Re: [libreoffice-marketing] is there a file for this poster?
Hi Simon, *, On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On 15 Mar 2012, at 13:24, Christian Lohmaier wrote: I'd love to see an (artistic) QR-Code that features the paperclip logo as part of the code... (or failing having an artistic version, a plain one...) I made this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1792694/lo_qr_code.gif Yay - this is what I had in mind - decodes well with SnapmazeReader and Kaywa Reader (points directly to libreoffice.org/download though - not sure whether it would be better to point to the www.libreoffice.org main page) Now we need sure to also add it to the wiki have it added to printed material :-)) ciao Christian I also love the way how anonymous HH did incorporate the mask into the actual dotgrid: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_7WQdvAZwd4/TxC77CJlYRI/CLs/z7i76j3CvWo/s1600/1756_e70d.jpeg -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] is there a file for this poster?
On Sat, 2012-03-17 at 14:10 +0100, Christian Lohmaier wrote: Hi Drew, *, On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 10:13 PM, drew jensen drewjensen.in...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 2012-03-16 at 13:23 -0700, Craig Olofson wrote: [...] Jogged the memory also - did something with QR-Code (hmm, not sure who actually generated the code bit..) There are quite a few web-based QR-Code generators out there. Some@Jinbai - you should likely subscribe to the odfAuthors mailing list and talk with those folks directly. offer only the free text generation, others allow you to switch to a specific information type. http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/ or http://www.qrdvark.com/qr-generator/ have corresponding selections Thinking might be worth it to take the design you did for the code and re-craft a new general use, fund raising oriented perhaps, 2012 flyer, or even a campaign (flyer (for print), video, presentation page for members to use as lead/trailer when giving talks (though I have no real knowledge that works...I suppose it does) all with a common look. What do you think? Not limited to the fund raising topic, Absolutely. It was the subject of last years piece however, and I thought might be of most interest to Simon, and so my example. but of course creating dedicated landing pages (that then are stable (i.e. URLs that will redirect to whatever page is currently in use for that topic) like the already existing http://hub.libreoffice.org/file-a-bug could of course be setup as well, hub.libreoffice.org/donate or hub.libreoffice.org/fundraiser , yup - I get the idea that a level of indirection in the URL adds flexibility So when you have a reusable idea (one where it is beneficial to have a long lasting, stable URL that might point to different pages over time), feel free to ask to have such a redirection setup. ...though, I'm not quite sure I agree that it matters more for a published URL represented by a glyph used for machine scanning over one represented by human readable text. At the end of the day, typed or scanned, the URL either landed somewhere usable or not. Which is to say, it is the type of media that adds the additional need for long term stability to the URL IMO, hard copy printing, and perhaps even video, being such media. So I think we actually agree :), that I and others, should take extra caution when choosing URL's, of any type, for printed materials. Also, maybe I'm pointing out a difference without much of a distinction. Anyway - I do like the specific glyph Simon produced and the general idea, for sure, definitely thinking we ought to incorporate such in a variety of artifacts. Best wishes, //drew ps - Seems like the hub.libreoffice.org/donate is a good idea - but best I suppose to discuss that in a different thread? ciao Christian -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] is there a file for this poster?
Hi Drew, *, On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 3:45 PM, drew jensen drewjensen.in...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, 2012-03-17 at 14:10 +0100, Christian Lohmaier wrote: [hub.libreoffice.org stable redirector URLs] So when you have a reusable idea (one where it is beneficial to have a long lasting, stable URL that might point to different pages over time), feel free to ask to have such a redirection setup. ...though, I'm not quite sure I agree that it matters more for a published URL represented by a glyph used for machine scanning over one represented by human readable text. Oh, didn't want to imply that it was - rather than whenever you need a URL that still should point to something useful in two or more years. When the link is put into some real world stuff that you cannot change afterwards (like a released version of LibreOffice - you cannot change LO that was already installed by the user, and you cannot change printed copies of flyers or books) At the end of the day, typed or scanned, the URL either landed somewhere usable or not. Which is to say, it is the type of media that adds the additional need for long term stability to the URL IMO, hard copy printing, and perhaps even video, being such media. Exactly. I don't know where you got the idea that I'd think it matters more for QR-Codes, but I'm glad that you share my actual point :-) So I think we actually agree :), that I and others, should take extra caution when choosing URL's, of any type, for printed materials. Yes :-) Anyway - I do like the specific glyph Simon produced and the general idea, for sure, definitely thinking we ought to incorporate such in a variety of artifacts. Yes, I'd love to see a QR-Code on every LO booth - some might say Welcome dear visitor, thanks for taking time to scan this code, what about talking to our staff - when you say codeword you'll get a cookie :-D ps - Seems like the hub.libreoffice.org/donate is a good idea - but best I suppose to discuss that in a different thread? Yes, please :-) you can then use it like hub.libreoffice.org/donate?event=whatever or similar to make use of it for specific campaigns/events. ciao Christian -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] is there a file for this poster?
