And finally, sample 4. You may recognize this one:
Unpublished. Well, _was_ unpublished.
My god, I feel like I just came out.
Unpublished. Well, _was_ unpublished.
20 Likes
Iāll drink to that. I was so into Sprung, but then I looked up the existing http://www.sprung.com/. They make really big tents.
Hey, I got one. You know how the Gaelic name-prefix āMacā means essentially āson of,ā right?
Howzabout we call the blog āGeraldā?
Once again, the .com domain is already taken by some bland corporate entity, but I like the oblique reference to the āparentā of this blog, especially if Gerald is the only reference to it.
4 Likes
I just googled āwhale milkā and apparently no one has used this phrase as a handle, collective moniker, or brand. (Though somebody is squatting whalemilk.com. FSM only knows why.)
whale-milk.[com, net, org], however, are available.
If thatās too absurdist for yāalls, thereās also da-da-da-da.[com, net, org], all of which are available. Yeah, I know. Hyphens suck.
Okay, okay, hereās a more reasonable one: Brain Ping. The .com domain is squatted, but .net and .org are available, no hyphens required.
3 Likes
Dopamanic.
The name silently suggests the dopamine that will surge in visitorās heads as they read all these interesting articles spanning a multitude of interests and perspectives encompassing life, the universe, and EVERYTHING, MAN, itās like a hive of gloriously dissimilar yet scintillating minds shining light on things no one has ever THOUGHT ABOUT or SEEN, I mean, thereās still, like, tech reviews and stuff but thatās like the cherry on top of the collectively polymathic sundae covered in hot fudge and unicorn sprinkles, and speaking of unicorns, William Holz just published an article about MAKING UNICORNS REAL I mean itās not like proven or anything yet but he explains how itās possible and it makes you wonder, my god, the future, the future, itās so BRIGHT weāre gonna need new pupils.
Something like that.
.com, .net, and .org domains are available.
3 Likes
Paging @Snowlark! Please make your way to the āMaking, Crafting, Creatingā¦ aka Whatcha workinā on?ā thread, for we wish to see more of your amazing art.
8 Likes
So hereās a thought for a name, since itās something that āsprings from BoingBoingā I started thinking about springs and oscillations. If youāve studied physics or music then you know that a spring vibrates at various frequencies based on a fundamental frequency.
A lot of people have hinted at wanting to carry over a certain āessentialā spirit or ideal from this forum. I think weāre interested in talking about things in a grounded, intelligent way.
TheFundamental.net is available.
4 Likes
I prefer one-word names. This makes an excellent case for why. Dig it.
That still happens on Oppo? Cause on ODeck itās dead. I thought Gawker main had shut it down after that bad plagiarism case.
Iāve been poking around on Medium.com and it looks really nice. How do you like it? Have you tried any of the publishing features meant for a publication of one owner-several editors-several writers?
1 Like
Itās pretty well put together for something free to use. Iāve fiddled some with the multi-person blogs (youāll notice a couple of other peopleās articles in mine) and theyāre pretty easy to work with. The article gets moved into the publication (it can only be in one), but you can always duplicate them, and they keep adding features.
It has a good import feature too, so itād be pretty easy to have your own feed or have a publication with a few other people and cross post articles once they set up the collective blog. In fact that might be a great way to spread the word and collect people.
Their big weakness is their commenting components, itās really not natural to have small group or private conversations with anyone, and each post is treated like an article even if youāre just saying āI agreeā. The stats are also kind of āmehā, and there are limits to what you can embed (Iām excited about slack or whatever gets decided for the main blog so I can embed Tableau visualizations directly in an article!).
@nemomen and I were already plotting to make a little critters one (with āawwwā and āweirdā articles themed. Princess Pricklepants is adorable, and Iāve got lots of weird stuff!) while things spin upā¦ weāre stuck on figuring out a name too (thatās totally the hardest part, isnāt it?)
Then we can practice a bit, too. Iāve been kind of train-of-thoughting all my articles, and itās nice to have the motivation to raise the quality bar for the community blog!
2 Likes
Related to this, if we went the Medium route, @William_Holz and I already both have content up there, so itād be easy to hit the ground with content ready to go. For writing/editing itās basically the equivalent of Wordpress, itās got the ability to surprisingly seamlessly import content, I second that stats. are meh, and comments/forums are sub-meh.
Still got nothing on names.
1 Like
The Phylactery.
5 Likes
Can someone sum up where exactly we are with this initiative?
Good idea, Iāll try the import feature. I was planning on abandoning my wordpress blog anyway, for all of the reasons mentioned about by whoever it was who hates wordpress.
If no one else grabs this, Iāll do it when I get back from the hardware store.
Best I can tell:
Name TBD.
Platform is Ghost or Medium.
Holocracy.
Major positions have been filled.
Some minor consensus on editing.
Hedgehogs.
I think thatās the nutshell.
9 Likes
I still like Sproing!
3 Likes
