Re: Document Freedom Day 2013 -- March 27

[Alexandro Colorado]

Here is some artwork from a OS-Tan Logo originally for Linux, but with
some changes, I have modified the colors and peaks of the bird to be
more gull like. with the AOO colors.
http://imagebin.org/251048

I might do a different one with a white coat and helmet and blue edge.

On 3/20/13, Alexandro Colorado  wrote:
> On 3/6/13, Robin Fowler  wrote:
>> I'll probably find the time to make a logo. I've seen the official logo
>> for
>> 2013. Is there any other source of inspiration or any suggestions anyone
>> has?
>
> You can see the artwork I did from both here:
> http://imagebin.org/251039
> http://imagebin.org/251040
> http://imagebin.org/251041
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Robin
>>
>>
>> On 6 Mar 2013, at 17:59, Rob Weir  wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Rob Weir  wrote:
 Document Freedom Day (DFD) promotes the use of open standards and
 interoperability in documents.   OpenOffice has been a core part of
 DFD since it first started in 2008.

 Our community's support of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) file format
 is broad: in the product of course, but also via our personal use, and
 via the efforts of our volunteers in OASIS maintaining the standard,
 and at Plugfests improving interoperability.

 I'd like to see us celebrate Document Freedom Day.  I think we can do
 something similar do what we did for International Mother Language
 Day:   Using social media and our website.  We can reach nearly a
 million people when we do this, so it is very effective.

 To make this happen we need a few things to happen before, say March
 10th:

>>>
>>> Time is running out if we want to do something.
>>>
 1) An adapted logo for the website, something thematic.

 a) The hi-res version of the current logo is here:
 http://www.openoffice.org/images/AOO_logos/AOO-logo-hires.jpg

 b) For ideas, the official DFD art work is here:
 http://documentfreedom.org/artwork.en.html

 c) The final website logo should be 100px high, with width of
 200-400px.

 d) If we can avoid putting the date in the logo we can reuse it in
 future years as well.

>>>
>>> Anyone feel inspired to create an AOO/DFD logo for the website?
>>>
 2) A blog post and/or press release.  The week prior to DFD is
 "Sunshine Week" in the US, and is focused on open government
 (http://www.sunshineweek.org/).  So I might try to write up something
 that connects the two, i.e., how the use of open standards helps
 promote open government.

>>>
>>> I am currently working on a blog post for DFD.
>>>
 3) Use our social media accounts to promote DFD on the day.

>>>
>>> I've created a placeholder for a landing page that can be shared via
>>> Facebook/Twitter/Google+.  This is based on the work Samer did for the
>>> download page.  It has no content, and I probably introduced some
>>> bugs.   But it is full of potential !
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.openoffice.org/social/dfd.html
>>>

 Anyone interested in helping?

>>>
>>> Again, time is running short if we want to do something for Document
>>> Freedom Day.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> -Rob
>>>

 Regards,

 -Rob
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Re: Document Freedom Day 2013 -- March 27

[Alexandro Colorado]

On 3/6/13, Robin Fowler  wrote:
> I'll probably find the time to make a logo. I've seen the official logo for
> 2013. Is there any other source of inspiration or any suggestions anyone
> has?

You can see the artwork I did from both here:
http://imagebin.org/251039
http://imagebin.org/251040
http://imagebin.org/251041

>
> Regards,
> Robin
>
>
> On 6 Mar 2013, at 17:59, Rob Weir  wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Rob Weir  wrote:
>>> Document Freedom Day (DFD) promotes the use of open standards and
>>> interoperability in documents.   OpenOffice has been a core part of
>>> DFD since it first started in 2008.
>>>
>>> Our community's support of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) file format
>>> is broad: in the product of course, but also via our personal use, and
>>> via the efforts of our volunteers in OASIS maintaining the standard,
>>> and at Plugfests improving interoperability.
>>>
>>> I'd like to see us celebrate Document Freedom Day.  I think we can do
>>> something similar do what we did for International Mother Language
>>> Day:   Using social media and our website.  We can reach nearly a
>>> million people when we do this, so it is very effective.
>>>
>>> To make this happen we need a few things to happen before, say March
>>> 10th:
>>>
>>
>> Time is running out if we want to do something.
>>
>>> 1) An adapted logo for the website, something thematic.
>>>
>>> a) The hi-res version of the current logo is here:
>>> http://www.openoffice.org/images/AOO_logos/AOO-logo-hires.jpg
>>>
>>> b) For ideas, the official DFD art work is here:
>>> http://documentfreedom.org/artwork.en.html
>>>
>>> c) The final website logo should be 100px high, with width of 200-400px.
>>>
>>> d) If we can avoid putting the date in the logo we can reuse it in
>>> future years as well.
>>>
>>
>> Anyone feel inspired to create an AOO/DFD logo for the website?
>>
>>> 2) A blog post and/or press release.  The week prior to DFD is
>>> "Sunshine Week" in the US, and is focused on open government
>>> (http://www.sunshineweek.org/).  So I might try to write up something
>>> that connects the two, i.e., how the use of open standards helps
>>> promote open government.
>>>
>>
>> I am currently working on a blog post for DFD.
>>
>>> 3) Use our social media accounts to promote DFD on the day.
>>>
>>
>> I've created a placeholder for a landing page that can be shared via
>> Facebook/Twitter/Google+.  This is based on the work Samer did for the
>> download page.  It has no content, and I probably introduced some
>> bugs.   But it is full of potential !
>>
>>
>> http://www.openoffice.org/social/dfd.html
>>
>>>
>>> Anyone interested in helping?
>>>
>>
>> Again, time is running short if we want to do something for Document
>> Freedom Day.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> -Rob
>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> -Rob
>>
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Re: Document Freedom Day 2013 -- March 27

