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Ask HN : Name for a geeky newsletter ?

4 points by mquentin ↗ HN
Hi guys,

I'm Mathieu, passionated about web technologies. I am planning to create a daily newsletter, dedicated to web subjects and tech products. From new tools to design subjects, life hacks, fun, etc...

I'm struggling to find inspiration about the name of the newsletter (for now it's ... Newsletter) and also the design.

Any idea regarding both topics would be perfect. The actual look of the newsletter is here:

http://webep.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Screen-Shot-2017-08-09-at-12.16.01.png

thanks fo your inputs !

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golemelog
daily stdout, stdout daily, stdout times, stdout post, ... yeah i know. i'm suck at naming things.
mquentin
definitely yes :) thanks for the ideas anyway ! a bit too programmatic for me
matt_s
If its for geeks, your design won't matter, content will matter. Unless you plan on covering news about design, in which case you will get feedback from designers :)

What will differentiate you from other web/geek news sources? Maybe your name can be discovered in figuring that out.

Some names:

* GET News

* The /index

* Blinking Lights (looked at my router - there's always something being transmitted)

Try writing 30 days of content first before doing it, circulate it to friends that would be interested. Writing daily content will take a lot of work.

mquentin
I'll do ! but the point is that I have nothing to write except some excerpts _ I owned a blog and don't have time for this anymore
mchannon
I'll take 1% for either:

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Broken Constraints

indescions_2017
Don't discount the appeal of foreign language terminology to native English speakers.

For example:

"Urawaza", which is a Japanese word for life hacks. Or "wabi sabi," a kind of organic design aesthetic.

In Danish the concept of "Hygge" or Scandinavian coziness through small pleasures definitely got some traction.

There's probably tons of French and Parisian slang you use everyday and take for granted that would make fine brand names. I always like the way people use the word "Mec" on the streets of Paris, loosely translated as "Dude" in popular American parlance. "Zarb" is another good one. "Fric", "Gnac", "Kif", etc.

Bonne chance!

mquentin
Nice idea ! I'll explore this direction, definitely ! merci beaucoup
quickthrower2
Mathieu would be a good name for the newsletter! (Because Math-ieu)
LarryMade2
Web Subjects and Tech Products...

Caught in the Web, Spun, Tech Spin, Tech Spun, New from the Web

Mz
Mathieu's Newsletter.

Want it shorter and easier for people to pronounce? Mat's Newsletter.

It worked for Craig's List. And it has the benefit of allowing you to do whatever you want with it, even pivot it. If you give it an overly specific name, this makes it harder to let it develop organically in whatever direction happens to work best.

kureikain
I would say you should use domain hack to make the whole name become more nature.

You shouldn't have to worry too much about the name. Just pick something related to your field and add `weekly` into it. Example:

https://rubyweekly.com https://cron.weekyly

or my own: https://betterdev.link

What I learn is that content is the most matter. Design wasn't too important in a news letter. Just keep them simple and clean, even a simple email links are all they need. As long as content is good.

You should put more effort into curating content.