Comments on: Cheers to the barnacle app: a useful new entry in the Web 2.0 lexicon http://www.digitalsolid.com/2007/11/16/cheers-to-the-barnacle-app-a-useful-new-entry-in-the-web-20-lexicon/ Marketing Technology Musings and Tips by Jeff Larche Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:20:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Matt http://www.digitalsolid.com/2007/11/16/cheers-to-the-barnacle-app-a-useful-new-entry-in-the-web-20-lexicon/comment-page-1/#comment-2876 Matt Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:46:08 +0000 http://www.digitalsolid.com/2007/11/16/cheers-to-the-barnacle-app-a-useful-new-entry-in-the-web-20-lexicon/#comment-2876 I dunno barnacles aren't dependent on the specific thing they attach themselves to. They can attach to all sort of things, right? Parasite comes to mind, though it implies malignancy, but could be close. Symbiotic implies that both apps rely on each other which isn't the case. Stalker app could work as a name, but again implies malignancy. Why isn't it just called an addon or extension? I use tons of them for firefox, how is foamee any different? I mean this app wouldn't exist without Twitter, right? I'd say it's a twitter extension. I dunno barnacles aren’t dependent on the specific thing they attach themselves to. They can attach to all sort of things, right? Parasite comes to mind, though it implies malignancy, but could be close. Symbiotic implies that both apps rely on each other which isn’t the case. Stalker app could work as a name, but again implies malignancy.

Why isn’t it just called an addon or extension? I use tons of them for firefox, how is foamee any different? I mean this app wouldn’t exist without Twitter, right? I’d say it’s a twitter extension.

]]> By: Niamh Kiernan http://www.digitalsolid.com/2007/11/16/cheers-to-the-barnacle-app-a-useful-new-entry-in-the-web-20-lexicon/comment-page-1/#comment-2850 Niamh Kiernan Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:50:50 +0000 http://www.digitalsolid.com/2007/11/16/cheers-to-the-barnacle-app-a-useful-new-entry-in-the-web-20-lexicon/#comment-2850 Interesting idea and I'm now wracking my brains to work out how I could do something similar. Interesting idea and I’m now wracking my brains to work out how I could do something similar.

]]> By: Ron Shevlin http://www.digitalsolid.com/2007/11/16/cheers-to-the-barnacle-app-a-useful-new-entry-in-the-web-20-lexicon/comment-page-1/#comment-2849 Ron Shevlin Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:50:05 +0000 http://www.digitalsolid.com/2007/11/16/cheers-to-the-barnacle-app-a-useful-new-entry-in-the-web-20-lexicon/#comment-2849 I thought it was called Leechware I thought it was called Leechware

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