The name @thepracticaldev
was sort of just the first thing that popped into my head because I wanted to do something. Then after a couple earlier iterations I settled on the logo with the uppercase DEV. I wanted something that would look good on a t-shirt and I liked the retro arcade kind of look. So the name of the site kind of came off of that.
Forem was more of a deep deliberate process with a lot of names written down and a lot of conversations with folks to brainstorm some of the ideas, before Forem eventually won out. Our mission statement had already been established as being to "Empower Community", so making our product "For Empowering Community" with the "For Em..." play on spelling really felt right.
Naming things is hard.
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The name @thepracticaldev was sort of just the first thing that popped into my head because I wanted to do something. Then after a couple earlier iterations I settled on the logo with the uppercase DEV. I wanted something that would look good on a t-shirt and I liked the retro arcade kind of look. So the name of the site kind of came off of that.
Forem was more of a deep deliberate process with a lot of names written down and a lot of conversations with folks to brainstorm some of the ideas, before Forem eventually won out. Our mission statement had already been established as being to "Empower Community", so making our product "For Empowering Community" with the "For Em..." play on spelling really felt right.
Naming things is hard.