Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring
Hey David, Thanks for getting us an email about your needs. Does the TDF have a set of requirements and/or briefs to work from and a place to upload contributions? How wide would you like participation? We could throw this further than just this Ubuntu group if you like. Martin, On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 15:41 +0800, David Nelson wrote: I'm a member of the LibreOffice community. LibreOffice (LibO) is the office suite project of The Document Foundation (TDF), the community-driven organization that recently forked from the Oracle-managed OpenOffice.org project. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring
Hi Martin, :-) On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 16:00, Martin Owens docto...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for getting us an email about your needs. Does the TDF have a set of requirements and/or briefs to work from and a place to upload contributions? How wide would you like participation? We could throw this further than just this Ubuntu group if you like. About all we've got right now can be seen at the pages below. We need to make a lot of progress quickly. But please do feel free to sign up and post to the marketing mailing list, especially. Then maybe you'd like to take a look at the pages below and jump right in with an introduction of yourself (you might care to mention this thread). You could also have a look at the Nabble archive, beforehand, where you'll see some good threads to write to. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Branding http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Ideas It would definitely be great if you can spread the word further than this Ubuntu group. I didn't want to post to too many Ubuntu lists because I didn't want to be seen as spamming. But the more people we can reach, the better. OT: By the way, I'm a full-time Ubuntu user myself. Just wanted to say a big thanks for a great distro. I love you guys' artwork. :-) David Nelson -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring
Hi Thorsten, :-) On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 17:22, Thorsten Wilms t...@freenet.de wrote: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Branding http://luxate.blogspot.com/2010/10/few-days-ago-somebody-wrote-on.html http://luxate.blogspot.com/2010/10/fontastic-how-libreoffice-got-its-font.html give me the impression that a logo (and color scheme) has been selected and is on the way of being established!? The situation is that some initial provisional choices have been made, with the idea that those choices are up for possible change in the near future. That notably apples to the color scheme. I think the logo is still open to influence if interesting alternatives are proposed. In particular, there is a wide opening for a MASCOT cum LOGO. I'm pretty sure I'm not contradicting TDF intentions if I say that *nothing* is set in stone yet, especially as the first LibreOffice release has not shipped. Let meritocracy and creativity rule would still be the rule of thumb. One thing that is certain is that there is going to be a lot of work upcoming on artwork for the distrib and for branding in the coming months, and contributors are definitely needed for that. David Nelson -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring
Hi, On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 17:38 +0800, David Nelson wrote: I'm pretty sure I'm not contradicting TDF intentions if I say that *nothing* is set in stone yet, especially as the first LibreOffice release has not shipped. Let meritocracy and creativity rule would still be the rule of thumb. The very name LibreOffice suggests that the office suite gives a lot more about being free rather than make sure it works. Of course we want a free office suite, but it also has to able to be used to type a letter, or create a expense report. But OTOH, I've tried out the 3.3 Betas of LO, and they sure rock. One thing that is certain is that there is going to be a lot of work upcoming on artwork for the distrib and for branding in the coming months, and contributors are definitely needed for that. David Nelson -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring
On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 15:41 +0800, David Nelson wrote: Notably, right now, we urgently need creative talent to help us design artwork for our websites. We need to develop a logo, and - hopefully - a MASCOT along the lines of Linux's Tux, to act as a living ambassador that achieves lasting recognition of our brand and products in people's minds. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Branding http://luxate.blogspot.com/2010/10/few-days-ago-somebody-wrote-on.html http://luxate.blogspot.com/2010/10/fontastic-how-libreoffice-got-its-font.html give me the impression that a logo (and color scheme) has been selected and is on the way of being established!? -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring
