David Pogue weighs in on product naming
Yesterday we linked to Michael Beirut's piece on naming things; today we have David Pogue's comments on the tech side. Here's a sample:"Some good technologies don't even stand for something that people can agree on. RSS is a terrible name for a great technology; it can stand for either Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication, and neither really tells you that it means subscribing to a Web site so you don't have to check it for updates. The name DVD caught on just fine, but nobody ever agreed whether it stands for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc."