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Just a quick correction to your comment - they are CodeCademy www.codecademy.com, not Code Academy www.codeacademy.org

by nealsales 15y ago

mkramlich 15y ago
one of those teams picked a bad name, given the obvious and inevitable confusion it would cause.
- thmcmahon 15y ago
  It's also constant. Every single time someone tweets/blogs/talks about Codecademy they say Code Academy. It's inevitably followed by "actually it's Codecademy". It's a distraction from what otherwise seems to be a great idea.
  - e2daipi 15y ago
    Mayor Bloomberg managed to get it right. Unfortunately though, the BBC managed to misquote him in a recent article[1]. Edit: added reference. Update: seemes as though my email to them got 2/3 of the instances fixes; only the link at the bottom left! [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16440126 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16440126
- larrys 15y ago
  The name was a bad choice. But they also have http://www.codeacademy.com http://www.codeacademy.com which redirects to codecademy.com
  - benatkin 15y ago
    I seem to remember codeacademy being owned by someone else, a squatter or an entrepreneur who hadn't got around to doing tomething with it. If I do in fact remember this correctly, one explanation would be that they bought that domain after they'd received more investment money than they started out with.
    - larrys 15y ago
      "squatter" - although the term is commonly used in the way you used it (and always has been) the usage is an invention of the 90's media. Squatting actually involves occupying property of someone else that you don't have right to in any way (and you don't have permission) that isn't being used. The person who takes a chance and buys a name pays for it and at the time it wasn't in use by anyone else. The practice of using the derogatory word "squatting" to describe legitimate buying of a domain name with the hopes of reselling is something that should end.
- xiaoma 15y ago
  Yes. The details were explained here: http://howilearnedeverything.com/2011/10/30/clearing-the-air/ http://howilearnedeverything.com/2011/10/30/clearing-the-air...

Just a quick correction to your comment - they are CodeCademy www.codecademy.com, not Code Academy www.codeacademy.org

mkramlich 15y ago

one of those teams picked a bad name, given the obvious and inevitable confusion it would cause.

thmcmahon 15y ago
It's also constant. Every single time someone tweets/blogs/talks about Codecademy they say Code Academy. It's inevitably followed by "actually it's Codecademy". It's a distraction from what otherwise seems to be a great idea.
- e2daipi 15y ago
  Mayor Bloomberg managed to get it right. Unfortunately though, the BBC managed to misquote him in a recent article[1]. Edit: added reference. Update: seemes as though my email to them got 2/3 of the instances fixes; only the link at the bottom left! [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16440126 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16440126
larrys 15y ago
The name was a bad choice. But they also have http://www.codeacademy.com http://www.codeacademy.com which redirects to codecademy.com
- benatkin 15y ago
  I seem to remember codeacademy being owned by someone else, a squatter or an entrepreneur who hadn't got around to doing tomething with it. If I do in fact remember this correctly, one explanation would be that they bought that domain after they'd received more investment money than they started out with.
  - larrys 15y ago
    "squatter" - although the term is commonly used in the way you used it (and always has been) the usage is an invention of the 90's media. Squatting actually involves occupying property of someone else that you don't have right to in any way (and you don't have permission) that isn't being used. The person who takes a chance and buys a name pays for it and at the time it wasn't in use by anyone else. The practice of using the derogatory word "squatting" to describe legitimate buying of a domain name with the hopes of reselling is something that should end.
xiaoma 15y ago
Yes. The details were explained here: http://howilearnedeverything.com/2011/10/30/clearing-the-air/ http://howilearnedeverything.com/2011/10/30/clearing-the-air...