Not that we’re complaining, mind you. We love all the responses. We had no idea that there were so many people yearning for creative freedom. Some very respectable types – senior government officials, directors of software firms, futurists, Ivy Leagers…
We feel like the gatekeeper at Mr. Wonka’s Chocolate Factory.
Everyone wants in.
The levels of creativity are astonishingly high. We’ve seen poetry, artwork, websites, prose, and pleas for rescue or salvation. We sincerely hope we can come through for all of you.
Most of all we hope we can live up to this young man’s potential. We won’t post “RW’s” name or identifying information unless he notifies us in the comment section here, but he had us completely won over with his letter.
My name is [name] and Um sum like a Senya at [University.]
You know, that [type of] school in D.C. Well you’ll wasta gone an’ holla at yo boy about gettin on dat show tip. Hey, yo boy ain’t lyin about dem dere talents I got em all. And Um kinda smart too. Holla at yo boy ASAP.
This sounds like a good opatunaty. And a, yo boy ain’t tryin to miss out on dem. Holla at yo boy.
We’re hoping you can appreciate why we’re so taken by this response. If it weren’t for Google we’d probably not have appreciated it ourselves. Turns out this man is quite well spoken, even quoted in numerous newspapers and articles.
We’d attempt to respond in kind, but none of us have anywhere near the amount of soul required.
[Edit: Please note that we are seriously enamored of this response. We are not joking. We think it rocks. Perhaps we missed the mark and RW was being serious, but we really don't think so.]
Alright… here’s why we think it is great. We asked for creativity and we got… well… this. No creativity, completely boastful and opportunistic. Completely the wrong mindset for naming a software company, midwest hotel, or medical firm… Possibly offensive (or certainly offensive to grammaticists, who reamed Apple for their “Think Different” faux pas.)
So either this guy is brilliantly daring and creative, or we’re going to have to bring our posse with us when we invite him to our brainstorming session. Either way, now we have to talk to him in person to figure out his story. (Can you imagine a company name that made you call to find out more about them? While not quite the Holy Grail of naming, it’d certainly be something to aspire to.)
Note to RW: Say the word and we’ll give you “mad props” for your ideas. With luck we’ll even get you to say a few words here… Correct grammar optional.
General note: We’ll probably excerpt some more responses in coming days. A large number of your original thoughts are worth sharing and crediting. We are, in fact, completely overwhelmed by the response and it’ll take us a little time to get through the responses while simultaneously doing the work that keeps us in business.
There’s gotta be a book in here somewhere. When trying to be more creative than a large group of unknown creative people how does one ensure they’ll stand out and yet still be considered within the realm of sanity/reality/legality.
Tate “Holla?” Linden
Principal Consultant
Stokefire Consulting Group
703-778-9925
