How We Name Our Personal Bots
[Illustration by Eboy]
Mystery is interesting
“A name that’s straightforward has only one layer. You want to allow people the pleasure of exploring it.”
—Diane Prange, chief linguistics officer, Strategic Name Development
No one’s offended
“You need to have a fairly broad appeal with a name. Check in with speakers of your major market languages to make sure it doesn’t say something bad.”
—Nathan Shedroff, coauthor, Make It So: Interaction Design Lessons From Science Fiction
The future is friendly
“Names should entice us into the future, but not scare us away. Like the best names for people, these names should be rooted in tradition, but also imbued with newness.”
—Alex Frankel, author, Wordcraft: The Art of Turning Little Words Into Big BusinessTM