications and now IBM Redbooks. And IP.com’s handy “more like this” feature on every patent page is a great semantic matching tool that no other search service has.
I have tried a bunch of services for patent, non-patent and trademark searching, and IP.com definitely has the best patent search service I’ve come across. Give it a try.
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New Wordlab name: Flying Anvil
August 19, 2010 at 9:31 am in Shoutout, Wordlab Names by snark
Congratulations to Wordlab member Milan for incorporating the new name for his IT company, Flying Anvil, created here on the Wordboard Company Names group Forum.
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101 Clichés in B2B Marketing
August 13, 2010 at 12:08 pm in Branding, Business by snark
Courtesy of a British company with the uninspiring name IAS, here is their own “viral marketing” campaign called 101 Clichés in B2B Marketing, from the “Lightbulb” (#001) to “The cliché within a cliché” (#101). They plan to continue the vigil with reader submission into the great uncharted territory beyond “101″, so send them yours now. I just submitted one on behalf of Wordlab, and of course I couldn’t resist what should be obvious:
The numbered list in general is one of the most overused marketing clichés (just look at any magazine cover), and for some reason 101 is especially popular. Did it get started with 101 Dalmatians? Can “101″ still be such a magic number to capture the consumer’s attention if everything has been turned into a “101 Things” list?
I’m working on my own list: 100,001 really smart business decisions. I’ve got the first one (“Make a Big List”), but I’m stuck coming up with the other 100k. Perhaps Wordlabers can offer suggestions here in the comments.
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Celebrating great names: Chardonnay Hooker
July 31, 2010 at 10:06 am in Culture / History, Names/Naming by snark
I was briefly watching the local news last night, which I rarely do, and I caught a glimpse of this interview during a story about Southern California wildfires:
Now that’s a great name! Like a Bond Girl. And kudos to Chardonnay for not being shy about having it and putting herself out there. And good luck battling those wildfires!
For the rest of us who aren’t so lucky namewise, here is a Bond Girl name generator to help spice up our personal nomenclature. My Bond Girl names are Tawnie Small and Yoko Dos, both of which I quite like.
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Welcome to Spyburbia, USA
June 29, 2010 at 2:59 pm in Culture / History, Slang by snark
“They couldn’t have been spies…Look what she did with the hydrangeas.
Spyburbia, baby — you heard it here first!
How do you fool so many in suburbia for so long? “She said they were from Canada.”
Yes Virginia, there really are spies everywhere, even in your neighborhood. Especially in your neighborhood, most likely. And if they say they’re from a mysterious blank spot on the globe called “Canada”, call the FBI immediately. [In Ordinary Lives, U.S. Sees the Work of Russian Agents]
Anyone remember that ’70s Charles Bronson B-movie classic, Telefon? As Wikipedia reminds us,
During the Cold War of the 1950s, the Soviet Union planted a number of long-term, deep-cover sleeper agents all over the United States, spies so thoroughly brainwashed that even they didn’t know they were agents; they could only be activated by a special code phrase (a line from Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” followed by their real given names). Their mission was to sabotage crucial parts of the civil and military infrastructure as a precursor to a possible US/USSR active conflict or war.
I think ol’ Bob Frost was probably one of those secret agents as well. Just look at this video — something just doesn’t look quite right:
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An Encounter by Daniil Kharms
June 18, 2010 at 12:52 am in Dada, Literature by snark
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Top 12 Free Online Patent Search Services
June 17, 2010 at 10:44 am in IP Issues by snark
We get a lot of inventors here at Wordlab looking to name their new inventions, and we’re always studying the language of patents and trademarks. So, as a reference tool, here are Wordlab’s Top 12 free online patent search services:
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Happy Bloomsday 2010
June 16, 2010 at 12:23 pm in Culture / History, Literature by snark
Joyce's Ulysses in manuscript and "womanuscript"
Happy Bloomsday, everybody. These two images nicely bookend the history of James Joyce’s great Ulysses from original manuscript to a womanuscript of Molly Bloom’s climax. Yes!
[Images via The Guardian and George Szirtes]
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The new Wordlab now has over 1000 members
June 16, 2010 at 7:20 am in Wordlab Alerts by snark
As of early this morning, the new Wordlab crossed the 1000 member threshold since our relaunch in late March. Welcome to all, and tell your friends to check us out and help us build the biggest and best free naming community in the world.
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Paintball team names
June 15, 2010 at 12:24 am in Name Ideas by snark
Here’s a paintball team name idea: Splatter Forensics. If you need a name for your paintball team, post a New Topic to the Sports Team Names forum. Wordlab does paintball team naming, along with every other conceivable kind of naming.
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Virgin America’s aircraft fleet names
June 14, 2010 at 2:24 pm in Names/Naming by snark
As a supplement to our previous post about Virgin America’s contest to name their first U.S. to Canada plane, here is a list of aircraft names in Virgin America’s fleet:
Air Colbert
Airplane 2.0
An Airplane Named Desire
California Dreaming
Chic Mobile
Contents May Be Under Pressure
Dark Horse
Entourage Air
Fog Cutter
Gogo Dancer
Jane
Jefferson Airplane
Let There Be Flight
Mach Daddy
Midnight Ride
Moodlights, Camera, Action
My Other Ride’s A Spaceship
Red, White & Blue
Runway Angel
San Fransico Pride
Superfly
The 1-Year-Old Virgin
The Tom Clark Express
Three If By Air
Tubular Belle
Unicorn Chaser
Virgin & Tonic
Youtube Air
Next time you get on a plane, ask what its name is.
