You must have never started a website before. You can only name your website if the domain is available. It's impossible to find a good domain these days. That's why so many websites "invent" words as their name.
I think this thread should be moved to the Suggestions/Feedback forum. But anyway, I believe Shawn has his reasons for the name. This domain is a pretty old domain - Shawn's had it for quite some time and it was made for the purpose of his digital products and programs that he develops. I personally think it's a great name. It's more "open" than a name like Site Point - digital is so clever because it deals with websites, servers, programs, etc. And, the barcode actually says something too in the logo.
Well I just wondering why Shawn named Digitalpoint, To open a business we suppose know the meaning and purpose of a company name. I bet Shawn named not because the domain still available at that time. IMO its a great name, but would be great if there's an explanation why the founder have choose Digital Point. ps: I do not mind if this thread should be in Suggestion/Feedback Forum.
The real reason is that I was doodling in college (I went for half a semester), and accidentally came up with a cool logo (the one we use). Then I decided to name the company based on the logo... I saw a "D", "P" and an "S" in the logo, so wanted to name it something with those initials. Originally it was Data Point Solutions... then I changed it in 1999 (or so... I forget when exactly) to Digital Point Solutions. I also thought of Data Point Software since that's all I did at the time. But that name seemed too limiting in case someday I wanted to do something other than software. So it was named Data Point Solutions based on a doodle. (true story) Edit: Okay, I looked up the exact dates... digitalpoint.com was registered on April 2, 1999, so I was right (1999)... data-point.com was registered May 24, 1996.
What a loser! ...and yet this loser is a million-badillion-aire! Good story. I like the logo. I'm still not sure how you did the barcode!
What were you studying and why did you leave? Are you just extraordinarily gifted, or did you find a better mentor?
It was a dumb US History class... I wasn't studying anything in particular, it was just general education stuff.
I've gone back to college 2 months ago to study 'web development'. It's pretty slow going. Funny thing is I seem to be learning more on DP.
Linguists are not unanimous on the origin of the word cat. Ancient Egyptians used an onomatopoeia to label cats – meow or myeou. This corresponded to the phonetic transcription of the hieroglyph for cat. Copts used the term chau. It should be noted that the word tom [cat] is an anagram from Atoum, the sun god likened to a cat. The Greeks called cats ailuros, from the words aiol and ouros, which are translated as "wagging tail." In Latin, felis was first used to designate wild cats, then weasels and finally cats in the writings of Ciceron (1st century BC). The word cattus replaced felis when domesticated cats from the Orient were introduced into Rome. The word was used for the first time in a scientific context in the agronomy treaty of Palladius entitled De re rustica, which dates back to the IVth century. The word catus does appear in the Bible in the Book of Baruch, but is used in reference to a bird of the night. According to Isidore of Seville, catus comes from captare – to take, or from cattare – to have a piercing look. In the VIIth century, the term used for cats was musio, murilegus or muriceps (one who captures mice). The word catus translated into several languages: - Roman languages: gato in Portuguese and Spanish, gatto in Italian; - Celtic languages: cat in English; - Slavic languages: kochka in Russian; - Germanic languages: Katze in German; In France, the word chat was certified in 1175, while the word chatte appeared in the XIIIth century. The word chaton dates to 1261 and the word chatière dates to 1275.