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Old 08-19-2008, 12:31 AM
MatthewGx MatthewGx is offline
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Good question. I couldn't name it after myself either. What I did was put together various word combinations that I felt represented, in some way or another, my work. I used dictionary.com for definitions, the thesaurus there, etc. I spent countless hours (dozen+) over the course of several weeks. I generated several different lists with potential names. I'd ask myself these questions at the end:

Is the name intuitive?
Does it represent what I do?
Is it catchy/rememberable?
Does someone else have it? (I googled)
Do I like it?

I applied these questions to dozens and dozens of names. Very few passed all of the questions. Eventually, I came up with a name. I consider the time I spent thinking of a name worth it for the final result. I also asked a few close friends/clients which names they liked out of a few to get some input from others (although, I didn't ask more than 7 people... I didn't want to create gridlock... a name is subjective). I know it's not easy. Usually great things take time Good luck!
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