[Alexandro Colorado]

On 3/20/13, Alexandro Colorado  wrote:
> On 3/6/13, Rob Weir  wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Rob Weir  wrote:
>>> Document Freedom Day (DFD) promotes the use of open standards and
>>> interoperability in documents.   OpenOffice has been a core part of
>>> DFD since it first started in 2008.
>>>
>>> Our community's support of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) file format
>>> is broad: in the product of course, but also via our personal use, and
>>> via the efforts of our volunteers in OASIS maintaining the standard,
>>> and at Plugfests improving interoperability.
>>>
>>> I'd like to see us celebrate Document Freedom Day.  I think we can do
>>> something similar do what we did for International Mother Language
>>> Day:   Using social media and our website.  We can reach nearly a
>>> million people when we do this, so it is very effective.
>>>
>>> To make this happen we need a few things to happen before, say March
>>> 10th:
>>>
>>
>> Time is running out if we want to do something.
>>
>>> 1) An adapted logo for the website, something thematic.
>>>
>>> a) The hi-res version of the current logo is here:
>>> http://www.openoffice.org/images/AOO_logos/AOO-logo-hires.jpg
>>>
>>> b) For ideas, the official DFD art work is here:
>>> http://documentfreedom.org/artwork.en.html
>
> here is a simple one:
> http://imagebin.org/251039

Couple more:
http://imagebin.org/251040
http://imagebin.org/251041


>
>
>>>
>>> c) The final website logo should be 100px high, with width of 200-400px.
>>>
>>> d) If we can avoid putting the date in the logo we can reuse it in
>>> future years as well.
>>>
>>
>> Anyone feel inspired to create an AOO/DFD logo for the website?
>>
>>> 2) A blog post and/or press release.  The week prior to DFD is
>>> "Sunshine Week" in the US, and is focused on open government
>>> (http://www.sunshineweek.org/).  So I might try to write up something
>>> that connects the two, i.e., how the use of open standards helps
>>> promote open government.
>>>
>>
>> I am currently working on a blog post for DFD.
>>
>>> 3) Use our social media accounts to promote DFD on the day.
>>>
>>
>> I've created a placeholder for a landing page that can be shared via
>> Facebook/Twitter/Google+.  This is based on the work Samer did for the
>> download page.  It has no content, and I probably introduced some
>> bugs.   But it is full of potential !
>>
>>
>> http://www.openoffice.org/social/dfd.html
>>
>>>
>>> Anyone interested in helping?
>>>
>>
>> Again, time is running short if we want to do something for Document
>> Freedom Day.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> -Rob
>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> -Rob
>>
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Re: Document Freedom Day 2013 -- March 27

[Alexandro Colorado]

On 3/6/13, Rob Weir  wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Rob Weir  wrote:
>> Document Freedom Day (DFD) promotes the use of open standards and
>> interoperability in documents.   OpenOffice has been a core part of
>> DFD since it first started in 2008.
>>
>> Our community's support of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) file format
>> is broad: in the product of course, but also via our personal use, and
>> via the efforts of our volunteers in OASIS maintaining the standard,
>> and at Plugfests improving interoperability.
>>
>> I'd like to see us celebrate Document Freedom Day.  I think we can do
>> something similar do what we did for International Mother Language
>> Day:   Using social media and our website.  We can reach nearly a
>> million people when we do this, so it is very effective.
>>
>> To make this happen we need a few things to happen before, say March
>> 10th:
>>
>
> Time is running out if we want to do something.
>
>> 1) An adapted logo for the website, something thematic.
>>
>> a) The hi-res version of the current logo is here:
>> http://www.openoffice.org/images/AOO_logos/AOO-logo-hires.jpg
>>
>> b) For ideas, the official DFD art work is here:
>> http://documentfreedom.org/artwork.en.html

