Society for Preventing Parents from Naming Their Children Jennifer
The Society for Preventing Parents from Naming Their Children Jennifer (SPPNTCJ) was a popular and sometimes controversial website that contributed to early web culture, online from 1996 to 2000. The SPPNTCJ home page was created and updated by Jennifer Farwell, one of the three founding members of the SPPNTCJ. Other founding members were Jennifer Rich and Jennifer Ang.[1]
Background
[edit]The SPPNTCJ began as an inside joke on an email discussion list that both Farwell and Rich subscribed to, which included five or more Jennifers who actively posted at that time. One of the Jennifers tossed out the comment that there should be "a society for preventing parents from naming their children Jennifer." The idea took off, and Farwell created the SPPNTCJ's website. It welcomed more than 2 million visitors while online.[2]
During its run, the SPPNTCJ was noted by the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Yahoo! Internet Life magazine,[3] Thunder Bay Television News,[4] 580 CKPR radio program Tech Talk,[5] California State University, Chico, SignsOnSanDiego.com, WebMD and more. It received several Internet "cool site" acknowledgments, from Cool Central,[6] Seven Wonders,[7] Twoeys, Fallen Thinkers,[8] and Secret Einstein.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Kyber, Paul. "Jennifers unite to save others from their fate". Richmond Times-Dispatch, 7 November 2006, D8.
- ^ Farwell, Jennifer. "SPPNTCJ" Archived 2009-07-31 at archive.today. Retrieved 21 January 2008.
- ^ "The Charts." Yahoo! Internet Life magazine, Vol. 3, No. 1, January 1997, page 13.
- ^ Thunder Bay Television News, broadcast 4 January 1997.
- ^ "Tech Talk." 580 CKPR radio (Thunder Bay, Canada), broadcast 9 July 1997.
- ^ Cool Central's "Cool Site of the Hour", 27 October 1996, 6 a.m.
- ^ Seven Wonders' "Cool Site of the Day", 27 October 1996
- ^ Fallen Thinkers' award, 5 July 1997
- ^ Secret Einstein award, 6 February 1998
Further reading
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- "Could this Happen Again?" Cat Bytes. California State University, Chico, Spring 2000, retrieved 3 September 2017.
- Dawson, Bill. "Namesakes join forces on the Web." SignOnSanDiego.com by the Union-Tribune, 3 October 2002.
- Kyber, Paul. "Jennifers unite to save others from their fate". Richmond Times-Dispatch, 7 November 1996, D8.
- Smith, Michael. (Reviewer). "What's in a Child's Name? A Lot"[permanent dead link]. WebMD feature, retrieved 21 January 2008.