Good question. First off, I really like the QR's design. From color to insertion of graphic: distinctive and still functional. Tip of the hat. But... This particular QR points to the download page of LO. Maybe I'm alone in this but: 1. I've always, only scanned a QR w/my mobile device 2. The only software downloads via QR were specific to the mobile device Expectation is pretty important wrt QR's. Based on that, for QR's I generate, I've taken to: - Adding one-line captions alerting where the QR leads - The QR's always lead to mobile-appropriate urls (which must add value - not teasers) I can see fringe cases where scanning the download linky to my mobile might be advantageous. Otherwise, I'm missing something. All that aside, Simon, thanks again for showing an aesthetically distinctive appealing QR code. No small trick! ;-) -Craig On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 1:08 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: What can we do with it, really? I do not think my smart phone can deal with these things. I use a LG-500 prepaid with limited online abilities. I never really know what such a icon is used for. Some demos tell you to take a picture of the icon and it will go to a screen showing you where the item is in the store. Another demo commercial had you take a picture of the icon and you bought the item and you just had to type in your card number and billing/shipping address. SO what would LO user do with the icon? Or is it just a cute graphic? On 03/16/2012 03:32 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: On 15 Mar 2012, at 13:24, Christian Lohmaier wrote: I'd love to see an (artistic) QR-Code that features the paperclip logo as part of the code... (or failing having an artistic version, a plain one...) I made this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/**1792694/lo_qr_code.gifhttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/1792694/lo_qr_code.gif here: http://beqrious.com/qr-code-**generator/http://beqrious.com/qr-code-generator/ S. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] is there a file for this poster?
On Fri, 2012-03-16 at 13:23 -0700, Craig Olofson wrote: Good question. First off, I really like the QR's design. From color to insertion of graphic: distinctive and still functional. Tip of the hat. But... This particular QR points to the download page of LO. Maybe I'm alone in this but: 1. I've always, only scanned a QR w/my mobile device 2. The only software downloads via QR were specific to the mobile device Expectation is pretty important wrt QR's. Based on that, for QR's I generate, I've taken to: - Adding one-line captions alerting where the QR leads - The QR's always lead to mobile-appropriate urls (which must add value - not teasers) I can see fringe cases where scanning the download linky to my mobile might be advantageous. Otherwise, I'm missing something. All that aside, Simon, thanks again for showing an aesthetically distinctive appealing QR code. No small trick! ;-) -Craig On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 1:08 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: What can we do with it, really? I do not think my smart phone can deal with these things. I use a LG-500 prepaid with limited online abilities. I never really know what such a icon is used for. Some demos tell you to take a picture of the icon and it will go to a screen showing you where the item is in the store. Another demo commercial had you take a picture of the icon and you bought the item and you just had to type in your card number and billing/shipping address. SO what would LO user do with the icon? Or is it just a cute graphic? On 03/16/2012 03:32 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: On 15 Mar 2012, at 13:24, Christian Lohmaier wrote: I'd love to see an (artistic) QR-Code that features the paperclip logo as part of the code... (or failing having an artistic version, a plain one...) I made this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/**1792694/lo_qr_code.gifhttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/1792694/lo_qr_code.gif here: http://beqrious.com/qr-code-**generator/http://beqrious.com/qr-code-generator/ Howdy S. Excellent - I like the icon in the center. Jogged the memory also - did something with QR-Code (hmm, not sure who actually generated the code bit..) as part of a flyer layout last year: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Libo-challenge-en.pdf Thinking might be worth it to take the design you did for the code and re-craft a new general use, fund raising oriented perhaps, 2012 flyer, or even a campaign (flyer (for print), video, presentation page for members to use as lead/trailer when giving talks (though I have no real knowledge that works...I suppose it does) all with a common look. What do you think? Best wishes, //drew -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] is there a file for this poster?
