Comments on: Naming Together

By: Pattie

Pattie — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:57:42 +0000

Oh Renae! THat is SO COOL. I wish I had a baby/pet to name!

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:08:42 +0000

Nice work - the site looks great. I’m looking forward to seeing where your next iterations take it. Personally (and this just came to me), I think “boynamedsue.com” would have been my choice for the app name :-p.

My only feedback for the site would be to feature some of the public names, lists, and comments on the home page. This would give visitors more of a feel for the app right away, and show off some of the cool stuff that people are doing with it.

Somewhat tangentially, I saw this come across the Sunlight list other day just after reading your post here, and couldn’t help but think of your app:

http://groups.google.com/group/sunlightlabs/browse_thread/thread/7a5c1c1b500a88c6?hl=en

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:34:08 +0000

I just hope that whether you pick a crowd-sourced name or one that you and your husband think up, that it’s a name your child will like and appreciate throughout their lives and not something you like in the moment. Childhood is difficult enough with out a name that lends itself to taunts and teasing.

“Toast?” “Pandora satellite?”

I vote for “Sarah Jane.”

By: renaebair

renaebair — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:08:03 +0000

Thanks CodeOfficer! It’s fixed, I appreciate the help! You JS NINJA!

By: CodeOfficer

CodeOfficer — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:15:30 +0000

Love the post, love the app Great work Renae!

As for the page jumping issue, insert a ‘return false;’ at the end of your star rating click handler. That will keep the default behavior of the tag from occurring.

By: renaebair

renaebair — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:41:48 +0000

Chris, absolutely! I’ve known about that issue, and have a ticket for it. Just going to require me to familiarize myself with some Ajax It’s in the works, and thanks for bringing it up!

By: Chris Bloom

Chris Bloom — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:12:38 +0000

Thanks for sharing your process! The application definitely accomplishes the ‘Easy’ goal post. One question on rating the names: Can you make it so the page doesn’t jump to the top after rating a name? (I’m on Firefox for Mac if that helps track it down)

By: Ben Hamill

Ben Hamill — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:34:57 +0000

Great post! The bit about you naming the application sounds like my experience in trying to name Hey Go Vote (which is languishing in what-free-time hell). I eventually told my brother, “I just want something to remind me, like… ‘Hey. Go vote.’” And that seemed like a good name.

I’ll be interested to read your more technical thoughts on Sinatra as well. I’ve not messed with it, but the smallness of it interests me.