Comments on: Jabberwocky – in social media and Web 2.0

By: Google’s new search will be the best of both worlds « Brendan Cooper, your Friendly Digital Social Media PR, ummm, Thingy

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:35:24 +0000

[...] do this. The real difference, as far as I can see, is that, if you ask people in the street about Digg or del.icio.us or Wangwack or Biffo or whatever’s coming along next, you’ll more likely than not get a blank look. But almost everyone knows about Google. Heck, [...]

By: Brendan

Brendan — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:48:16 +0000

Hmmm, I’m not actually sure it’s such a good thing. Sometimes I do wonder whether the names put people off. They’re just so bizarre, but they describe something fairly easy to grasp.

By: Toby

Toby — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:39:56 +0000

What fun. I’ve been thinking that social media is a bit like Alice Through the Looking Glass. Our (marketing) worlds are topsy turvy .. which is really a good thing.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:33:45 +0000

Hurray! I wasn't sure about publishing this. You can take the copywriter out of copwriting but... Interesting thought: if Jabberwocky is about inventing language, and making words mean what you want them to mean (re Alice in Wonderland), I wonder whether that's what happens with social media names? That is, make names suitably 'generic', we adopt them, and give them meaning? And sentiment? And maybe that's what happens with brands that allow people to own them? The word Chumby comes to mind...

By: kerrymg

kerrymg — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:43:06 +0000

Yay – didn’t realise you’d finally got this together. I think the works of Lear and Dr Suess now beckon.

By: Peter Springett

Peter Springett — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:29:45 +0000

Nice post, wish I’d thought of that. Shame you didn’t find room for plurk. Next stop The Waste Land. Or a widget that automatically generates nonsense company name (and jargon-laden business model).

By: Justin Hayward

Justin Hayward — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:58:41 +0000

You might find a rhyme for web here: http://momb.socio-kybernetics.net/

Cracking piece though – worthy of Radio 4 comedy!