Add to .bash_profile to get more useful terminal titles.

.bash_profile

# http://askubuntu.com/questions/126737/make-gnome-terminal-show-the-command-running-as-title
# If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir
case "$TERM" in
xterm*|rxvt*)
    prompt_prefix()
    {
      if [ "$USER" != "jmcgirr" ] || [ "$HOSTNAME" != "jmcgirr-ld1" ]; then
          echo -n "${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: "
      else
          echo -n
      fi
    }
    PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;᚛$(prompt_prefix)$(basename "$PWD")\007"'

    # Show the currently running command in the terminal title:
    # http://www.davidpashley.com/articles/xterm-titles-with-bash.html
    show_command_in_title_bar()
    {
        case "$BASH_COMMAND" in
            *\033]0*)
                # The command is trying to set the title bar as well;
                # this is most likely the execution of $PROMPT_COMMAND.
                # In any case nested escapes confuse the terminal, so don't
                # output them.
                ;;
            *)
                echo -ne "\033]0;☀$(prompt_prefix)${BASH_COMMAND}\007"
                ;;
        esac
    }
    trap show_command_in_title_bar DEBUG
    ;;
*)
    ;;
esac