Aww.. that Hoover beaver is cute. But then lemur is also "taken" [1] and the owl too [2].
Personally, I don't think it matters much which mascots are taken, as long as the project is not too close in the same space as Beam. Also, it's good to just get all ideas out. We should still consider hedgehogs. I looked up fireflies, they don't look nice, but i am not dismissing the idea :/ And thanks for reaching out to designers, Max. To your point: >how do we arrive at a concrete design >once we have consensus on the type of mascot? My thinking is that the designer will come up with few sketches, then we vote on one here in the dev@ list. [1] https://www.nginx.com/blog/introducing-the-lemur-stack-and-an-official-nginx-mascot/ [2] https://blog.readme.io/why-every-startup-needs-a-mascot/ On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 5:31 AM Maximilian Michels <m...@apache.org> wrote: > 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 > >> >
