Comments on: Switching Funkeemonk http://www.buzzwordcompliant.net/2007/05/15/switching-funkeemonk/ Sun, 15 May 2011 19:07:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Joe Goh http://www.buzzwordcompliant.net/2007/05/15/switching-funkeemonk/comment-page-1/#comment-10124 Joe Goh Sat, 26 May 2007 04:11:37 +0000 http://www.buzzwordcompliant.net/index.php/2007/05/15/switching-funkeemonk/#comment-10124 Thanks for your well-wishes Michael, and I wish you success and good luck in your endeavours too. Good luck to us all! ;-) Thanks for your well-wishes Michael, and I wish you success and good luck in your endeavours too.

Good luck to us all! ;-)

]]> By: Michael Buckbee http://www.buzzwordcompliant.net/2007/05/15/switching-funkeemonk/comment-page-1/#comment-10120 Michael Buckbee Fri, 25 May 2007 07:16:47 +0000 http://www.buzzwordcompliant.net/index.php/2007/05/15/switching-funkeemonk/#comment-10120 I was probably just being a moron and missed the #9 spot for "Treo SMS". It sounds like you've got a good plan for naming/branding going forward. Good luck with all your stuff Joe. I was probably just being a moron and missed the #9 spot for “Treo SMS”. It sounds like you’ve got a good plan for naming/branding going forward.

Good luck with all your stuff Joe.

]]> By: Joe Goh http://www.buzzwordcompliant.net/2007/05/15/switching-funkeemonk/comment-page-1/#comment-10116 Joe Goh Thu, 24 May 2007 08:32:42 +0000 http://www.buzzwordcompliant.net/index.php/2007/05/15/switching-funkeemonk/#comment-10116 Actually, your example perfectly illustrates why I used "Funkee" instead of "Funky" for my app name. Delicious Library is written by the guys behind Delicious Monster. Its reasonable to expect that if another product line is released by Delicious Monster, it would be named Delicious *. The same goes for Propellerhead Software and their various products starting with RE (http://www.propellerheads.se/) As for my case, I came up with the company name first,which was FunkeeMonk Technology. My goal (eventually) is to come up with a whole series of products, all with names like Funkee* Now, why not FunkyMonk Technology then? Turns out www.funkymonk.com is already taken so that's why I settled for this name instead. As for searching for "Treo SMS", I don't know why it wasn't appearing on your terminal, but on mine, my website is appearing on the front page for me when I searched for it using Google (result #9 too - not bad I think) Actually, your example perfectly illustrates why I used “Funkee” instead of “Funky” for my app name.

Delicious Library is written by the guys behind Delicious Monster. Its reasonable to expect that if another product line is released by Delicious Monster, it would be named Delicious *.

The same goes for Propellerhead Software and their various products starting with RE (http://www.propellerheads.se/)

As for my case, I came up with the company name first,which was FunkeeMonk Technology. My goal (eventually) is to come up with a whole series of products, all with names like Funkee*

Now, why not FunkyMonk Technology then? Turns out http://www.funkymonk.com is already taken so that’s why I settled for this name instead.

As for searching for “Treo SMS”, I don’t know why it wasn’t appearing on your terminal, but on mine, my website is appearing on the front page for me when I searched for it using Google (result #9 too – not bad I think)

]]> By: Michael Buckbee http://www.buzzwordcompliant.net/2007/05/15/switching-funkeemonk/comment-page-1/#comment-10112 Michael Buckbee Wed, 23 May 2007 16:43:21 +0000 http://www.buzzwordcompliant.net/index.php/2007/05/15/switching-funkeemonk/#comment-10112 Joe, I did a search for "Funky Story", which I would guess is the number one way someone who had just heard of your product would attempt to search for it and I didn't see a result in the first page. Same deal for searching for "Treo SMS". There are all sorts of schools for thought on naming things, but as a thought experiment would "Delicious Monster" be the success it is if it were: "Delycyous Monster"? Thanks, Mike Joe,

I did a search for “Funky Story”, which I would guess is the number one way someone who had just heard of your product would attempt to search for it and I didn’t see a result in the first page. Same deal for searching for “Treo SMS”.

There are all sorts of schools for thought on naming things, but as a thought experiment would “Delicious Monster” be the success it is if it were: “Delycyous Monster”?

Thanks,

Mike

]]> By: Joe Goh http://www.buzzwordcompliant.net/2007/05/15/switching-funkeemonk/comment-page-1/#comment-10106 Joe Goh Tue, 22 May 2007 17:39:29 +0000 http://www.buzzwordcompliant.net/index.php/2007/05/15/switching-funkeemonk/#comment-10106 Heya! Thanks for mentioning my entry! I do agree with the pricing bit (as you can read from the presentation), and this is definitely one of the biggest lessons i've taken so far from running this company. However, I have to disagree that FunkeeStory is "un-Googleable". Search for it yourself - you'll find that its pretty easy to find. :-) FunkeeStory 1.0 also fits pretty close to what you describe in your first point too. Its really the most stripped down version of an SMS syncing app that can be possibly produced really. A file transfer app is out of the question since that's already an in-built function of the Treo. Cheers! Joe Heya!

Thanks for mentioning my entry! I do agree with the pricing bit (as you can read from the presentation), and this is definitely one of the biggest lessons i’ve taken so far from running this company.

However, I have to disagree that FunkeeStory is “un-Googleable”. Search for it yourself – you’ll find that its pretty easy to find. :-)

FunkeeStory 1.0 also fits pretty close to what you describe in your first point too. Its really the most stripped down version of an SMS syncing app that can be possibly produced really. A file transfer app is out of the question since that’s already an in-built function of the Treo.

Cheers!
Joe

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