Name that App!
In my day job, I have the extreme pleasure of coding in Objective-C. Eventually, I will be tasked with porting our web applications over to a language and framework stack that is a bit more web-application-friendly. Naturally, my first thought is Ruby.
In order to learn Ruby, I would like to start a pet project. Now, this isn’t something that I intend to publish or sell or anything like that. This is strictly a learning project for me. What is it?
I want to build a web application that will track movies. Yup, I know. Delicious Library and all that. But, remember, the purpose for me is to learn Ruby. To that end, I have a laundry list of features that I want to include. These are a mixture of features I’d love to have in an application and features that will allow me to learn new things, such as working with APIs from other sites.
The problem is that I just can’t think of a good name for it. If I’m left to my own devices, it will be called something like MediaTracker or MediaKash (get the pun? neither did anyone else). This, dear reader (I do have readers, right?), is where I need your help.
Name My Application
There are lots of really creative types out there and I’m asking you to come up with a name for my application. I have nothing for you to win, other than my sincere thanks. I can include your name in the credits somewhere so that everyone else can give you their sincere thanks as well.
Please post any suggestions you have in the comments. I will post the winner and it will be forever immortalized in my application and the domain it inhabits.
July 21st, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Well, if the point of the application is to track like vs. dislike of movies (an emotional response), could always call it MovdMe or MovMe.
But then again, I only do system and database architecture…
July 21st, 2008 at 12:37 pm
KashPlay
Medialeft
Leftia (left-ee-uh)
Nothing else is coming to me at the moment, but if I think of something, I’ll let you know!
July 21st, 2008 at 12:42 pm
How about “ruby on reels”?
July 21st, 2008 at 1:31 pm
@Dave I’m totally into puns. Those are really good.
@Joe I wanted to work ‘Kash’ into it somehow and KashPlay is much better than what I came up with.
@Josh I think that is my favorite yet. It actually made me giggle out loud.
July 21st, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Moviesaurus Rex!
I’m also volunteering Brad C. to draw what I envision to be the greatest app icon ever
July 21st, 2008 at 3:00 pm
@Brendan Damn! That is just an awesome name on many levels: the fantastic icon possibilities, Timmy’s love of anything Rexy, and some cool sound effects.
But, “Ruby on Reels” is such a great pun . . .
Wow. You guys are so good. Thank you, thank you!!
July 21st, 2008 at 4:54 pm
@Brendan Damn! That is just an awesome name on many levels: the fantastic icon possibilities, Timmy’s love of anything Rexy, integration of some cool sound effects . . .
But, “Ruby on Reels” is such a great pun!
Wow. You guys are so good. Thank you, thank you!!
August 16th, 2008 at 10:08 am
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