Comments on: Pidge! http://blog.launchpad.net/projects/pidge Thoughts from the Launchpad team Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:43:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Fergus http://blog.launchpad.net/projects/pidge/comment-page-1#comment-33189 Fergus Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:14:48 +0000 http://news.launchpad.net/?p=426#comment-33189 Pidge [as in pidgeon hole] and pidgin [as in pseudo-language - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin] are two very different concepts, though I was more than aware that we were using similar mascots to illustrate the name! It made sense, as the initial installation was 'MyPidge' for a distinct reason - because it was intended to replicate your university 'pidge' on the internet - "I'm just going to check my pidge / MyPidge". And by that point we'd already made the logo, and named him Percy. Oddly enough, it follows a trend of P-lettered animals: python [name derived from Cambridge comedy troupe], penguin [Linux], and pony [of Django]. I doubt it's really going to cause huge issues, and made about as much sense at the time as all the other [zero] suggestions I'd had. Pidge [as in pidgeon hole] and pidgin [as in pseudo-language - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin are two very different concepts, though I was more than aware that we were using similar mascots to illustrate the name!

It made sense, as the initial installation was 'MyPidge' for a distinct reason - because it was intended to replicate your university 'pidge' on the internet - "I'm just going to check my pidge / MyPidge". And by that point we'd already made the logo, and named him Percy.

Oddly enough, it follows a trend of P-lettered animals: python [name derived from Cambridge comedy troupe], penguin [Linux], and pony [of Django].

I doubt it’s really going to cause huge issues, and made about as much sense at the time as all the other [zero] suggestions I’d had.

]]> By: Mitch Harden http://blog.launchpad.net/projects/pidge/comment-page-1#comment-27240 Mitch Harden Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:14:00 +0000 http://news.launchpad.net/?p=426#comment-27240 Clearly they should've used a Green Lion for their logo. Clearly they should’ve used a Green Lion for their logo.

]]> By: pdusen http://blog.launchpad.net/projects/pidge/comment-page-1#comment-27182 pdusen Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:09:45 +0000 http://news.launchpad.net/?p=426#comment-27182 The developers may find it worthwhile to <a href="www.pidgin.im" rel="nofollow">not give their project a name almost identical to that of another, much more popular project</a>. I mean, come on, they even used a purple bird as the mascot. Wtf? The developers may find it worthwhile to not give their project a name almost identical to that of another, much more popular project. I mean, come on, they even used a purple bird as the mascot. Wtf?

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