here is a simple one:
http://imagebin.org/251039


>>
>> c) The final website logo should be 100px high, with width of 200-400px.
>>
>> d) If we can avoid putting the date in the logo we can reuse it in
>> future years as well.
>>
>
> Anyone feel inspired to create an AOO/DFD logo for the website?
>
>> 2) A blog post and/or press release.  The week prior to DFD is
>> "Sunshine Week" in the US, and is focused on open government
>> (http://www.sunshineweek.org/).  So I might try to write up something
>> that connects the two, i.e., how the use of open standards helps
>> promote open government.
>>
>
> I am currently working on a blog post for DFD.
>
>> 3) Use our social media accounts to promote DFD on the day.
>>
>
> I've created a placeholder for a landing page that can be shared via
> Facebook/Twitter/Google+.  This is based on the work Samer did for the
> download page.  It has no content, and I probably introduced some
> bugs.   But it is full of potential !
>
>
> http://www.openoffice.org/social/dfd.html
>
>>
>> Anyone interested in helping?
>>
>
> Again, time is running short if we want to do something for Document
> Freedom Day.
>
> Regards,
>
> -Rob
>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> -Rob
>
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Re: Document Freedom Day 2013 -- March 27

[Rob Weir]

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Rob Weir  wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Robin Fowler wrote:
>
>> Sorry for taking so long, unfortunately I've not had much time recently.
>> I've come up with a logo, it's still quite rough but might be better than
>> nothing. It doesn't have a transparent background because it's not straight
>> forward with the shadow of the OO logo. (May I say it's a bit problematic
>> having two different background colours. Especially when dealing with
>> images that we have no access to layers.) Anyway, you may well prefer to
>> use one of the other logos available, and that's fine.
>>
>
> Hi Robin,
>
> I love the concept.  I think our readers and users will as well.
>
> For the website (http://www.openoffice.org/) the idea was to put it in
> the upper left, to replace the current logo for the days leading up to
> DFD.  But that space is currently only 100 pixels high.  We might be able
> to exceed that by a little, but I'm not sure 240 pixels will work.
>
> One idea might be to toss out the text and the date and tighten the
> remaining elements.  We can still use the text headline on the website
> (where it currently says "Call For Designers: Apache OpenOffice 4.0 Brand
> Refresh 
> Project")
> for the actual DFD text and date.
>
> Does that make sense?  Would that get us closer to 100px?
>
> Btw, I'll use the full version, as you have it now on the blog post, where
> we have more room to play with.
>
>

Here is the graphic in the context of the draft blog post:

https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=openoffice_and_odf

I think the blog post could use an even larger version.  What do others
think?

-Rob



> Regards,
>
> -Rob
>
>
>
>>
>>
>> Robin
>>
>>
>> On 6 Mar 2013, at 20:07, Rob Weir  wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Robin Fowler 
>> wrote:
>>
>> I'll probably find the time to make a logo. I've seen the official logo
>> for 2013. Is there any other source of inspiration or any suggestions
>> anyone has?
>>
>>
>> The ODF Community Logo might be another source of ideas:
>>
>> http://opendocument.xml.org/wiki/odf-community-logo
>>
>> ODF is the Open Document Format standard, which OpenOffice supports.
>>
>> So there is a bird-thing going on in both that logo and the OpenOffice
>> one.  Maybe a bird being released from a cage?
>>
>> -Rob
>>
>> Regards,
>> Robin
>>
>>
>> On 6 Mar 2013, at 17:59, Rob Weir  wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Rob Weir  wrote:
>>
>> Document Freedom Day (DFD) promotes the use of open standards and
>> interoperability in documents.   OpenOffice has been a core part of
>> DFD since it first started in 2008.
>>
>> Our community's support of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) file format
>> is broad: in the product of course, but also via our personal use, and
>> via the efforts of our volunteers in OASIS maintaining the standard,
>> and at Plugfests improving interoperability.
>>
>> I'd like to see us celebrate Document Freedom Day.  I think we can do
>> something similar do what we did for International Mother Language
>> Day:   Using social media and our website.  We can reach nearly a
>> million people when we do this, so it is very effective.
>>
>> To make this happen we need a few things to happen before, say March 10th:
>>
>>
>> Time is running out if we want to do something.
>>
>> 1) An adapted logo for the website, something thematic.
>>
>> a) The hi-res version of the current logo is here:
>> http://www.openoffice.org/images/AOO_logos/AOO-logo-hires.jpg
>>
>> b) For ideas, the official DFD art work is here:
>> http://documentfreedom.org/artwork.en.html
>>
>> c) The final website logo should be 100px high, with width of 200-400px.
>>
>> d) If we can avoid putting the date in the logo we can reuse it in
>> future years as well.
>>
>>
>> Anyone feel inspired to create an AOO/DFD logo for the website?
>>
>> 2) A blog post and/or press release.  The week prior to DFD is
>> "Sunshine Week" in the US, and is focused on open government
>> (http://www.sunshineweek.org/).  So I might try to write up something
>> that connects the two, i.e., how the use of open standards helps
>> promote open government.
>>
>>
>> I am currently working on a blog post for DFD.
>>
>> 3) Use our social media accounts to promote DFD on the day.
>>
>>
>> I've created a placeholder for a landing page that can be shared via
>> Facebook/Twitter/Google+.  This is based on the work Samer did for the
>> download page.  It has no content, and I probably introduced some
>> bugs.   But it is full of potential !
>>
>>
>> http://www.openoffice.org/social/dfd.html
>>
>>
>> Anyone interested in helping?
>>
>>
>> Again, time is running short if we want to do something for Document
>> Freedom Day.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> -Rob
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> -Rob
>>
>>
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Re: Document Freedom Day 2013 -- March 27

