Slogan/catchphrase for D?

Kyle Furlong kylefurlong at gmail.com
Wed Mar 22 15:48:04 PST 2006


kris wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> "kris" <foo at bar.com> wrote in message 
>> news:dvra93$cdi$1 at digitaldaemon.com...
>>
>>> Not to be a party-pooper, but I got the impression that catchphrases 
>>> are a bit 80's? Does anyone buy into that type of pitch anymore?
>>> I mean, when was the last time you swallowed a line like "Power, 
>>> Performance, Productivity" from an eager and straight-faced salesperson?
>>
>>
>> That's not a good catchphrase. But when you've got a few seconds to 
>> make a first impression before they turn the page, a good one helps. 
> 
> In terms of print, there's a number of ways to do that. A catch-phrase 
> is one, but requires parsing and semantic analysis (brain time). Catchy 
> names are apparently processed in a related but much less immediately 
> taxing fashion; akin to facial recognition? Even if we don't "get it", 
> there's often enough interest to turn the page back over ~ just like 
> when you see a face you almost recognise, and a whole lot of dedicated 
> effort goes into resolving that ~ sometimes for days <g>
> 
> An interesting logo, or anything pictorial that stands out from the 
> background (such as a comic strip) are apparently much more noticable 
> than catch-phrases. That's hardly surprising given that our predator 
> eyes excel at isolating 'interest' from vast quantities of background 
> noise.
> 
> 2 cents
> 
> p.s. I guess you didn't care much for "Get it on!" and "Amber" then? :)

So every time we code something with :D (Amber) we are getting it on with a sexy language? lmao.



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