Tweets and T-Shirts

Noel Burkman and his partners started the website Coin That Phrase in July. Since then his products have been nominated for a Chicago Innovation Award, put in the Emmy Gift Bag, and stood at the center of a growing online community. But, what those products are, is hard to explain. I'll let Noel do it.






Full disclosure: I was offered a free T-shirt for doing this interview, but I probably would have done the interview anyway. Photo Credit: Project22.com
Posted by H for Hombre at 7:42 AM
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6 comments:

  1. colleenSeptember 4, 2009 at 5:38 AM

    Do people "coin" catchy phrases written by someone else? EG."Who let the dogs out?" or grab from popular culture EG. "¡Somos la fiesta!" or make up their own. EG. Well, I'll be North and Clarked!"

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  2. Casey Brazeal(North and Clark)September 4, 2009 at 6:36 AM

    It's kind of Wikipedia of phrases. New phrases that you coin can be yours and you can claim them, old who let the dogs out type phrases get collected and defined.

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  3. CharlesSeptember 5, 2009 at 2:02 AM

    That's a fun site, I plan on dropping it on my Facebook page. Even went on and registered my own phrase! :)

    http://www.cointhatphrase.com/phrase/8871

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  4. Casey Brazeal(North and Clark)September 6, 2009 at 11:36 AM

    Haha yeah - This one apparently offended someone's better judgement.

    http://www.cointhatphrase.com/phrase/8849

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  5. ColleenSeptember 7, 2009 at 4:32 AM

    I can't wrap my head around the copyrights. Charles clearly wrote an original line, but what of the ones from songs and movies? Don't the Intellectual Property rights belong to those who wrote and invested in promoting them?

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  6. Casey Brazeal(North and Clark)September 7, 2009 at 7:11 AM

    Think about it like Wikipedia. You can put up a classic phrase that you don't own, the difference is you can't be an affiliate with that phrase. So while adding "Your sweetness is my weakness" helps by documenting a Barry White classic an original phrase like "Too much hunk not enough funk" could be something you write and participate in the sale of.

    Also, this line goes out to ladies of the 80s:
    http://cointhatphrase.com/product/create/8852

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