On Oct 1, 2011, at 3:02 PM, dsh wrote:

> So call out the problem statement, the constraints and the final goal
> in the beginning and you don't need to fear to having to fix whatever
> pattern later on ;)

That would be the perfect scenario, yes. :)

> PS: I suspect the goal at hand is -- as I learned to understand it
> while reading this thread again -- to turn the mockup image into some
> templates to get the website online ASAP.

That's the idea.  Or "an" idea at least :)


-David

> 
> On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 11:42 PM, David Blevins <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> 
>> On Oct 1, 2011, at 1:59 PM, dsh wrote:
>> 
>>> I wouldn't call it perfectionism. It is just that the constraints and
>>> goals weren't pretty clear at the beginning of this thread ;)
>> 
>> Yep.  Vaguely stated at best.
>> 
>>> The icons I requested aren't even related to the website itself...
>> 
>> Right, was targeting the "collect ideas and get new proposal" statement 
>> which is dangerously close to "let's throw away what they gave us and try 
>> again".  No one ever said that, just making sure we don't start a "bikeshed" 
>> pattern[1].
>> 
>> Probably the best way to phrase it:
>> 
>>   We can paint the bikeshed as many times as we want
>> 
>> The fallacy of the bikeshed metaphore is that somehow everyone needs to 
>> agree on a color before you can paint the bikeshed.   When in reality its a 
>> simple task and you can just paint the bikeshed and keep repainting it for 
>> as long as it takes.
>> 
>> 
>> -David
>> 
>> 
>> [1] http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bikeshed
>> 
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> Daniel
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 10:54 PM, David Blevins <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> FYI, to all.  Chatting with Sally who does all the Apache announcements 
>>>> and it looks like either the 5th or 6th will be the date.  Anything later 
>>>> than that and JavaOne is essentially over.  So if we don't have something 
>>>> in place by then, we'll end up launching with the old site.
>>>> 
>>>> If we get too picky I think we're going to learn a hard lesson in 
>>>> perfectionism.
>>>> 
>>>> My recommendation would be for us to get the actual template files for the 
>>>> site as shown in the pic.  Someone here can work on getting that turned 
>>>> into a velocity template and up on the site.  Then we can push a new round 
>>>> of requirements at the designers.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -David
>>>> 
>>>> On Oct 1, 2011, at 1:30 PM, Jean-Louis MONTEIRO wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Didn't get time yesterday to get something better. But, I can collect all
>>>>> your ideas, requirements, etc and get a new proposal from our designers.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hopefully on Monday.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jean Louis
>>>>> Le 1 oct. 2011 22:27, "David Blevins" <[email protected]> a écrit :
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Oct 1, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Romain Manni-Bucau wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I would like something more dynamic, maybe more orange like our bean.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> We can certainly do that. I expect we'll keep playing with the site and
>>>>> possible TomEE logos for the next few weeks.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> We just need something new in place for the announcement even if it's 
>>>>>> only
>>>>> temporary.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -David
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Le 1 oct. 2011 20:51, "Karan Malhi" <[email protected]> a écrit :
>>>>>>>> I love it!. +1 on this template. Will share my ideas in another email
>>>>>>>> regarding TomEE launch.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 11:03 AM, David Blevins 
>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Jean-Louis forwarded me this image. The only text was in French, which
>>>>> I
>>>>>>> don't speak, but it's pretty safe bet to know what it is ;)
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> http://openejb.staging.apache.org/images/newsite-tan.jpg
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Looks nice! Way better than what we have and would be a great template
>>>>>>> to use for the launch.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> If we could get "TomEE" worked into the logo, I think that'd be 
>>>>>>>>> perfect
>>>>>>> for the launch. We can always do something else later, but this is at
>>>>> least
>>>>>>> new and different enough.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -David
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Sep 15, 2011, at 2:29 AM, Jean-Louis MONTEIRO wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> FYI, I asked someone in my company to help us with the design of the
>>>>> new
>>>>>>> web
>>>>>>>>>> site.
>>>>>>>>>> If we could get something sexy to accompany the upcoming Apache
>>>>> OpenEJB
>>>>>>>>>> 4.0.0, that'd be great.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Any thoughts?
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Jean-Louis
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Karan Singh Malhi
>>>>>>>> twitter.com/KaranSinghMalhi
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
>> 

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