Announcing Ditto 1.0!

Nice update.

Just one thing. How does the name "Ditto" apply to this snippet? How did you decide on the name?

Well, here is the short version of the history.

Ryan and I were talking --- bottom line of the conversation --- NewsListing needed a new name. We went through a few silly ones and then I came up with UltraLister. We both liked it but then Ryan had a brainstorm. He explained it to me with the following (actual quote):

[08:54 PM] Ryan Thrash: I think I have a better name
[08:54 PM] MARKSVIRTUALDESK: What is it?
[08:54 PM] Ryan Thrash: Ditto
[08:54 PM] Ryan Thrash: short
[08:54 PM] Ryan Thrash: sweet
[08:54 PM] Ryan Thrash: repetitive
[08:54 PM] MARKSVIRTUALDESK: Ditto? But what does it have to do with listing?
[08:55 PM] Ryan Thrash: Not to be a jerk, but do you know what a ditto mark is?
[08:55 PM] MARKSVIRTUALDESK: No
[08:55 PM] Ryan Thrash: OH!
[08:55 PM] Ryan Thrash: even better
[08:56 PM] Ryan Thrash: you’ll like it once you do
[08:56 PM] Ryan Thrash: a ditto mark is literally: "
[08:56 PM] Ryan Thrash: it means copy whatever is written above it
[08:56 PM] Ryan Thrash: so if you have a long list of things, " means same as above
[08:56 PM] Ryan Thrash: news is just repeating stuff elsewhere
[08:56 PM] MARKSVIRTUALDESK: Sorry, it didn’t click for a moment there
[08:56 PM] Ryan Thrash: but it could be news
[08:56 PM] Ryan Thrash: PR
[08:57 PM] Ryan Thrash: blogs
[08:57 PM] Ryan Thrash: articles
[08:57 PM] Ryan Thrash: stories
[08:57 PM] Ryan Thrash: downloads
[08:57 PM] MARKSVIRTUALDESK: Its catchy
[08:57 PM] Ryan Thrash: anything
[08:57 PM] MARKSVIRTUALDESK: Could make a very cool logo....
[08:57 PM] Ryan Thrash: exactlY!
[08:57 PM] Ryan Thrash: bingo
[08:57 PM] Ryan Thrash: very marketable
[09:00 PM] Ryan Thrash: I really like "Ditto"

Henceforce, Ditto it was.

Awesome.

Indeed it is... I love working with smart people !
Learn a lot from them all

Awesome man!

Thanks a big one!

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Thank you for understanding.

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