[Rob Weir]

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Robin Fowler wrote:

> Sorry for taking so long, unfortunately I've not had much time recently.
> I've come up with a logo, it's still quite rough but might be better than
> nothing. It doesn't have a transparent background because it's not straight
> forward with the shadow of the OO logo. (May I say it's a bit problematic
> having two different background colours. Especially when dealing with
> images that we have no access to layers.) Anyway, you may well prefer to
> use one of the other logos available, and that's fine.
>

Hi Robin,

I love the concept.  I think our readers and users will as well.

For the website (http://www.openoffice.org/) the idea was to put it in the
upper left, to replace the current logo for the days leading up to DFD.
But that space is currently only 100 pixels high.  We might be able to
exceed that by a little, but I'm not sure 240 pixels will work.

One idea might be to toss out the text and the date and tighten the
remaining elements.  We can still use the text headline on the website
(where it currently says "Call For Designers: Apache OpenOffice 4.0 Brand
Refresh 
Project")
for the actual DFD text and date.

Does that make sense?  Would that get us closer to 100px?

Btw, I'll use the full version, as you have it now on the blog post, where
we have more room to play with.

Regards,

-Rob



>
>
> Robin
>
>
> On 6 Mar 2013, at 20:07, Rob Weir  wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Robin Fowler 
> wrote:
>
> I'll probably find the time to make a logo. I've seen the official logo
> for 2013. Is there any other source of inspiration or any suggestions
> anyone has?
>
>
> The ODF Community Logo might be another source of ideas:
>
> http://opendocument.xml.org/wiki/odf-community-logo
>
> ODF is the Open Document Format standard, which OpenOffice supports.
>
> So there is a bird-thing going on in both that logo and the OpenOffice
> one.  Maybe a bird being released from a cage?
>
> -Rob
>
> Regards,
> Robin
>
>
> On 6 Mar 2013, at 17:59, Rob Weir  wrote:
>
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Rob Weir  wrote:
>
> Document Freedom Day (DFD) promotes the use of open standards and
> interoperability in documents.   OpenOffice has been a core part of
> DFD since it first started in 2008.
>
> Our community's support of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) file format
> is broad: in the product of course, but also via our personal use, and
> via the efforts of our volunteers in OASIS maintaining the standard,
> and at Plugfests improving interoperability.
>
> I'd like to see us celebrate Document Freedom Day.  I think we can do
> something similar do what we did for International Mother Language
> Day:   Using social media and our website.  We can reach nearly a
> million people when we do this, so it is very effective.
>
> To make this happen we need a few things to happen before, say March 10th:
>
>
> Time is running out if we want to do something.
>
> 1) An adapted logo for the website, something thematic.
>
> a) The hi-res version of the current logo is here:
> http://www.openoffice.org/images/AOO_logos/AOO-logo-hires.jpg
>
> b) For ideas, the official DFD art work is here:
> http://documentfreedom.org/artwork.en.html
>
> c) The final website logo should be 100px high, with width of 200-400px.
>
> d) If we can avoid putting the date in the logo we can reuse it in
> future years as well.
>
>
> Anyone feel inspired to create an AOO/DFD logo for the website?
>
> 2) A blog post and/or press release.  The week prior to DFD is
> "Sunshine Week" in the US, and is focused on open government
> (http://www.sunshineweek.org/).  So I might try to write up something
> that connects the two, i.e., how the use of open standards helps
> promote open government.
>
>
> I am currently working on a blog post for DFD.
>
> 3) Use our social media accounts to promote DFD on the day.
>
>
> I've created a placeholder for a landing page that can be shared via
> Facebook/Twitter/Google+.  This is based on the work Samer did for the
> download page.  It has no content, and I probably introduced some
> bugs.   But it is full of potential !
>
>
> http://www.openoffice.org/social/dfd.html
>
>
> Anyone interested in helping?
>
>
> Again, time is running short if we want to do something for Document
> Freedom Day.
>
> Regards,
>
> -Rob
>
>
> Regards,
>
> -Rob
>
>
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Re: Document Freedom Day 2013 -- March 27

[Samer Mansour]

Robin those look really good.  I think they are excellent copy write ideas,
letting the bird out of its cage, considering the DFD logo is a bird.

