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Help me pick a name for my app

13 points| robertgaal | 17 years ago | reply

I'm developing a simple service that converts timezones. Yes, I know this already exists, but the difference will be in the details.

I'm looking for a fun and remarkable (domain-)name for this app. Something around clocks, times, dates, timezones, different locations, etc.

I thought it would be cool to ask you guys as a kind of experiment, and hopefully something great will come along. So HN, could you help me out?

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[+] sjs382|17 years ago|reply
jacktheticker, some variation of coo coo clock (cucuclock?), stophammertime, zonedrone, ticktockclock, ticktocktime, hourhand, hourglassfast, sundial, moondial,

Chron Jeremy -- has a built in mascot. a hedgehog

Didn't check them for availability at all, but that's a quick brainstorm...

[+] jparicka|17 years ago|reply
simpleservicethatconvertstimezoneswiththedifferenceinthedetails.com
[+] andr|17 years ago|reply
Make sure you get the .net and .org before domain spammers steal it.
[+] listic|17 years ago|reply
You may want to see how Yandex did it: http://time.yandex.ru There are links for switching between analog and digital clock on top of the page.

I've found this service by pure accident. Once I've needed to know what time is it now in some other city and I thought "hasn't Yandex made a service for this already?" It turned out, they did!

IMO, that's the ideal version of this service. But if you invented something better (the details you mentioned) - more power to you!

[+] listic|17 years ago|reply
One other service I discovered the similar way is http://mirror.yandex.ru - it turned out that they maintain a comprehensive mirror of open source software, might be useful if you live in Russia; I actually get downloads at higher speeds because Yandex has special agreement with my ISP (Peterstar).
[+] robertgaal|17 years ago|reply
All very good submissions! No real winner yet thought, and not all are available domain names.
[+] hopin|17 years ago|reply
yourglobaltime.com
[+] macco|17 years ago|reply
huntanelk.com

Is elk common in the us?

[+] bravura|17 years ago|reply
whattheclock.com

What the clock!?

[+] slater|17 years ago|reply
outtati.me

(and many other *ti.me possibilities)

[+] blender|17 years ago|reply
chronvert.com is available...
[+] selfish|17 years ago|reply
how about just "cuckoo"?