How Bluetooth got its name – an interview with Jim Kardach
blog.snapeda.comThere's a lot of really great stuff in this interview about standardization, motivation, success/failure etc.
Also I assumed that "How bluetooth got its name" was a clickbait title and there'd be a two-sentence answer to that someplace in the article. But no, it's actually a fun story!
The "viking" on the stone is actually Christ.[0] You could say that Harald Blåtand connected the danish people in Christianity ;)
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelling_stones#Runestone_of_Ha...
Fun fact: A story about Harold Bluetooth is also the likely original source of the apple shooting portion of the Wilhelm Tell story.
That's a great story. Marketing doesn't know everything, I guess!
I really like the fact that they acknowledged the problem with a name like "PAN" is that it becomes impossible to search for on internet.
It can sometimes be a problem with names like ".net" or "go", certain use-cases become unsearchable.
Inspiring really to see the engineering teams prevail despite the marketing and business headwinds. That's what tech is really all about!
Im so thankful to wake up this morning.nothin or any person will take take that.stay miserable. One thing's for sure I won't be your company.
Or for anyone who has already seen Kingsmen:
The King of Sweden : Bluetooth technology.
Eggsy : Which, of course, got its name from the legendary Danish king Harald Blatand, whose name translates to 'Bluetooth' in English.
[back in England, Roxy is relaying all the information through Eggsy's glasses]
Roxy : And the Bluetooth logo is his initials in Norse runic symbols.
Eggsy : And, as I'm sure you know, the Bluetooth logo is his initials...
Princess Tilde : Yup.
Eggsy : ...in Norse runic symbols.
Tom Scott has a good take on King Bluetooth.
Maybe a word on where Harald Blåtand got his nickname from. He apparently had a dead incisor tooth, which had turned bluegrey.