Category Archives: logogram

Ampersand St, Little Rock, Arkansas

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Glenn C. Devitt

In a part of Little Rock that I’ve been visiting for several years a few of the streets are named rather uncre­atively :  X Street, Y Street, Z Street.  But then comes Ampersand Street.  How cool is that ?

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Online& … and what? (Part 2 : Why isn’t our website address Online&.com ?)

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Glenn C. Devitt

The simple answer :  The ampersand cannot be used in an internet domain name, which is why you are viewing OnlineAnd.com, not Online&.com. [This post will bore techies, but I have been asked this question several times and expect that … Continue reading →

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Online& … and what? (Part 1 : The Noble Ampersand)

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Glenn C. Devitt

‘So, explain the company name, the logo ?’ In short, it’s all about the ampersand. The & is a glyph with origins dating to the first century CE, and also serves an essential technical role today in the syntax of URLs … Continue reading →

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