For the website header do we need a wider logo? If so maybe a single cage
with the OO orb to the right, same text underneath?  Up to you Robin and if
Rob Weir requires it.
I think the two above are good size for posting to social media and sharing.

Thank you for helping!

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Robin Fowler wrote:

> Sorry for taking so long, unfortunately I've not had much time recently.
> I've come up with a logo, it's still quite rough but might be better than
> nothing. It doesn't have a transparent background because it's not straight
> forward with the shadow of the OO logo. (May I say it's a bit problematic
> having two different background colours. Especially when dealing with
> images that we have no access to layers.) Anyway, you may well prefer to
> use one of the other logos available, and that's fine.
>
>
>
> Robin
>
>
> On 6 Mar 2013, at 20:07, Rob Weir  wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Robin Fowler 
> wrote:
>
> I'll probably find the time to make a logo. I've seen the official logo
> for 2013. Is there any other source of inspiration or any suggestions
> anyone has?
>
>
> The ODF Community Logo might be another source of ideas:
>
> http://opendocument.xml.org/wiki/odf-community-logo
>
> ODF is the Open Document Format standard, which OpenOffice supports.
>
> So there is a bird-thing going on in both that logo and the OpenOffice
> one.  Maybe a bird being released from a cage?
>
> -Rob
>
> Regards,
> Robin
>
>
> On 6 Mar 2013, at 17:59, Rob Weir  wrote:
>
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Rob Weir  wrote:
>
> Document Freedom Day (DFD) promotes the use of open standards and
> interoperability in documents.   OpenOffice has been a core part of
> DFD since it first started in 2008.
>
> Our community's support of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) file format
> is broad: in the product of course, but also via our personal use, and
> via the efforts of our volunteers in OASIS maintaining the standard,
> and at Plugfests improving interoperability.
>
> I'd like to see us celebrate Document Freedom Day.  I think we can do
> something similar do what we did for International Mother Language
> Day:   Using social media and our website.  We can reach nearly a
> million people when we do this, so it is very effective.
>
> To make this happen we need a few things to happen before, say March 10th:
>
>
> Time is running out if we want to do something.
>
> 1) An adapted logo for the website, something thematic.
>
> a) The hi-res version of the current logo is here:
> http://www.openoffice.org/images/AOO_logos/AOO-logo-hires.jpg
>
> b) For ideas, the official DFD art work is here:
> http://documentfreedom.org/artwork.en.html
>
> c) The final website logo should be 100px high, with width of 200-400px.
>
> d) If we can avoid putting the date in the logo we can reuse it in
> future years as well.
>
>
> Anyone feel inspired to create an AOO/DFD logo for the website?
>
> 2) A blog post and/or press release.  The week prior to DFD is
> "Sunshine Week" in the US, and is focused on open government
> (http://www.sunshineweek.org/).  So I might try to write up something
> that connects the two, i.e., how the use of open standards helps
> promote open government.
>
>
> I am currently working on a blog post for DFD.
>
> 3) Use our social media accounts to promote DFD on the day.
>
>
> I've created a placeholder for a landing page that can be shared via
> Facebook/Twitter/Google+.  This is based on the work Samer did for the
> download page.  It has no content, and I probably introduced some
> bugs.   But it is full of potential !
>
>
> http://www.openoffice.org/social/dfd.html
>
>
> Anyone interested in helping?
>
>
> Again, time is running short if we want to do something for Document
> Freedom Day.
>
> Regards,
>
> -Rob
>
>
> Regards,
>
> -Rob
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Re: Document Freedom Day 2013 -- March 27

[Robin Fowler]

