Help me think of a slogan for automation tools

December 1, 2005 8:37 AM

My company develops chromatography software. It has recently developed several ways of automating certain processes that will help the user save time and automate things. I'm trying to think of a collective name for them. "Timekeeper Technology" is one I've just thought of. Can you think of any others?
posted by wibbler to work & money (12 comments total)

chromometer.

chromomatic or chromatic

chromo cronos. or chromos cronos.

chromomagic.

chromagic.
posted by furtive at 8:50 AM on December 1, 2005

chromauto?
posted by scruss at 9:26 AM on December 1, 2005

Chromautomation?
posted by unixrat at 9:38 AM on December 1, 2005

Automation is what this is usually called in software.
posted by jon_kill at 9:40 AM on December 1, 2005

Saturn was the Greek god of Time. Maybe something can be gleaned there?
posted by quadog at 9:58 AM on December 1, 2005

Naming a product is tough. Unfortunately I can't sit here and brainstorm with you. But quadog's suggestion is a good starting point. Look at your product and the context of its use very carefully, then make a list of all the things associated with it--entymological, historical, relevance to audience, etc. Personally, I like to use latin and greek dictionaries and find useful word roots, then combine them with other prefixes/suffixes/syllables in a way that is pleasing, meaningful and relevent. Be creative and associative, and get other coworkers in on the process. Good luck!
posted by slogger at 10:15 AM on December 1, 2005

Saturn was a Roman name -- the greek god was Chronos, but he technically wasn't a god (he was a Titan).

Also, I really like furtive's "Chronomagic" suggestion, although I wouldn't know what the software did based on the name.
posted by ducksauce at 10:15 AM on December 1, 2005

AutoChrome.

Chromation.

AutoChromation.
posted by jimfl at 10:21 AM on December 1, 2005

ChromaSave
posted by blag at 10:23 AM on December 1, 2005

ChromaBatch
posted by gren at 1:25 PM on December 1, 2005

What part are you automating that wasn't before? Hardware stuff like sample injection, or computational stuff like integration?
posted by solotoro at 4:53 PM on December 1, 2005

Maybe striking away from the directions here (personally I think the Chroma/Chrono and ChromAuto things are a bit too cute - just one opinion though!) with something simple like Optimizer or Multitasker or Process Manager Technologies or Systems or Package. I don't like "Timekeeper" just because the phrase is not suggestive to me of automation or time saving.
posted by nanojath at 8:14 PM on December 1, 2005