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Name Virgin’s Canadian Bird
June 14, 2010 at 2:05 pm in Name Ideas by snark
Here’s a contest to name Virgin America’s Canadian Bird, service to Toronto beginning June 23, 2010.
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Eureka! A new name born on Wordlab
June 14, 2010 at 8:49 am in Shoutout, Wordlab Names by snark
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Wordlab back to proper speed
June 10, 2010 at 6:40 pm in Wordlab Alerts by snark
Wordlab is back to its proper speedy self! Thank you all for bearing with us during the last few weeks of slow motion Wordlabbing. We finally succeeding in moving to a newer, faster server, and so far its working great. Keeping our fingers crossed.
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New information management (IM) consultancy firm name from Wordlab: Plato’s Gnat
June 5, 2010 at 8:53 am in Shoutout, Wordlab Names by snark
Way to go Wordlabbers for convincing user jgnat to go with Plato’s Gnat for his new information management (IM) consultancy firm name: “As a follow-up, I took your advice. You are looking at the fresh Director of Plato’s Gnat Ltd. (www.platosgnat.com). You are right that the name generates curiosity and conversations. The reactions have been positive as I’ve explained the meaning behind the name.“
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New physician practice management name from Wordlab: Practice Made Perfect
May 23, 2010 at 6:01 pm in Shoutout, Wordlab Names by snark
Another successful naming project from Wordlab: Chris- Practice Made Perfect is just perfect. Thanks! I’ll file on Monday. Great job, Chris!
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The Incredible String Band — Little Cloud
May 21, 2010 at 9:29 am in Music, Poetry by snark
Just because it’s Friday and I’m in this kind of mood, let’s listen to Little Cloud, by the The Incredible String Band. Sing along, everybody:
Little Cloud
How sweet to be a cloud, floating in the blue.
Lying awake, late the other night
Heard above me a trembling,
I looked up, it was a little cloud,
From which a gold string was dangling;
You know, I gave the string a little pull,
Just to see what was on the other end.
Just then a voice came down to me, says,
“Hey, now, don’t you want to be my friend,
And float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair;
Float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair;
You see I’m just a happy little cloud,
I laugh and float and sing my song,
But the other clouds don’t like me none.
They say I am behaving very wrong.
You see a cloud’s supposed to be sad,
To cry and weep and tear its hair and all,
And don’t matter how hard I try,
I can’t get the first little tear to fall.”
And float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair;
Float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair;
I said, “Hey, I like you little cloud,
You are a nice little fellow, yes.”
“You making some, kind of a joke?”, said the cloud,
“Now can’t you see I’m wearing such a pretty dress?
You see I am the prettiest little chick cloud
That you’d find anywhere up above.
I just dropped in on you awhile
To see if you could give me some kind of love.”
And float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair;
Float with me to distant lands wondrous and fair;
Just then the chief cloud come into view
And says, “Hey, girl, now what you
think you’re doing there?
I told you so many times before
You just don’t seem at all to care.
You know you should be floating up above, now
Don’t let me catch you down here again.”
And as my cloud pulled out of view,
There come failing down a gentle shower of rain.
Happy rain come failing down,
Red, green, blue and golden.
And every drop, as it fell, it smiled
And, throwing back its head, began singing,
“Oh float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair;
Float with me to distant lands, wondrous and fair.”
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Another Wordlab naming success story: Caliblini
May 16, 2010 at 11:34 pm in Shoutout, Wordlab Names by snark
Wordlab member Amarillo‘s naming project (Help naming a catering company) came to a successful conclusion when Chris’ name Caliblini was chosen. Great work, everyone.
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“I never knew naming could be so much fun!”
May 15, 2010 at 12:46 am in Shoutout by snark
Said Wordlab member nicoleml in a Forum post, “I never knew naming could be so much fun!” Jump into the fun, everybody.
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Domain Name Availability Checker
May 12, 2010 at 2:43 pm in Wordlab Alerts by snark
New: a Domain Name Availability Checker. Now you can perform live domain name checks in a pop-up window while you are working anywhere on Wordlab.
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Wordlab’s Business Name Generator
May 11, 2010 at 10:51 am in Wordlab Alerts by snark
Check out Wordlab’s new Business Name Generator, with 7,223,742 potential names to chose from, including many unique, powerful names you won’t find anywhere else.
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Funny Softball Team Names
May 9, 2010 at 10:03 am in Name Ideas by snark
Looking for funny softball team names or funny baseball team names? If you’re not a member of Wordlab, join now for free and add your names.
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Lord Jesus Christ hit by car
May 9, 2010 at 9:33 am in Dada by snark
Lord Jesus Christ (his real name) hit by car in Northampton, Massachusetts. Hit by a “Lucifer” or a “Satan”? No, by a 20-year-old “Brittany”.
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