Sorry for taking so long, unfortunately I've not had much time recently. I've come up with a logo, it's still quite rough but might be better than nothing. It doesn't have a transparent background because it's not straight forward with the shadow of the OO logo. (May I say it's a bit problematic having two different background colours. Especially when dealing with images that we have no access to layers.) Anyway, you may well prefer to use one of the other logos available, and that's fine.RobinOn 6 Mar 2013, at 20:07, Rob Weir  wrote:On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Robin Fowler  wrote:I'll probably find the time to make a logo. I've seen the official logo for 2013. Is there any other source of inspiration or any suggestions anyone has?The ODF Community Logo might be another source of ideas:http://opendocument.xml.org/wiki/odf-community-logoODF is the Open Document Format standard, which OpenOffice supports.So there is a bird-thing going on in both that logo and the OpenOfficeone.  Maybe a bird being released from a cage?-RobRegards,RobinOn 6 Mar 2013, at 17:59, Rob Weir  wrote:On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Rob Weir  wrote:Document Freedom Day (DFD) promotes the use of open standards andinteroperability in documents.   OpenOffice has been a core part ofDFD since it first started in 2008.Our community's support of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) file formatis broad: in the product of course, but also via our personal use, andvia the efforts of our volunteers in OASIS maintaining the standard,and at Plugfests improving interoperability.I'd like to see us celebrate Document Freedom Day.  I think we can dosomething similar do what we did for International Mother LanguageDay:   Using social media and our website.  We can reach nearly amillion people when we do this, so it is very effective.To make this happen we need a few things to happen before, say March 10th:Time is running out if we want to do something.1) An adapted logo for the website, something thematic.a) The hi-res version of the current logo is here:http://www.openoffice.org/images/AOO_logos/AOO-logo-hires.jpgb) For ideas, the official DFD art work is here:http://documentfreedom.org/artwork.en.htmlc) The final website logo should be 100px high, with width of 200-400px.d) If we can avoid putting the date in the logo we can reuse it infuture years as well.Anyone feel inspired to create an AOO/DFD logo for the website?2) A blog post and/or press release.  The week prior to DFD is"Sunshine Week" in the US, and is focused on open government(http://www.sunshineweek.org/).  So I might try to write up somethingthat connects the two, i.e., how the use of open standards helpspromote open government.I am currently working on a blog post for DFD.3) Use our social media accounts to promote DFD on the day.I've created a placeholder for a landing page that can be shared viaFacebook/Twitter/Google+.  This is based on the work Samer did for thedownload page.  It has no content, and I probably introduced somebugs.   But it is full of potential !http://www.openoffice.org/social/dfd.htmlAnyone interested in helping?Again, time is running short if we want to do something for DocumentFreedom Day.Regards,-RobRegards,-Rob-To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.orgFor additional commands, e-mail: marketing-h...@openoffice.apache.org-To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.orgFor additional commands, e-mail: marketing-h...@openoffice.apache.org-To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.orgFor additional commands, e-mail: marketing-h...@openoffice.apache.org

Re: [AOO 4.0 Branding Refresh] Call For Google Hangout

[Alexandro Colorado]

On 3/18/13, Samer Mansour  wrote:
> Hello Marketing,
>
> I will be creating an agenda and moderating a google hangout to discuss the
> submissions we've received.
>
> This is open to all people registered to the marketing mailing list. Not on
> the mailing list?
> https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/call_for_marketing_volunteers
>
> Add these to your google calendar (even if you don't use google calendar):
> First Hangout -> http://goo.gl/PrVlF
> Saturday Mar 23rd: 9AM PDT, 12PM EDT, 4PM GMT, 9:30PM IST, 12AM SGT
> (Sunday)
>
> Second Hangout -> http://goo.gl/akOHH
> Sunday Mar 24th: 5AM PDT, 8AM EDT, 12PM GMT, 5:30PM IST, 8PM SGT

I got blank events on both.

>
> You can follow AOO on Google+ in order for me to invite you at the event
> start time from the community page:
> https://plus.google.com/communities/103683488250592271079

I know G+ now support events. Would be a good idea to generate it.

>
> The hangout will be recorded to youtube and posted on the mailing list for
> archive purposes. That way its not member conspiring in secret wahahaha. No
> but seriously its to have record of ideas and decisions we make.
>
> Fair warning, I don't know how good volunteers' english is, it may well
> turn into a thumbs up, thumbs down via video.  I can't assume, but I'm
> giving this a try.
>
> Samer Mansour
>


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Re: [AOO 4.0 Branding Refresh] Call For Google Hangout

[Samer Mansour]

Ariel, I also hold the same feeling that we should keep the "orb" in some
manner.
I've proposed a flat logo as it is just the current trend, it may stick but
we don't know as its like fashion, what's fashionable this decade is
"horrible" the next.
Doesn't mean we can't have another refresh in the future.  Flat is
certainly screen and print friendly as well.

I just found out the limit is actually 10 people for my google account.  15
is if you have a domain registered with google for google services for
business.
It does how ever support youtube live streaming which I'll enable and post.
I'll take comments from outside the hangout via twitter if the room fills
up. #oobrand

I'll summarize and post before as well.

Rob, could I get facebook admin access to the AOO page, I could post a link
to the youtube live stream video just before it starts there.
It may generate interest if people watch live as we go through proposals
and discuss. Almost done agenda, I hacked away at it last night.

