Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring

2010-11-10 Thread Ivanka Majic
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 m

Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring

2010-11-10 Thread David Nelson
Hi Vish, :-) On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 23:29, Vishnoo 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 and GnomeArt list: > http://live.gnome.org/

Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring

2010-11-10 Thread Vishnoo
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 Lin

Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring

2010-11-10 Thread David Nelson
Hi Boudhayan, :-) On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 19:30, Boudhayan Gupta 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 :-) Th

Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring

2010-11-10 Thread Boudhayan Gupta
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 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 > >

Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring

2010-11-10 Thread David Nelson
Hi Boudhayan, :-) On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 18:51, Boudhayan Gupta 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

Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring

2010-11-10 Thread Thorsten Wilms
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 lastin

Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring

2010-11-10 Thread Boudhayan Gupta
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.

Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring

2010-11-10 Thread David Nelson
Hi Thorsten, :-) On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 17:22, Thorsten Wilms 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 imp

Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring

2010-11-10 Thread David Nelson
Hi Martin, :-) On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 16:00, Martin Owens 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 t

Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring

2010-11-10 Thread Martin Owens
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

[ubuntu-art] LibreOffice project: request for contributors and mentoring

2010-11-09 Thread David Nelson
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 artwo