Help Name a Website
March 9, 2006 1:24 PM Subscribe
It's time for another episode of Yell Out Website Name Ideas (drawing and writing edition)
I've enjoyed the suggestions for website names in the past, and I am having a mental block on what to name a new project I'm working on.
The premise of the website is a collection of sparsely illustrated short verses/poems, primarily intended for kids but hopefully appealing to the adults reading to them. A friend will create an illustration and send it to me. I'll quickly write a bit of text/verse, then post it to a website. The subject matter and style will range greatly. The idea is for both of us to have some fun, and practice our skills. If we also build a regular audience of people who enjoy the results, that's nice too.
If you are familiar with "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein, you probably get the idea of the format we're going for. We'd probably post two or three times a week.
Usually I am overflowing with name ideas for sites, and one or two of them are sometimes pretty good. But I have nothing for this one. Partly because I am not sure what terms describe the project well. It's not quite a webcomic, not quite stories; more like poems or verses, but to me those don't evoke the idea that there are illustrations.
Any thoughts? Something somewhat descriptive or just make up a fun word? Having the .com available is always nice but not a dealbreaker for me in this case.
I've enjoyed the suggestions for website names in the past, and I am having a mental block on what to name a new project I'm working on.
The premise of the website is a collection of sparsely illustrated short verses/poems, primarily intended for kids but hopefully appealing to the adults reading to them. A friend will create an illustration and send it to me. I'll quickly write a bit of text/verse, then post it to a website. The subject matter and style will range greatly. The idea is for both of us to have some fun, and practice our skills. If we also build a regular audience of people who enjoy the results, that's nice too.
If you are familiar with "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein, you probably get the idea of the format we're going for. We'd probably post two or three times a week.
Usually I am overflowing with name ideas for sites, and one or two of them are sometimes pretty good. But I have nothing for this one. Partly because I am not sure what terms describe the project well. It's not quite a webcomic, not quite stories; more like poems or verses, but to me those don't evoke the idea that there are illustrations.
Any thoughts? Something somewhat descriptive or just make up a fun word? Having the .com available is always nice but not a dealbreaker for me in this case.
This is a tough one. If I were you, I'd find some sort of identity beyond just a silly domain name.
For example, look through books/websites/wikipedia about Myths and Legends. Find a cool old mythical animal like a Baselisk and call the site that. Then you'll also be able to draw (or have the artist draw) a cool logo.
posted by cell divide at 2:13 PM on March 9, 2006
For example, look through books/websites/wikipedia about Myths and Legends. Find a cool old mythical animal like a Baselisk and call the site that. Then you'll also be able to draw (or have the artist draw) a cool logo.
posted by cell divide at 2:13 PM on March 9, 2006
I love torystime. It's too bad that it is not entirely clear that it is pronounced tory-stime instead of torys-time.
I don't think it's possible to encapsulate exactly what the site/project is in a word or two, so you might as well pick a word/phrase you like and go with it, even if it has nothing to do with anything. Here's a freebie: Dirigible.
posted by Rock Steady at 2:46 PM on March 9, 2006
I don't think it's possible to encapsulate exactly what the site/project is in a word or two, so you might as well pick a word/phrase you like and go with it, even if it has nothing to do with anything. Here's a freebie: Dirigible.
posted by Rock Steady at 2:46 PM on March 9, 2006
If you don't take yourself too seriously:
DogRoll (lends itself to a cute visual, too)
posted by rob511 at 3:31 PM on March 9, 2006
DogRoll (lends itself to a cute visual, too)
posted by rob511 at 3:31 PM on March 9, 2006
http://disposableverse.com/
http://disposablestories.com/
http://ikidikid.com/ < -- futurama jokebr> http://ikidyou.com/
http://kidschtick.com/
http://smallverse.com/
http://versealicio.us/
http://rhymalicio.us/
posted by unSane at 3:40 PM on March 9, 2006
http://disposablestories.com/
http://ikidikid.com/ < -- futurama jokebr> http://ikidyou.com/
http://kidschtick.com/
http://smallverse.com/
http://versealicio.us/
http://rhymalicio.us/
posted by unSane at 3:40 PM on March 9, 2006
sorry, should have previewed. oh well, you get it.
I like the rhymalicio.us and versalicio.us ones... I think rhymalicious.com and versalicious.com are also available... you might want to get both.
posted by unSane at 3:41 PM on March 9, 2006
I like the rhymalicio.us and versalicio.us ones... I think rhymalicious.com and versalicious.com are also available... you might want to get both.
posted by unSane at 3:41 PM on March 9, 2006
Poetry terminology-derived
tercetandtriad.com
clerihe.ws
Odds
paperjello.com
broadbandrenaissance.org (somebody parked the .com)
soapboxmoon.com
Ends
penandverse.com
rhymefor.us
willrhymeforfood.com
posted by junesix at 5:43 PM on March 9, 2006
tercetandtriad.com
clerihe.ws
Odds
paperjello.com
broadbandrenaissance.org (somebody parked the .com)
soapboxmoon.com
Ends
penandverse.com
rhymefor.us
willrhymeforfood.com
posted by junesix at 5:43 PM on March 9, 2006
rhymetime.com
rustynails.com
boilboiltoilandtrouble.com (A little Macbeth never hurt nobody!)
fireburnandcouldronbubble.com (a sister site!)
witchesofsmithwick.com (smithwick is a (good) beer)
illustriousness.com
Lots of websites have numbers in the title these days. It's the swoosh of the web 2.0 generation (30boxes, 43things, 9rules, 5ives, 37signals)... so you could embrace this. Or make fun of it.
14minutes (average time a kid is read to before falling asleep)
7plusorminus2 (average number of "items" a person can keep in his or her head at a given time)
9times (number of times ferris bueller skipped school)
I once found a url that was amazing and awesome and totally not memorable. It was something like:
l-------l.com (that's "el" dash dash dash... "el" dot com)
posted by zpousman at 7:24 PM on March 9, 2006
rustynails.com
boilboiltoilandtrouble.com (A little Macbeth never hurt nobody!)
fireburnandcouldronbubble.com (a sister site!)
witchesofsmithwick.com (smithwick is a (good) beer)
illustriousness.com
Lots of websites have numbers in the title these days. It's the swoosh of the web 2.0 generation (30boxes, 43things, 9rules, 5ives, 37signals)... so you could embrace this. Or make fun of it.
14minutes (average time a kid is read to before falling asleep)
7plusorminus2 (average number of "items" a person can keep in his or her head at a given time)
9times (number of times ferris bueller skipped school)
I once found a url that was amazing and awesome and totally not memorable. It was something like:
l-------l.com (that's "el" dash dash dash... "el" dot com)
posted by zpousman at 7:24 PM on March 9, 2006
Response by poster: thanks everyone for the suggestions! I'll let them percolate tonight and see what happens tomorrow.
Making fun of Web 2.0 is tempting, but probably not worth the effort (but I like numbers and might use them anyway, especially "2" since there are two of us working on the site).
posted by mikepop at 7:29 PM on March 9, 2006
Making fun of Web 2.0 is tempting, but probably not worth the effort (but I like numbers and might use them anyway, especially "2" since there are two of us working on the site).
posted by mikepop at 7:29 PM on March 9, 2006
clerihe.ws
darn, that's good.
that site should exist regardless.
posted by unSane at 10:20 PM on March 9, 2006
darn, that's good.
that site should exist regardless.
posted by unSane at 10:20 PM on March 9, 2006
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Storytime
Torystime
Pix and Clix
posted by equipoise at 1:32 PM on March 9, 2006