Hi Drew, *, On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 4:52 AM, drew jensen drewjensen.in...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 2012-03-14 at 19:05 -0400, drew jensen wrote: On Wed, 2012-03-14 at 18:54 -0400, drew jensen wrote: [...] http://lo-portal.us/temp/2012-poster-after-cut.png Nice - motif looks much better than the green framing in my opinion. The right part looks a bit squeezed to the right, putting it a little to the left would be more balanced. Not sure whether I like http://libreoffice.org or whether www.libreoffice.org would be better The mime-icons also look a little awkward - I guess I'd prefer them to show the whole document-icon, not the image part of it and give it more whitespace or at least some blending or embossing effect. So that's it, if anyone wants to use it please do. If you would like something changed, just ask..and if you could care less, no big deal. I'd love to see an (artistic) QR-Code that features the paperclip logo as part of the code... (or failing having an artistic version, a plain one...) ciao Christian -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-marketing] is there a file for this poster?
Is there any place where we could get copy of this type of poster, shown in the image listed in the below link? http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/thumb/1/11/Grazer_Linuxtage_2011_001.jpg/400px-Grazer_Linuxtage_2011_001.jpg I was thinking that it looks great, and would be nice to have something like this for the English fests coming up this year. Having it in English, instead of needing to take the SVG file and editing it, would be helpful. We need as many marketing posters and stuff as possible for the North American shows ands fests. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] is there a file for this poster?
On Wed, 2012-03-14 at 10:24 -0400, Tim Lungstrom wrote: Is there any place where we could get copy of this type of poster, shown in the image listed in the below link? Likely not - well, of course there could be, but likely not that you will ever get your hands on. If you really like though, it could be reproduced in English and using FOSS tools, in an standard format, and shared with the full community. Shall we? //drew http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/thumb/1/11/Grazer_Linuxtage_2011_001.jpg/400px-Grazer_Linuxtage_2011_001.jpg I was thinking that it looks great, and would be nice to have something like this for the English fests coming up this year. Having it in English, instead of needing to take the SVG file and editing it, would be helpful. We need as many marketing posters and stuff as possible for the North American shows ands fests. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] is there a file for this poster?
I was thinking that since it was a LO poster for a LO table fest, it would be nice if the file used to create the poster would be shared. I have no trouble creating a poster for things I am dealing with, but there are some North American events coming soon, with April 28-29 being the LinuxFest Northwest 2012. I bet they could use as many marketing poster ideas as we can provide them. I know that locally the 6 foot by 30 inch LibreOffice banner cost about $75, and the one shown in the linked photo would be about half that [hopefully]. I know the price of that 6 foot banner since I am working on a design for a local organization and we were quoted that if we provide the PDF file. It would be nice to share the files [in standard formats] so every region that has these shows where LO could get a booth/table, can have similar materials, posters, banners, etc., for their use. I have asked on the website list about how to get a 3.4.5 DVD label design shown there. I think if the designers of the labels, brochures, fliers, posters, banners, and other marketing items shared their creations, we would have a large marketing resource. I would really like to see a tri-fold brochure, or flier, that was geared towards the school and university students. Get them while they are young. Get schools to look at LO as an alternative to buying MSO for all their systems. Give the parents an option instead of buying MSO for their kid's laptops when they send them on to the colleges and universities. The more marketing materials we have to access locally, the better we can be. Yes Drew, I most likely could make a version of the poster in the photo, if I could read the text and use some translation package to see what it saids, but it would be better to just download it from our marketing pages. On 03/14/2012 02:27 PM, drew jensen wrote: On Wed, 2012-03-14 at 10:24 -0400, Tim Lungstrom wrote: Is there any place where we could get copy of this type of poster, shown in the image listed in the below link? Likely not - well, of course there could be, but likely not that you will ever get your hands on. If you really like though, it could be reproduced in English and using FOSS tools, in an standard format, and shared with the full community. Shall we? //drew http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/thumb/1/11/Grazer_Linuxtage_2011_001.jpg/400px-Grazer_Linuxtage_2011_001.jpg I was thinking that it looks great, and would be nice to have something like this for the English fests coming up this year. Having it in English, instead of needing to take the SVG file and editing it, would be helpful. We need as many marketing posters and stuff as possible for the North American shows ands fests. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] is there a file for this poster?
