Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Logo Enhancements

2010-11-14 Thread Graham Lauder
On Sunday 14 Nov 2010 16:19:34 David Nelson wrote: Hi Graham, :-) On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 06:24, Graham Lauder yori...@openoffice.org wrote: I'm sorry I'm having difficulty debating this in real time, my right arm is still in plaster so it's a little hard to keep up, plaster off on

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Logo Enhancements

2010-11-14 Thread David Nelson
Hi Graham, :-) On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 19:43, Graham Lauder yori...@openoffice.org wrote: I take it then, given that you haven't rebutted any of my points that you now agree with them, or are you simply of the school that ignores any opposing view to your own No, it means I don't have the

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Logo Enhancements

2010-11-14 Thread Ian Lynch
Otto the seagull was the work of a 16 year old and was originated by a competition for school children organised by myself and Daniel Carrera. Perhaps a bit different in context but that seemed to work quite well for the schools project at the time. Gained quite a lot of publicity - try putting

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Logo Enhancements

2010-11-14 Thread Gianluca Turconi
Il 14/11/2010 13.54, Ian Lynch ha scritto: Otto the seagull was the work of a 16 year old and was originated by a competition for school children organised by myself and Daniel Carrera. Perhaps a bit different in context but that seemed to work quite well for the schools project at the time.

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Logo Enhancements

2010-11-14 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 20:54, Ian Lynch ianrly...@gmail.com wrote: Otto the seagull was the work of a 16 year old and was originated by a competition for school children organised by myself and Daniel Carrera. Perhaps a bit different in context but that seemed to work quite well for

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Logo Enhancements

2010-11-14 Thread John Baer
Joey, Contest work well with artistic content. What is important is to communicate the desired outcome and the process for participating. A wiki page will often do. This adds value in two ways. 1) A little planning never hurts and having a well defined criteria for selecting the successful

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Logo Enhancements

2010-11-13 Thread Johannes Bausch
And when we're at it: Can we sit down and make a LibO logo contest? With a deadline? I suggest the following: 1) Have a contest for a general mockup, this includes * Logo symbol * Logo text (see issue I already mentioned, we need the text path to be refined somehow) * Icons for files and

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Logo Enhancements

2010-11-13 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 17:16, Johannes Bausch johannes.bau...@gmail.com wrote: And when we're at it: Can we sit down and make a LibO logo contest? With a deadline? I suggest the following: +1 for a contest. IMHO, 3 or 4 weeks would be more realistic than 2. But, again IMHO, it will

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Logo Enhancements

2010-11-13 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Sat, 2010-11-13 at 10:16 +0100, Johannes Bausch wrote: And when we're at it: Can we sit down and make a LibO logo contest? With a deadline? I suggest the following: A point of view to add: http://troy-sobotka.blogspot.com/2010/01/specs-and-contests-we-all-lose.html -- Thorsten Wilms

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Logo Enhancements

2010-11-13 Thread Graham Lauder
On Saturday 13 Nov 2010 22:16:05 Johannes Bausch wrote: And when we're at it: Can we sit down and make a LibO logo contest? With a deadline? I suggest the following: 1) Have a contest for a general mockup, this includes * Logo symbol * Logo text (see issue I already mentioned, we need the

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Logo Enhancements

2010-11-13 Thread Jens Habermann
Hi! I am against a contest, too. in my opinion you simply cannot create a brand design based on a random logo. This was indeed the problem with OOo: everytime I created stuff was working around guidelines and community elected gfx. And it was quite difficult, because the parts were not fitting

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Logo Enhancements

2010-11-13 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) IMHO, it would be a good idea to have a competition for the logo choice. It's a good way of attracting new contributors. And aren't Open Source projects supposed to be founded on meritocracy? One of the rules of entry could be that, if their work wins, entrants should be willing to

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Logo Enhancements

2010-11-13 Thread Ismaël Grammenidis
Thanks Sophie, I didn't know that there was already so much progress, I definitely missed a chapter or two here... But could you please tell me, this isn't a definitive logo / version, right? But rather an interim solution that was set up when the foundation has been established? With kind

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Logo Enhancements

2010-11-13 Thread Johannes Bausch
That's what I thought, too. But I may be mistaken. What about the enhancements of the logo I proposed in my first mail? http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Logo.svg 2010/11/13 Ismaël Grammenidis ismael.grammeni...@gmail.com: Thanks Sophie, I didn't know that there was already so much

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Logo Enhancements

2010-11-13 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Sophie, all! Sophie, thanks for answering this ... I tried to keep a minimum distance of 2m to my computer in the last 20 hours :-) Am Samstag, den 13.11.2010, 17:31 +0100 schrieb Sophie Gautier: Hi Ismael, Johannes, all, On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Johannes Bausch

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Logo Enhancements

2010-11-13 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi Christoph, On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Christoph Noack christ...@dogmatux.com wrote: Hi Sophie, all! Sophie, thanks for answering this ... I tried to keep a minimum distance of 2m to my computer in the last 20 hours :-) Thanks a lot for your answer and sorry to be a distance reducer

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Logo Enhancements

2010-11-13 Thread David Nelson
Hi Graham, :-) On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 06:24, Graham Lauder yori...@openoffice.org wrote: I'm sorry I'm having difficulty debating this in real time, my right arm is still in plaster so it's a little hard to keep up, plaster off on wednesday hopefully.  :) Thanks for your thoughts. You seem

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Logo Enhancements

2010-11-12 Thread Johannes Bausch
By the way: can I rename files on the wiki? Logo.svg is not really self-descriptive and I just noticed it after having uploaded the file. Thanks. 2010/11/12 Johannes Bausch johannes.bau...@gmail.com: Hey, I see no general problem with the current logo. However, just using a font, typing a