I think the logo should emphasis what the name "maven" means: someone who is an expert or connoisseur. Actually, I think the glasses on that animal brings out that imagery -- although I would like to see it emphasized more. The expertise could be also include "blocks" since modules/projects are the building blocks of maven.
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Stephen Connolly < stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > For Benson... and just to put another one in the hat... > > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven-4.png > > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven-4-big.png > > > On 18 December 2013 15:38, Jason van Zyl <ja...@tesla.io> wrote: > > > On Dec 18, 2013, at 10:20 AM, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Personally, I think we need a new POM version to drive us forward. > > > > > > > I agree. If no one else gets to it I'll write up something over the > > holidays to distill what Stephen has written and try and formalize some > > minimal requirements and desires. > > > > > As a visual goes, I'd look for something like a beaver (who builds > > > things) wearing geek eye-glasses (indicating 'it's a maven'). > > > > > > > For the love of god (if that happens to be your thing) please do not use > a > > beaver. Go ask your closest English speaking North American why that's > not > > a good choice. No one wants to see the maven-beaver-plugin. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Stephen Connolly > > > <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Tomcat... well they have a cat... fair enough > > >> > > >> Hadoop... has an elephant > > >> > > >> Hama has a hippo > > >> > > >> Solr has a sunrise > > >> > > >> Jackrabbit has a rabbit > > >> > > >> Chemistry has a test tube > > >> > > >> Openoffice has some abstract flying birds on a blue sky > > >> > > >> Karaf has a beaker with a feather on top > > >> > > >> ODE has a conductor with a feather instead of a batton > > >> > > >> Ant has the ant > > >> > > >> Flex has some strange abstract flexy thing > > >> > > >> Marmotta has a gopher > > >> > > >> Hive has an elephant-bee hybrid > > >> > > >> ... > > >> > > >> There is a limit to how many visually distinct animals you can render > > for a > > >> 75px tall image placeholder... > > >> > > >> But seriously, we just want something that is more than just our name > > in a > > >> fancy font. I think we need a mascot to help drive us onwards... > > >> > > >> -Stephen > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On 18 December 2013 13:27, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > >> > > >>> A large, not very bright, species of deer that wears giant antlers > and > > >>> attacks what it doesn't understand. If that's what strikes you all as > > >>> a great metaphor for us, Maven, or both, go right ahead. > > >>> > > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > >>> > > >>> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jason > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Jason van Zyl > > Founder, Apache Maven > > http://twitter.com/jvanzyl > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Cheers, Paul