Thanks I did not see it before. Now I just have to translate it. On 03/14/2012 03:32 PM, Christian Lohmaier wrote: Hi *, cc to the german list as it is about a german poster... On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Tim Lungstromtimo...@lungstrom.com wrote: Is there any place where we could get copy of this type of poster, shown in the image listed in the below link? http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/thumb/1/11/Grazer_Linuxtage_2011_001.jpg/400px-Grazer_Linuxtage_2011_001.jpg The poster can be found here http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Posters (page is pretty empty, people apparently don't know this place and don't add the created posters there - too bad...) Probably Thomas Krumbein, who usually finalizes the proposals for professional printing still has the source around/knows where to look for it - Not sure whether there is a svg source or just the Adobe inDesign stuff.. Having it in English, instead of needing to take the SVG file and editing it, would be helpful. Not aware of a english version of that poster yet. But then again that poster is not that catchy to begin with/I wouldn't use the same green background/framing now that we got the motiv-images that look much nicer modern. ciao Christian -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] is there a file for this poster?
On Wed, 2012-03-14 at 21:23 +, Simon Phipps wrote: On 14 Mar 2012, at 19:32, Christian Lohmaier wrote: The poster can be found here http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Posters I get a File Not Found error for the poster - looks like the URL is wrong. S. Try this instead http://www.frodev.org/images/downloads/LibO/lo-plakat_2010-01-25a.pdf -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] is there a file for this poster?
On 14 Mar 2012, at 21:25, drew jensen wrote: On Wed, 2012-03-14 at 21:23 +, Simon Phipps wrote: On 14 Mar 2012, at 19:32, Christian Lohmaier wrote: The poster can be found here http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Posters I get a File Not Found error for the poster - looks like the URL is wrong. S. Try this instead http://www.frodev.org/images/downloads/LibO/lo-plakat_2010-01-25a.pdf Die Seite existiert leider nicht… and then a link to http://www.frodev.org/downloads/LibreOffice/lo-plakat_2010-01-25a.pdf/view which just displays a directory listing. S. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] is there a file for this poster?
On 14 Mar 2012, at 21:25, drew jensen wrote: On Wed, 2012-03-14 at 21:23 +, Simon Phipps wrote: On 14 Mar 2012, at 19:32, Christian Lohmaier wrote: The poster can be found here http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Posters I get a File Not Found error for the poster - looks like the URL is wrong. S. Try this instead http://www.frodev.org/images/downloads/LibO/lo-plakat_2010-01-25a.pdf I went away left the machine, and when I came back another area had been rewritten on the page with a download link, so I now have the PDF - thanks. It doesn't appear to be a hybrid PDF though, so I've no source; do we know where it is? Thanks S. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] is there a file for this poster?
On Wed, 2012-03-14 at 18:54 -0400, drew jensen wrote: On Wed, 2012-03-14 at 23:20 +0100, Christian Lohmaier wrote: Hi Simon, *, On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:11 PM, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On 14 Mar 2012, at 21:25, drew jensen wrote: and then a link to http://www.frodev.org/downloads/LibreOffice/lo-plakat_2010-01-25a.pdf/view which just displays a directory listing. so close - but missed the goal, see http://frupic.frubar.net/fullsize/24541 ciao Christian And here is my first take on a variant... https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/6/6a/2012-poster-36x24.png The file is actually sized at 62.2cm by 92.7cm which is the full bleed size for a cut down to 24 x 36 inches at Vistaprint or Staples print centers. The (inkscape) svg file is at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:2012-poster-36x24.svg So, if folks have any suggestions or want to re-work that yourself please do and just upload right over top if you feel like it.. Best wishes, //drew and of course _after_ I uploaded - now I see the two typos...but it is a draft anyway... so I'll hold off for any comments before fixing. TTFN -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
