How to Pronounce It — Anole

A few weeks ago I began working on a new text based productivity extension for Chrome and it needed a name.

The first iteration of this free open source extension simply takes selected text and transforms that text into camelCase, kebab-case, lower case, snake_case, Start Case, or UPPER CASE.

So, I wanted a mascot that was modest, ubiquitous, a bit fun and suggestive of transformation.

An Anole is all those things. And together with @ggabogarcia — a highly talented, professional grade designer with whom I connected via the #utopian-io initiative we were able to craft an identity for the Anole browser extension that doesn't just capture what it is today—but all that it aspires to be.

But how do you say that word Anole?

I remembered a little too late that even here in Florida — where the little guys are everywhere — that people often don't know the exact pronunciation of this word.

At first I'm certain I didn't know how to say the name of this super fun color changing lizard, anyway 😉

_{The American Anole has an interesting ability to change its shade of green or brown — just like the Anole browser extension changes text to suit your needs. Image by Erwan Hesry on Unsplash}

So here it is. The word A-n-o-l-e, is pronounced like this:

By the way if you're wondering where you can try out Anole an early version will be available in the Chrome web store in the next few days. Or if you'd like to try it out right now it's already available on Github.

I've also been working on a Chrome Browser extension to block spam messages in the SteemIt Wallet.