Hi Maxine, Merry Christmas to you too ;)
Thanks, Caty On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:09, Guillaume Lerouge <guilla...@xwiki.com> wrote: > Hi Maxime, > > looks great :-) Thanks for the effort! > > I have only one suggestion: the picture on the AUTOFLOW ad looks a bit > "grainy", which is part of what makes it look vintage. It might be cool to > add the same "grainy" effect to the XWiki ad, WDYT? > > Merry Christmas to you as well!! > > Guillaume > > On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 09:30, Maxime Sinclair <maxime.sincl...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Hello XWiki Community, > > > > Christmas is coming, and I have a gift for you. I hope you will enjoy it. > > > > As you may know, recently, a Brazilia advertising agency produce fake > > vintage ads for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Skype. I thought these > > posters are really amazing. You will find the story here > > > > > http://www.dailybloggr.com/2010/08/cool-vintage-ads-of-facebook-twitter-youtube-skype/ > > > > More recently, I read the book "From Airline Reservations to Sonic the > > Hedgehog: A History of the Software Industry" by Martin Campbell-Kelly > > (2003). Each chapter is illustrated by an official old ad of a > > software. And I was charmed by the poster of AUTOFLOW, showing the > > face of a woman with beautiful eyes. > > http://u1.ipernity.com/17/25/71/9552571.c1e1c1ef.jpg > > > > This give me an idea : to make a fake XWiki ad, copying the Autoflow > > one. Of course, XWiki is a so great wiki that it doesn't need > > advertising to spread the world. Maybe it can help... It's the result > > of this idea that I'm glad to give you today. > > > > I paid attention to produce this work with public domain material so I > > think I can publish this poster in the public domain (even if I'm far > > from being a license specialist). So I encourage you to print it on > > your t-shirt, on your mug, to modify it, to share it, to redistribute > > it. > > I've tried to preserve the message of the ad, just replacing some > > words, or at least to retain the spirit of the original sentences. But > > I'm sure you can find better arguments and it's easy to edit with > > Gimp. > > > > This page will show you the fake ad for XWiki in a small size but it's > > easier to compare with the original work : > > http://www.ipernity.com/doc/sinclair/9552524 > > > > The full work is available in a public google doc folder (you don't > > need to have an account) > > > > > https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B2p8AuezuBCcZDc2MWY0M2EtNjBiNC00MWRmLWEzZTktNTJmOGVmMTE5MDFj&hl=en > > - copyrights.txt describes the origins of the photo and fonts used > > - XWikiForChristmas.xcf is the Gimp file of the poster > > - XWikiForChristmas.jpg is the full resolution image (exported from Gimp) > > > > > > For your information, Autoflow was a software development tool that > > produces automatically the flowchart of a computer program. In 1965, > > Autoflow was the first commercial software to be sold as an > > independant product (not attached to a hardware device). It was a big > > success for ADR, its editor, with more than 10000 units sold. > > > > To conclude, I hope this encourage you, the XWiki community, to > > develop smart features, to maintain a high level of quality and to > > support kindly stupid users. > > > > Long live XWiki and merry Christmas to you and your family. > > > > Maxime Sinclair > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list > > users@xwiki.org > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users@xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