Hi Boudhayan, :-) On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 18:51, Boudhayan Gupta bg13@gmail.com wrote: The very name LibreOffice suggests that the office suite gives a lot more about being free rather than make sure it works. Of course we want a free office suite, but it also has to able to be used to type a letter, or create a expense report. My personal experience is that it is a very high-quality product, and the project is very active. Upcoming 3.3 is likely to be the last version before big enhancements to the user interface. There's a lot of exciting work in progress and planned, with lots of opportunity for creativity and inventiveness... A great time to join the project as a contributor. ;-) But OTOH, I've tried out the 3.3 Betas of LO, and they sure rock. See what I mean? :-) David Nelson -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring
Hi David, On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 19:07 +0800, David Nelson wrote: Hi Boudhayan, :-) On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 18:51, Boudhayan Gupta bg13@gmail.com wrote: The very name LibreOffice suggests that the office suite gives a lot more about being free rather than make sure it works. Of course we want a free office suite, but it also has to able to be used to type a letter, or create a expense report. My personal experience is that it is a very high-quality product, and the project is very active. Upcoming 3.3 is likely to be the last version before big enhancements to the user interface. There's a lot of exciting work in progress and planned, with lots of opportunity for creativity and inventiveness... A great time to join the project as a contributor. ;-) What I'm commenting on, is the first impression that a new user gets. Although you can't judge a book by it's cover, most software is judged by the name and packaging artwork. Off the top of my head, a name like, say, PowerOffice makes a powerful impression, ElegantOffice makes an elegant impression, but LibreOffice conveys the image of a bunch of open source ideologists who cares about nothing other than licensing But OTOH, I've tried out the 3.3 Betas of LO, and they sure rock. See what I mean? :-) As I said, I had to make an effort to sideline my scepticism and actually try it out, before seeing the goodness that it is. That apart, the big enhancements to the user interface sounds exciting, and the way that the project, or rather the foundation, has so swiftly done so much make me want to be a part of the TDF community ASAP :-) Yours, Boudhayan Gupta -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring
Hi Boudhayan, :-) On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 19:30, Boudhayan Gupta bg13@gmail.com wrote: That apart, the big enhancements to the user interface sounds exciting, and the way that the project, or rather the foundation, has so swiftly done so much make me want to be a part of the TDF community ASAP :-) The user interface is up for major revision. There's a lot of brain-storming going on right now. It will be great if there are lots of creative minds contributing to the process. I'm certain that the results are going to to be really good. Do jump in and join the effort. :-) David Nelson -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring
On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 15:41 +0800, David Nelson wrote: Hi, :-) I'm a member of the LibreOffice community. [...] Notably, right now, we urgently need creative talent to help us design artwork for our websites. We need to develop a logo, and - hopefully - a MASCOT along the lines of Linux's Tux, to act as a living ambassador that achieves lasting recognition of our brand and products in people's minds. But we also need talent to work on icon sets and other artwork on an ongoing basis. Hi, Thanks for getting in touch, and hope we have some great contributions from this list. A number of Linux distributions have announced their intention to ship LibreOffice with their future releases. We know that they frequently do re-branding work to integrate their chosen office suite in lines with their project's thinking. So we are keen to involve you in our project branding and development, so that we ship releases that better fit your needs. LibreOffice and The Document Foundation could also benefit from MENTORING and from close and ongoing involvement from established Linux projects, especially in these early days when we are developing our infrastructure and organization. In Gnome, We have traditionally had a lot of problem with theming and design of OpenOffice, other folks who would like to hear about and give some feedback might be at: Gnome Usability usabil...@gnome.org and GnomeArt list: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeArt Like you, we passionately value and believe in Free Open Source software (FOSS). We very much ask you to get involved in our project and influence our development. We seek your comments and advice and contributions. For this, below you will find a number of links as a starting point: LibreOffice marketing mailing list: marketing+subscr...@libreoffice.org [As the mail sounds more of a call to join to the LibreOffice lists and to spread the message] Blogs like http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/ and http://www.webupd8.org/ have more readers than this mailing list. [OMG!Ubuntu seems to have more readers of the two] Contacting them as well would probably get the message out louder. -- Cheers, Vish -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring
Hi Vish, :-) On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 23:29, Vishnoo v...@ubuntu.com wrote: In Gnome, We have traditionally had a lot of problem with theming and design of OpenOffice, other folks who would like to hear about and give some feedback might be at: Gnome Usability usabil...@gnome.org and GnomeArt list: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeArt I have bookmarked those and will be making contact there too. Thanks for the tip. :-) [As the mail sounds more of a call to join to the LibreOffice lists and to spread the message] It is. :-) Blogs like http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/ and http://www.webupd8.org/ have more readers than this mailing list. [OMG!Ubuntu seems to have more readers of the two] Contacting them as well would probably get the message out louder. Again, thanks for the heads-up, Vishnoo. I'll be taking your advice. If anyone else has good tips, I'd love to hear them. ;-) David Nelson -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring
Hi David, I would be very happy to post something on my blog and on design.canonical.com. One thing I am trying out with the Ubuntu Artwork community is sending out design briefs. The Ubuntu community in general manages work items as bugs, if you write briefs for the items you need done it might help get much more directed contributions. I would suggest that this approach will work alongside a general call for contributions. If you would like to chat about it you can find me on IRC in #ayatana or #ubuntu-artwork on freenode. My nick is ivanka. What do you think? Ivanka On 10/11/10 07:41, David Nelson wrote: Hi, :-) I'm a member of the LibreOffice community. LibreOffice (LibO) is the office suite project of The Document Foundation (TDF), the community-driven organization that recently forked from the Oracle-managed OpenOffice.org project. TDF/LibO is currently working on its branding and on its artwork for the LibreOffice distribution. We are currently very short of GRAPHIC ARTISTS. Notably, right now, we urgently need creative talent to help us design artwork for our websites. We need to develop a logo, and - hopefully - a MASCOT along the lines of Linux's Tux, to act as a living ambassador that achieves lasting recognition of our brand and products in people's minds. But we also need talent to work on icon sets and other artwork on an ongoing basis. A number of Linux distributions have announced their intention to ship LibreOffice with their future releases. We know that they frequently do re-branding work to integrate their chosen office suite in lines with their project's thinking. So we are keen to involve you in our project branding and development, so that we ship releases that better fit your needs. LibreOffice and The Document Foundation could also benefit from MENTORING and from close and ongoing involvement from established Linux projects, especially in these early days when we are developing our infrastructure and organization. Like you, we passionately value and believe in Free Open Source software (FOSS). We very much ask you to get involved in our project and influence our development. We seek your comments and advice and contributions. For this, below you will find a number of links as a starting point: LibreOffice marketing mailing list: marketing+subscr...@libreoffice.org The Document Foundation general discussions mailing list: discuss+subscr...@documentfoundation.org LibreOffice developers mailing list: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice TDF steering committee discussions mailing list: steering-discuss+subscr...@documentfoundation.org LibreOffice user support mailing list: users+subscr...@libreoffice.org Our Nabble gateway for easy mailing list browsing: http://www.documentfoundation.org/nabble/ The Document Foundation contacts page: http://www.documentfoundation.org/contact/ Mail address distributing to all TDF press and media contacts: i...@documentfoundation.org LibreOffice dedicated IRC channel: #libreoffice at irc.freenode.net TDF dedicated IRC channel: #documentfoundation at irc.freenode.net Follow TDF via @docufoundation on Twitter: http://twitter.com/docufoundation Follow TDF via @docufoundation on identi.ca: http://identi.ca/docufoundation Visit the TDF website: http://www.documentfoundation.org And, of course, if necessary, you can contact me, too, at the address from which this mail was sent, or via this mailing list. Thank you for your time reading this message. Thank you, also, for your own valuable work in bringing the world Open Source software. David Nelson -- Ivanka Majic' Creative Strategy Lead Canonical Design Team m: 07968704460 e: ivanka.ma...@canonical.com This email was sent using Thunderbird http://www.mozillamessaging.com/thunderbird/ on Ubuntu http://www.ubuntu.com/. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
