Why being invited to try Circle made me think about a whole load of other stuff

Re:Why being invited to try Circle made me think about a who... by woah on Monday December 09, 2013 @10:58AM (#6874833)

Why did you decide to call it LampNote? Seems pretty hard for someone to guess what the app is about with that name.

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Re:Why being invited to try Circle made me think about a who... by red_anorak on Monday December 09, 2013 @12:00PM (#6875168)

Yes, it's a reference to notices posted onto lampposts. A lot of people said they loved the name.

I did wonder how well it would travel, whether or not people from outside the UK stuck notices on lampposts, if they called them lampposts etc.

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Re:Why being invited to try Circle made me think about a who... by halostatue on Monday December 09, 2013 @04:11PM (#6877017)

Here in North America, these sorts of signs are attached to any pole that can handle them, but powerline poles are favourites because they're wood (and therefore staple-friendly). Toronto has community posting boards that have started going up (put up by our beneficent advertisers, Astral Media, who would love to get out of that obligation and just advertise more).

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Re:Why being invited to try Circle made me think about a who... by red_anorak on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @06:03AM (#6880037)

Thanks for the info

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Re:Why being invited to try Circle made me think about a who... by frogpelt on Monday December 09, 2013 @01:14PM (#6875709)

While a name like Circle has obvious and immediate meaning to everyone who sees it, I guess?

I haven't really discovered that many connections between start up names and their purpose.

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Re:Why being invited to try Circle made me think about a who... by iamwil on Monday December 09, 2013 @11:42AM (#6875071)

You know. How people post local notices on a lamp post? For like, missing cats. You see it often on college campuses.

Maybe it could have been called cafecorkboard.com like the other post here, or telephonepolenotes.com

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Re:Why being invited to try Circle made me think about a who... by kbenson on Monday December 09, 2013 @11:21AM (#6874942)

LampNote initially started life as a hackday project using data provided by Manchester City Council. The data available for the hackday included planning notices which, in the UK, are still publicised by sticking pieces of paper onto lampposts.

Maybe it's an easier correlation to someone in the UK?

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Re:Why being invited to try Circle made me think about a who... by richthegeek on Monday December 09, 2013 @11:55AM (#6875148)

As a Mancunian, not at all. The name means nothing to me on the surface!

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Re:Why being invited to try Circle made me think about a who... by mynegation on Monday December 09, 2013 @11:35AM (#6875026)

The race to register something more understandable like cafecorkboard.com in 3.. 2..1..

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