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Introducing Sketch: A Playground for React Native from Expo (YC S16)

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Re: Introducing Sketch: A Playground for React Native from Expo (YC S16)

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Post by underwater »

ChristianGeek wrote: post #121
BHSPitMonkey wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Both tools are even solidly in the same niche (web design/development)... Sorry but no. No one wants to have to say "Sketch (the design tool)" and "Sketch (the RN tool)" every single time either one comes up.

And this is why OP is going to get a cease-and-desist regarding the name.

For what it's worth OP is Charlie Cheever, an early Facebook employee and co-founder of Quora. I'm sure he's no stranger to this kind of stuff.

Re: Introducing Sketch: A Playground for React Native from Expo (YC S16)

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Post by nailer »

arctangent wrote: post #96
nailer wrote: post #40

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Personally, I didn't understand how a chat app for software developers could in good conscience be called 'Slack'.

To answer this I suspect you need to know a bit about Stewart Butterfield, who founded Slack. A very very long time ago, SB created a social game called GNE (Game Neverending). The game (and it's participants, of whom I was one) were somewhat whimsical. Based on this, I believe the reference to "slack" is a reference to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_SubGenius ("Slack" is "the ability to effortless…

I'm aware of the Church of the Subgenius, but I think anyone who was aware of Bob's teachings would probably already be aware of Slackware, the Linux distro commonly referred to as Slack, which popularised the same.

Re: Introducing Sketch: A Playground for React Native from Expo (YC S16)

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Post by hackcrafter »

ccheever wrote: post #2

Hi! I worked on this and am happy to answer any questions about it :)

This is really cool!

I have been using Exponent (Expo) on a side project for 5 months and love it.

Can I ask what editor this is built on? I've been considering for another project having a "live editor" for writing extensions, and this is the best ES6 + linter I've seen!

Is any of this app open source?

Re: Introducing Sketch: A Playground for React Native from Expo (YC S16)

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Post by dcgoss »

sergiotapia wrote: post #88

Change the name fellas. Sketch is a brand new tool that's about to replace Photoshop for almost all web design work.

My first thought is that it could be called Expo Sandbox. Plays off the Playground theme, and accurately reflects the usage.

Re: Introducing Sketch: A Playground for React Native from Expo (YC S16)

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Post by dyarosla »

ccheever wrote: post #50
welder wrote: post #9

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My initial reaction was to associate this with Sketch App for Mac [1]. How do you plan to prevent confusion? [1] https://www.sketchapp.com/

We thought it was such a different product that people wouldn't be confused at all. But if it turns out to be a problem, we'll figure something out. Thanks for the feedback!

It sounds like you're turning a deaf ear to the fact that it is a problem. Both apps are used for designing applications (even though the functionality and what kind of design is different). I wouldn't be surprised if your mentors at YC have already advised you to change the name. And more people in this thread have commented on the name issue more than your product itself. "If it turns out to be a problem"- It's a problem alright.
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