What's the 75px requirement ? Is it an apache requirement that the logo must be sinfully ugly ?
Kristian 2013/12/18 Stephen Connolly <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> > More emphasis on the glasses... > > https://twitter.com/connolly_s/status/413346357487730688/photo/1 > > > On 18 December 2013 16:28, Stephen Connolly < > stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com > > wrote: > > > Get doodling... > > > > > > On 18 December 2013 16:22, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> wrote: > > > >> I think the logo should emphasis what the name "maven" means: someone > who > >> is an expert or connoisseur. Actually, I think the glasses on that > animal > >> brings out that imagery -- although I would like to see it emphasized > >> more. > >> The expertise could be also include "blocks" since modules/projects are > >> the > >> building blocks of maven. > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Stephen Connolly < > >> stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > For Benson... and just to put another one in the hat... > >> > > >> > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven-4.png > >> > > >> > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven-4-big.png > >> > > >> > > >> > On 18 December 2013 15:38, Jason van Zyl <ja...@tesla.io> wrote: > >> > > >> > > On Dec 18, 2013, at 10:20 AM, Benson Margulies < > bimargul...@gmail.com > >> > > >> > > wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > Personally, I think we need a new POM version to drive us forward. > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > I agree. If no one else gets to it I'll write up something over the > >> > > holidays to distill what Stephen has written and try and formalize > >> some > >> > > minimal requirements and desires. > >> > > > >> > > > As a visual goes, I'd look for something like a beaver (who builds > >> > > > things) wearing geek eye-glasses (indicating 'it's a maven'). > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > For the love of god (if that happens to be your thing) please do not > >> use > >> > a > >> > > beaver. Go ask your closest English speaking North American why > that's > >> > not > >> > > a good choice. No one wants to see the maven-beaver-plugin. > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Stephen Connolly > >> > > > <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> Tomcat... well they have a cat... fair enough > >> > > >> > >> > > >> Hadoop... has an elephant > >> > > >> > >> > > >> Hama has a hippo > >> > > >> > >> > > >> Solr has a sunrise > >> > > >> > >> > > >> Jackrabbit has a rabbit > >> > > >> > >> > > >> Chemistry has a test tube > >> > > >> > >> > > >> Openoffice has some abstract flying birds on a blue sky > >> > > >> > >> > > >> Karaf has a beaker with a feather on top > >> > > >> > >> > > >> ODE has a conductor with a feather instead of a batton > >> > > >> > >> > > >> Ant has the ant > >> > > >> > >> > > >> Flex has some strange abstract flexy thing > >> > > >> > >> > > >> Marmotta has a gopher > >> > > >> > >> > > >> Hive has an elephant-bee hybrid > >> > > >> > >> > > >> ... > >> > > >> > >> > > >> There is a limit to how many visually distinct animals you can > >> render > >> > > for a > >> > > >> 75px tall image placeholder... > >> > > >> > >> > > >> But seriously, we just want something that is more than just our > >> name > >> > > in a > >> > > >> fancy font. I think we need a mascot to help drive us onwards... > >> > > >> > >> > > >> -Stephen > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> On 18 December 2013 13:27, Benson Margulies < > bimargul...@gmail.com > >> > > >> > > wrote: > >> > > >> > >> > > >>> A large, not very bright, species of deer that wears giant > antlers > >> > and > >> > > >>> attacks what it doesn't understand. If that's what strikes you > >> all as > >> > > >>> a great metaphor for us, Maven, or both, go right ahead. > >> > > >>> > >> > > >>> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > >> > > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >> > > >>> > >> > > >>> > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > >> > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > Thanks, > >> > > > >> > > Jason > >> > > > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > >> > > Jason van Zyl > >> > > Founder, Apache Maven > >> > > http://twitter.com/jvanzyl > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------- > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Cheers, > >> Paul > >> > > > > >
