Quinn NelsonI’m gonna launch a few items of merch next year. They’re very cool and will appeal to a much wider reach than the “Snazzy Labs YouTube audience” so I want to sell them under a separate brand. But what on earth do I name the site/company/etc.? Names are hard…
Lots reading as cop-land and while incorrect, that’s very fair. Copland (cope-lind) is a big ‘ol fail of an operating system that never released following Mac OS System 7.
Maybe I need to make it more “apple-y?” This too over the top? Idk.
I could also just choose a different name, but I love the sound and lore of Copeland.
Graham Ballantyne@snazzyq Copland with the six colour treatment could have potential trademark issues?
@gnb I don’t think so. Copland doesn’t appear to have been trademarked by them, and if I’m mistaken, it was ever only used internally. Of course, I’ll consult my lawyer before getting serious, but I don’t think it would be an issue.
Scott Jenson
Willie Abrams
Claude (not AI)@snazzyq I like the pure yellow dot. Lots of fun directions you can take it in. Imagine selling, say, a bag with a discreet yellow dot. Cute!
John Siracusa@snazzyq What the heck is “Mac OS System 7”?
Ken Redler
Jon (Snarf) Mason@snarfmason @siracusa @snazzyq It is!
The kids: What is this
Ryan Mendoza@siracusa @redler @snazzyq definitely seems to be one of the final references -- https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aapple.com+%22macintosh%22
@siracusa ................😜
Paul McGrane
Sam Rigby@snazzyq I’d guess more people than you may think are always going to think of Sly Stallone with that name
@snazzyq The rotating zoom outline when opening Finder windows was shit-hot. https://youtu.be/bXfsAYUjvms
(Also: seafood pasta!)
Mac OS 8 (code name Copland) Demos
tambourineman
stusmith@siracusa like, chipotle shit-hot? Or just run of the mill Taco Bell?
Freehours9@siracusa I’ve watched these videos countless times and don’t think I ever noticed that they swap the WindowShade and Zoom buttons on some of the demos. Clearly they were still deciding. Did any test builds actually ship with the WindowShade button on the left?
@freehours9 I don’t remember, but probably.
@siracusa I remember watching this the first time on Computer Chronicles (the original airing in the 90’s) and never realized the Apple person was just playing these videos.
Karl Baron@freehours9 @siracusa I remember feeling being ripped off by a “MacOS 8 Demo CD!” bundled with a magazine that was just a Macromedia Director project with these videos in it.
@siracusa Aaron is a novice, Chris is an intermediate user, Kelly is an advanced user. Wonder what Pat was?!?
Jesse Gallagher@siracusa Oh, man. I'm pretty sure I had an extension for System 7 on my Mac SE that added that. It took forever to “render” the "animation", but it was totally worth it.
Jon_Alper@snazzyq I think you’re off on a bit of a Taligent with that naming idea. 🤪
John Holzer 
@snazzyq nah, this ain’t it.
Tyler Herbst@snazzyq An apple-y brand for Snazzy Labs? Why not Snapple? It’s totally unique and definitely not trademarked
@snazzyq Your pronunciation is not in line with that of the composer for which it was named.
Nate Barham@snazzyq Love the white on black with six colors O! Agreed on the sound and lore for sure.
Eshu Marneedi@snazzyq It does look very Apple-y; I like it!
Naman@snazzyq If you’re gonna reference old Apple, I’d pick literally anything other than Copland. The cop-land reading is just too hard to avoid.
I like the logo designs though.
Some obscure reference ideas:
- brushed metal
- lickable
- traffic lights
- BeOS
- Big Cat Supply
- The Slow Cheetah
Zero101
Scott Beckett
noah@snazzyq No cops…
@snazzyq I am a dummy 🤦🏻♂️ Thank you, Quinn.
Tibo Loete@snazzyq @noahsegal if the goal is to reach a much broader audience I wouldn’t go with a name that can easily be read as cop-land by anyone who isn’t familiar with a never released OS.
If the goal is to an apple connoisseur audience, then sure
If the goal is to an apple connoisseur audience, then sure
manolo@snazzyq don’t know about the name but that’s a great font choice
@snazzyq Merchware for the Common Man?
@snazzyq Copland never stayed booted for more than 5 minutes before crashing. Also, it feels like you’re intentionally trying to evoke Apple Garamond.