Re: [Discuss] Beam mascot

Tue, 05 Nov 2019 05:31:57 -0800

Quick update: The mentioned designer has gotten back to me and offered to sketch something until the end of the week. I've pointed him to this thread and the existing logo material: https://beam.apache.org/community/logos/
[I don't want to interrupt the discussion in any way, I just think having something concrete will help us to eventually decide what we want.] 

On 05.11.19 12:49, Maximilian Michels wrote:

How about fireflies in the Beam light rays? ;)


Feels like "Beam" would go well with an animal that has glowing bright 
eyes such as a lemur


I love the lemur idea because it has almost orange eyes.


Thanks for starting this Aizhamal! I've recently talked to a designer 
which is somewhat famous for creating logos. He was inclined to work on 
a software project logo. Of course there is a little bit of a price tag 
attached, though the quote sounded reasonable.



It raises the general question, how do we arrive at a concrete design 
once we have consensus on the type of mascot? I believe there are also 
designers working at companies using Beam ;)


Cheers,
Max

On 05.11.19 06:14, Eugene Kirpichov wrote:

Feels like "Beam" would go well with an animal that has glowing bright 
eyes (with beams of light shooting out of them), such as a lemur [1] 
or an owl.


[1] https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/madagascar-lemurs/index.html


On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 7:33 PM Kenneth Knowles <k...@apache.org 
<mailto:k...@apache.org>> wrote:


    Yes! Let's have a mascot!

    Direct connections often have duplicates. For example in the log
    processing space, there is https://www.linkedin.com/in/hooverbeaver

    I like a flying squirrel, but Flink already is a squirrel.

    Hedgehog? I could not find any source of confusion for this one.

    Kenn


    On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 6:02 PM Robert Burke <rob...@frantil.com
    <mailto:rob...@frantil.com>> wrote:

        As both a Canadian, and the resident fan of a programming
        language with a rodent mascot, I endorse this mascot.

        On Mon, Nov 4, 2019, 4:11 PM David Cavazos <dcava...@google.com
        <mailto:dcava...@google.com>> wrote:

            I like it, a beaver could be a cute mascot :)

            On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 3:33 PM Aizhamal Nurmamat kyzy
            <aizha...@apache.org <mailto:aizha...@apache.org>> wrote:

                Hi everybody,

                I think the idea of creating a Beam mascot has been
                brought up a couple times here in the past, but I would
                like us to go through with it this time if we are all in
                agreement:)

                We can brainstorm in this thread what the mascot should
                be given Beam’s characteristics and principles. What do
                you all think?


                For example, I am proposing a beaver as a mascot, 
because:

                1. Beavers build dams out of logs for streams
                2. The name is close to Beam
                3. And with the right imagination, you can make a really
                cute beaver :D https://imgur.com/gallery/RLo05M9

                WDYT? If you don’t like the beaver, what are the other
                options that you think could be appropriate? I would
                like to invite others to propose ideas and get the
                discussions going.

                Thanks,
                Aizhamal


        On Mon, Nov 4, 2019, 4:11 PM David Cavazos <dcava...@google.com
        <mailto:dcava...@google.com>> wrote:

            I like it, a beaver could be a cute mascot :)

            On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 3:33 PM Aizhamal Nurmamat kyzy
            <aizha...@apache.org <mailto:aizha...@apache.org>> wrote:

                Hi everybody,

                I think the idea of creating a Beam mascot has been
                brought up a couple times here in the past, but I would
                like us to go through with it this time if we are all in
                agreement:)

                We can brainstorm in this thread what the mascot should
                be given Beam’s characteristics and principles. What do
                you all think?


                For example, I am proposing a beaver as a mascot, 
because:

                1. Beavers build dams out of logs for streams
                2. The name is close to Beam
                3. And with the right imagination, you can make a really
                cute beaver :D https://imgur.com/gallery/RLo05M9

                WDYT? If you don’t like the beaver, what are the other
                options that you think could be appropriate? I would
                like to invite others to propose ideas and get the
                discussions going.

                Thanks,
                Aizhamal























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