Hi,
the domain for the event I ran entitled okaycomputer is due to be renewed. The domain is okaycomputer.org - It's number one in google when you type in okay computer, but the others (.com etc) are owned by other people (though mostly inactive or not in use at all) and the twitter feed is taken (but inactive too). I was wondering if we could use it for our server project: its unlikely i will be running any more full scale okay c events because I have my business to run now as well, but if we do run anymore events, I have no problem with running them under another name or running them as a part of the server project and under the same guiding principles etc.
Positives (other than the happy name) would be a) much of the search engine work is done b) some people know the name already c) we would be merging (not forking!) d) we could stop worrying about a name, and its technically recycling... Negatives a) it's weird b) okay computer, though v. cool, was very tied to me as a person (baggage) c) in rel. to b. would we be alienating some people trough this?
I know its a bit of a weird suggestion, but I think it might actually work and solve a few problems. I always felt the name okay computer was catchy and accessible to all, without being to corporate or threatening sounding. I wont be offended if you all say no though! I know its a question of taste, and many of the tech guys didn't *get* the name.
I worry that the project name problem is starting to hold us back mostly. All the good ones are taken : (
Best
Anna
www.ethical-pets.co.uk - The pet shop thats *all sorts *of ethical!
Asked my girlfriend what the domain okaycomputer.org suggested - and she said "Raidiohead" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_Computer :-)
As an email domain it may have too many syllables - and (as the above answer shows) it can be mis-spelled when spoken.
David
________________________________________ From: manchester-bounces@lists.fsfe.org [manchester-bounces@lists.fsfe.org] on behalf of Anna Morris [say.hello.to.anna@googlemail.com] Sent: 08 January 2012 13:08 To: manchester Subject: [Manchester] domain
Hi,
the domain for the event I ran entitled okaycomputer is due to be renewed. The domain is okaycomputer.orghttp://okaycomputer.org - It's number one in google when you type in okay computer, but the others (.com etc) are owned by other people (though mostly inactive or not in use at all) and the twitter feed is taken (but inactive too). I was wondering if we could use it for our server project: its unlikely i will be running any more full scale okay c events because I have my business to run now as well, but if we do run anymore events, I have no problem with running them under another name or running them as a part of the server project and under the same guiding principles etc.
Positives (other than the happy name) would be a) much of the search engine work is done b) some people know the name already c) we would be merging (not forking!) d) we could stop worrying about a name, and its technically recycling... Negatives a) it's weird b) okay computer, though v. cool, was very tied to me as a person (baggage) c) in rel. to b. would we be alienating some people trough this?
I know its a bit of a weird suggestion, but I think it might actually work and solve a few problems. I always felt the name okay computer was catchy and accessible to all, without being to corporate or threatening sounding. I wont be offended if you all say no though! I know its a question of taste, and many of the tech guys didn't *get* the name.
I worry that the project name problem is starting to hold us back mostly. All the good ones are taken : (
Best
Anna
www.ethical-pets.co.ukhttp://www.ethical-pets.co.uk - The pet shop thats all sorts of ethical!
Thanks for bringing this to our attention Anna.
On Sunday 08 January 2012 21:49:10 D.Bolton U0970268 wrote:
Asked my girlfriend what the domain okaycomputer.org suggested - and she said "Raidiohead" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_Computer :-)
Potentially a little confusing I agree, but at least that is clearly a song and not in a related field (the album isn't about computers either, at least not directly).
Also it's an awesome album - if I had to associate the project with any album, that would probably be towards the top of my list.
As an email domain it may have too many syllables
I agree. We don't need to use the same domain for the project website as for the mail accounts of users however - I've already registered a few other domains that are shorter which we can offer users.
- and (as the above
answer shows) it can be mis-spelled when spoken.
That's my biggest concern, though its possible that search engines will correct the misspelling or show our site in results for searches including either spelling of 'okay'.
In my view okaycomputer.org is a great domain to have and has potential. I don't think it's ideal for the hosting project because it doesn't communicate either of the two key elements of the project or associated service - freedom and (mail) hosting.
I suggest that Anna renews the domain in any case because the registration fee is easily worth having control of such a nice domain, and we decide in future if we want to use it for anything else - either for more events like Anna ran in the past, or for other services associated with the hosting project.
I'm happy to pay for registration if you want me to Anna, and also to have the domain transferred to my registrar if you don't want to be responsible for managing it.
Thanks!
Sam.
PS I think that the lack of hardware is currently what is holding up the project most. I'm currently waiting on a reply from Sheridan at Arcspace about available 2nd hand server hardware.