Samer

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 4:37 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote:

> On 3/20/13 9:23 AM, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 08:48:15AM +0100, Jürgen Schmidt wrote:
> >> On 3/20/13 12:36 AM, Samer Mansour wrote:
> >>> Hey everyone,
> >>>
> >>> Juergen, I've already started collecting artifacts inside the
> >>> desktop application and the websites, please feel free to add:
> >>>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO4+-+Application+And+Launcher
> >>>
> >>>
> See sibling wiki pages for more.
> >>
> >> great, there is already a good collection.
> >>
> >> I would keep the proposed changes minimal because we need
> >> developers who do the work on the changed design. Exchanging
> >> images is one easy part, redesign and changing code more work,
> >> especially in our code where UI is more work and can't be
> >> compared with for example Java swing ;-)
> >>
> >> The About dialog looks wrong at least compared with the MacOS
> >> version. I think it is not really different on the platforms. I
> >> have to check the other platforms.
> >
> > He took the About from 3.4, the one from trunk looks much nicer
> > (though it will have to be redone).
> >
> > I noticed two major changes in the proposals:
> >
> > 1) the ORB disappears completely, or is flatten
> >
> > 2) several logo explorations have a flat look too, very much
> > similar to the one Microsoft has given to it products (the Outlook
> > website, Windows 8, MS Office).
> >
> > Ad (1): modifying or eliminating the ORB is IMO a very bad idea.
> > It's not only nice and well-designed, but it's also the OpenOffice
> > identity since it appeared. You can compare it with Firefox logo
> > and its history: since 0.8 it has undergo only a minor redesign for
> > 3.5, that certainly didn't change its identity.  vid.
> > http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/branding-firefox
> > http://idsgn.org/posts/firefox-refreshes-logo/
>
> I like the orb as well and I like the new design from Kevin who did a
> minor change and included a globe (see Gulls with globe 01 -
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.x+-+Logo+Explorations
> )
>
> More important from my point of view is that we come to a conclusion
> soon. I can live with the orb with minor changes and a new font.
> Something reproducable (svg?)
>
> >
> > Ad (2): it is impossible not to see in the several application
> > icons proposal a strong resemblance with the latest look of the
> > Microsoft products; for example, the application icons in
> >
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/27846912/AOO-4.0-Logo-Product-Icons.png?version=1&modificationDate=1361858664000
> >
> >
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/27846912/2013-03_Apache_OpenOffice_Logo-Proposal_ChrisTa.png?version=1&modificationDate=1363305525000
> >
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/30753365/OO_Design_Robin_Fowler.jpg
> >
> >
> IMO it is important to develop a visual identity of our own.
> >
>
> +100, a new own visual identity is very important. But is not easy and
> more work.
>
> Juergen
>
> >
> > Regards
> >
>
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Re: [AOO 4.0 Branding Refresh] Call For Google Hangout

[Jürgen Schmidt]

On 3/20/13 9:23 AM, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 08:48:15AM +0100, Jürgen Schmidt wrote:
>> On 3/20/13 12:36 AM, Samer Mansour wrote:
>>> Hey everyone,
>>> 
>>> Juergen, I've already started collecting artifacts inside the
>>> desktop application and the websites, please feel free to add: 
>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO4+-+Application+And+Launcher
>>>
>>> 
See sibling wiki pages for more.
>> 
>> great, there is already a good collection.
>> 
>> I would keep the proposed changes minimal because we need
>> developers who do the work on the changed design. Exchanging
>> images is one easy part, redesign and changing code more work,
>> especially in our code where UI is more work and can't be
>> compared with for example Java swing ;-)
>> 
>> The About dialog looks wrong at least compared with the MacOS
>> version. I think it is not really different on the platforms. I
>> have to check the other platforms.
> 
> He took the About from 3.4, the one from trunk looks much nicer
> (though it will have to be redone).
> 
> I noticed two major changes in the proposals:
> 
> 1) the ORB disappears completely, or is flatten
> 
> 2) several logo explorations have a flat look too, very much
> similar to the one Microsoft has given to it products (the Outlook
> website, Windows 8, MS Office).
> 
> Ad (1): modifying or eliminating the ORB is IMO a very bad idea.
> It's not only nice and well-designed, but it's also the OpenOffice
> identity since it appeared. You can compare it with Firefox logo
> and its history: since 0.8 it has undergo only a minor redesign for
> 3.5, that certainly didn't change its identity.  vid. 
> http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/branding-firefox 
> http://idsgn.org/posts/firefox-refreshes-logo/

I like the orb as well and I like the new design from Kevin who did a
minor change and included a globe (see Gulls with globe 01 -
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.x+-+Logo+Explorations)

More important from my point of view is that we come to a conclusion
soon. I can live with the orb with minor changes and a new font.
Something reproducable (svg?)

