Not to be a downer, but I'm not sure a common name like Seth really solves the problem here. I can already foresee:
new_person: New relay operator here, any tips? somebody: Hey, try Seth! new_person: The EFF technologist who posts on tor-talk? new_person: Does he help with relay admin stuff, too? somebody: Nope, it's something completely different. It's a confusing name.
Thanks Mike! Actually, when Roger reminded me of Seth Schoen that's the one thing so far that did give me pause. I doubt this would honestly cause confusion but that aside, I should check with him. I'd find it unpleasant if a popular project in this community was named 'Damian'. If he feels likewise I should pick another name.
Hope not though. I really like this one. :(
Conversational confusion aside, one of my pet peeves is being unable to search the web for a piece of software by name only and find it on the first page. A program named "Seth" is likely going to be as difficult to find as "arm" was/is.
Hmm. Just about every name we have that doesn't include 'Tor' in it unfortunately fails this test. Tails, Stem... even Vidalia struggles a bit through it manages to beat out the cooking recipes for the #1 and #2 spot.
so now just a final sanity check with you, our wonderful community. Any strong reasons to pick something else? Nothing is set in stone yet so still open to alternatives.
Here's some random tips for picking a memorable brand/business name that might help. I've sorted these roughly in order of how applicable they seem to be to software (most relevant urls first), and included some comments below each URL:
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/223401
- "Seth" violates tip #2, #5, and probably #7 here.
Those are really good tips. Originally I was thinking of Tormoni (which actually *was* arm's name for a brief time before I was asked to change it), but it's both too long and Roger would still prefer if we pick a name without 'tor'.
Pity. Otherwise it actually fits those really well (meaningful, sounds good aloud, etc).
Cheers! -Damian