One of the reddit founders did an interesting (and short) TED talk on this. Search for "ted talk reddit mister splashy pants".
Sent from my iPhone On 2013/05/09, at 9:11, Nick Williams <nicho...@nicholaswilliams.net> wrote: > Agreed. Collect votes from as many sources as possible. I DO think the PMC > and/or key devs should be able to veto, however ... just in case. > > Nick > > On May 8, 2013, at 6:57 PM, Gary Gregory wrote: > >> We can mail to the dev and user list (and pmc too), and use social media. We >> can also update the log4j 2 beta web site with the announcement. >> >> Gary >> >> On May 8, 2013, at 19:34, Remko Popma <rem...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> Christian, >>> >>> That is a great idea! >>> Not just to get a nice new logo, but also (more important imho) to attract >>> attention to the new 2.0 version. Marketing yay! >>> >>> How do you want to do this? >>> Do we pick from the submissions, or do we have a second round where people >>> vote for their favorite? >>> >>> I would like the second one. Not that I don't have great taste (haha - >>> that's my wife laughing, I was serious), but it is a chance to get even >>> more people involved and thus attract even more attention. >>> >>> -Remko >>> >>> From: Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> >>> To: Log4J Developers List <log4j-dev@logging.apache.org> >>> Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2013 6:10 AM >>> Subject: Re: Logo contest? >>> >>> For some reason I picture two guys with their arms outstretched standing on >>> a spinning log in a body of water.... ;-) >>> >>> Hopefully, most of you will understand that. Probably not - In the >>> northwest U.S. they have lumberjack contests where the guy who can stay on >>> the log longest wins. >>> >>> Ralph >>> >>> On May 8, 2013, at 2:02 PM, Christian Grobmeier wrote: >>> >>> > I am sorry to say that I never liked the log4j logo. I always found it >>> > 100% ugly. >>> > Recently somebody else said, he doesn't know what a green cup has to >>> > do with logging. I agree with him. >>> > >>> > Now the log4j 1.x logo is a green cup. No doubt about it. >>> > >>> > But log4j 2.x is different. In my opinion we should get the word out >>> > and have some kind of logo contest. I am willing to assist and lead, >>> > once the current discussion on other places calm down. >>> > >>> > My hope is, we would release the first stable version of log4j 2.x >>> > with a new logo. We are a fresh team, we have a new atmosphere and >>> > log4j 2.x is somewhat great. I believe we simply need a logo which >>> > expresses all that. >>> > >>> > Any thoughts around this? >>> > >>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-dev-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org >>> > For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-dev-h...@logging.apache.org >>> > >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-dev-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-dev-h...@logging.apache.org >