> 
> Ad (2): it is impossible not to see in the several application
> icons proposal a strong resemblance with the latest look of the
> Microsoft products; for example, the application icons in 
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/27846912/AOO-4.0-Logo-Product-Icons.png?version=1&modificationDate=1361858664000
>
> 
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/27846912/2013-03_Apache_OpenOffice_Logo-Proposal_ChrisTa.png?version=1&modificationDate=1363305525000
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/30753365/OO_Design_Robin_Fowler.jpg
>
> 
IMO it is important to develop a visual identity of our own.
> 

+100, a new own visual identity is very important. But is not easy and
more work.

Juergen

> 
> Regards
> 


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Re: [AOO 4.0 Branding Refresh] Call For Google Hangout

[Ariel Constenla-Haile]

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 08:48:15AM +0100, Jürgen Schmidt wrote:
> On 3/20/13 12:36 AM, Samer Mansour wrote:
> > Hey everyone,
> > 
> > Juergen, I've already started collecting artifacts inside the desktop
> > application and the websites, please feel free to add:
> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO4+-+Application+And+Launcher
> > See sibling wiki pages for more.
> 
> great, there is already a good collection.
> 
> I would keep the proposed changes minimal because we need developers who
> do the work on the changed design. Exchanging images is one easy part,
> redesign and changing code more work, especially in our code where UI is
> more work and can't be compared with for example Java swing ;-)
> 
> The About dialog looks wrong at least compared with the MacOS version. I
> think it is not really different on the platforms. I have to check the
> other platforms.

He took the About from 3.4, the one from trunk looks much nicer (though
it will have to be redone).

I noticed two major changes in the proposals:

1) the ORB disappears completely, or is flatten

2) several logo explorations have a flat look too, very much similar to
   the one Microsoft has given to it products (the Outlook website,
   Windows 8, MS Office).

Ad (1): modifying or eliminating the ORB is IMO a very bad idea. It's
not only nice and well-designed, but it's also the OpenOffice identity
since it appeared. You can compare it with Firefox logo and its history:
since 0.8 it has undergo only a minor redesign for 3.5, that certainly
didn't change its identity.  vid.
http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/branding-firefox
http://idsgn.org/posts/firefox-refreshes-logo/

Ad (2): it is impossible not to see in the several application icons
proposal a strong resemblance with the latest look of the Microsoft
products; for example, the application icons in
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/27846912/AOO-4.0-Logo-Product-Icons.png?version=1&modificationDate=1361858664000
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/27846912/2013-03_Apache_OpenOffice_Logo-Proposal_ChrisTa.png?version=1&modificationDate=1363305525000
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/30753365/OO_Design_Robin_Fowler.jpg
IMO it is important to develop a visual identity of our own.


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Re: [AOO 4.0 Branding Refresh] Call For Google Hangout

[Jürgen Schmidt]

On 3/20/13 12:36 AM, Samer Mansour wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> 
> Juergen, I've already started collecting artifacts inside the desktop
> application and the websites, please feel free to add:
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO4+-+Application+And+Launcher
> See sibling wiki pages for more.

great, there is already a good collection.

I would keep the proposed changes minimal because we need developers who
do the work on the changed design. Exchanging images is one easy part,
redesign and changing code more work, especially in our code where UI is
more work and can't be compared with for example Java swing ;-)

The About dialog looks wrong at least compared with the MacOS version. I
think it is not really different on the platforms. I have to check the
other platforms.

The offical product name is "Apache OpenOffice" but the normal usage is
OpenOffice. We have already changed the former name "OpenOffice.org" to
simply "OpenOffice". This means the installation directory for 4.0 is
only "OpenOffice 4" or "openoffice4". The string name references in the
product are changed from OpenOffice.org to OpenOffice.

"Apache OpenOffice" will be used in official public
communication/announcements and in the logo/logo artifacts.

Juergen

> 
> The limit is 15 participants, its also 2 hours each so people can come and
> go.
> I'm hoping to have designers primarily during that time. It's why I I
> thought I don't post to dev list.
> 
> I wish I had the designer's e-mails so I could reserve spots for them or
> let them know personally.
> I will announce it again on the marketing list 15 minuters before as well
> with the hangout link.
> 
> I will also post the agenda as well soon on the wiki.
> I'm really hoping this works and produces good outcomes. I've never done
> this globally before.
> 
> Samer Mansour
> 
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote:
> 
>> Samer Mansour wrote:
>>
>>> Please reply so I can get an idea of how many people plan to attend on
>>> which dates . Feel free to attend both.  I will be taking attendance for
>>> minutes purposes as well.
>>> eg. Samer Mansour - Saturday&  Sunday
>>>
>>
>> I may be able to make one between Saturday and Sunday, but I won't be able
>> to know in advance which one. Make sure you send a reminder here a few
>> hours before the meeting!
>>
>> Regards,
>>   Andrea.
>>
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