NNBlogger Nickname
Anna Kushnir
Monday, 21 January 2008 19:20 UTC
We need a name, a collective identity. Bloggers on ScienceBlogs are SciBlings. What are we? Let’s better define our identity as bloggers. All ideas and suggestions for a nickname for Nature Network Bloggers are most welcome. (Preferably one word and of course, catchy).
Updated 21 January 2008 20:01 UTC
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Nice one Matt,
Anna/Martin, what do ya think?
The poll is indeed going well and there are some clear leaders in the pack. To us non US based peeps, this is like our own wee election campaign.
I’m going to pimp in with my own last minute suggestion – only kidding…
Given what Matt says, an “interim” logo gets my vote. Do we need a poll for that? Tee hee ;-)
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As much fun as acronym-incorporated words-art is, I prefer a word or a name that I can pronounce in conversation and that sparks curiosity when I say it.
Nogglers and Natters fits that requirement for me.
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Matt, I love the logo! It’s great. Would it be possible to make it say “Blogger” or “NNBlog” instead of “Blog” but still keep the “O” in the white circle? Is there anyplace else we can use the logo? Like at the head of the blog pages or even on each blog?
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Matt, I’d either move the text to not cover over the graphic (I’m sure your brand identity manager has just had some kittens), or make it BLOGS not BLOG, so that it is evenly balanced across the bottom.
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Brand identity manager? Pff, we make this up as we go along.
Here’s a couple more. If you like one, just save it to desktop and upload as the icon. I can easily knock together alternative ideas.
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Matt,
I uploaded one of your icon suggestions as interim logo for this group. And I started a new forum topic so that people can post their logo suggestions.
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Am I the only one here who despises the neologism ‘blog’?
‘Weblog’ I certainly understand, and I could see where ‘wlog’ might come from. But ‘blog’ is an abomination, and I shudder every time I see it associated with this enterprise.
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You certainly aren’t the first person to express that view, Richard – I’ve read many articles, from all perspectives, pointing out this ugliness.
The problem everyone seems to fall down on is that “blogs” is what everyone calls them.
It reminds me a bit of when people suggest changing the way we number years in the calendar — what we have may be illogical but it is what everyone uses.
I am with you on not liking the term “blog”, but the word “weblog” seems a bit stilted.
When the “web” first started, it was Nature house style to call it World Wide Web, but that now looks very dated, and we all call it “the web”. General useage wins out on these matters, usually (if sometimes sadly!).
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