http://www.contentious.com/2004/02/29/rss-feed-nickname-contest-voting-has-closed/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:36:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.contentious.com/2004/02/29/rss-feed-nickname-contest-voting-has-closed/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Darren Collins Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://contentious.com/archives/2004/02/29/rss-feed-nickname-contest-voting-has-closed#comment-228 Why do you think my (or your) grandmother wouldn't understand names like NewsFeed or SiteFeed (when we're all used to hearing about news feeds on TV), but would understand something as cryptic as Webstract? The 'feed' names at least harness the news feed analogy, which many people have some basic level of familiarity with. Why do you think my (or your) grandmother wouldn’t understand names like NewsFeed or SiteFeed (when we’re all used to hearing about news feeds on TV), but would understand something as cryptic as Webstract? The ‘feed’ names at least harness the news feed analogy, which many people have some basic level of familiarity with.

]]> http://www.contentious.com/2004/02/29/rss-feed-nickname-contest-voting-has-closed/comment-page-1/#comment-229 cogdogblog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://contentious.com/archives/2004/02/29/rss-feed-nickname-contest-voting-has-closed#comment-229 <trackback /><strong>Amy Is Sadly Excoriated</strong> Alas, the blog go around. Apparently Amy is.... sniff..... sniff.. sad about our recent barking on her "Re-name RSS contest". On her latest update (wow, "Elert" and "Newsfeed" have moved up on "Grapevine") Amy sobs: Also, "Grapevine" was recently excor... Amy Is Sadly Excoriated
Alas, the blog go around. Apparently Amy is…. sniff….. sniff.. sad about our recent barking on her “Re-name RSS contest”. On her latest update (wow, “Elert” and “Newsfeed” have moved up on “Grapevine”) Amy sobs: Also, “Grapevine” was recently excor…

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