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09. 3.07 Maybe Zeus Used Microsoft Outlook Too

Byron and I have a client that needs us to come up with a name for a new product they're launching. The software "allows us to see work from any point in the world, to route work anywhere in the world, and for people to be doing different functions on the same work from different locations at the same time."

Over lunch Byron and I toss around names. "I was looking up Latin and Italian words for ideas," I tell him. Byron nods thoughtfully. "I was looking up Greek gods," he says.

I say, "I wonder if there was a Greek god of organization and file sharing."


Comments

+Stine says...

Well I'm glad you asked. He was not a god, but was a Greek poet named Simonides of Ceos. He used a technique called the art of memory, which means that he would memorize and organize his speeches by "storing" mental images of his speech in various things in the room. He would retrieve them when he would present his speech and ..uh.. share his files with his audience....

+WDL says...

http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintj06.htm

There is a patron saint of librarians and archivists too. Plus he has a few AKA's.

they are pretty organized.....

xo,
WDL

+Chuck says...

There is an advertisement for free Ann Coulter newsletters in this comment section while I'm reading left comments. Of all places.

+CanadianQueen says...

I vote for Ceos--easy to remember and spell (JOSH), funky, techish, cerebral...covers all bases




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