Hmmm.... Somehow Apple manages to sell millions of iPads a month with these terrible adverts. Maybe they aren't *that* bad? Especially considering that the device itself is terrible and just looks good IMO.
Anyway, I was actually trying to help. From the last few weeks I can see that is not wanted. I will concentrate on actually producing some artwork as soon as I can get the time to do it as it has become clear to me that the atmosphere around here isn't what I mistook it for. To be clear, I don't feel offended. Mo telling me on IRC is was full of bullshit didn't offend me and so didn't anything else. I believe in telling people what I think and can very well take the reverse, but I understand that this isn't wanted in many places. I also didn't want to offend anyone of you, I was just trying to pass on what I thought was a valid point. See you around, Fab 2011/2/20 Máirín Duffy <[email protected]> > On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 22:29 +0100, Fabian A. Scherschel wrote: > > > Who said anything about lying or misleading? > > I did, was just laying out the two extremes to be avoided. > > > But mentioning ones weaknesses is not what advertising is about. > > There is a whole gamut of grey in between lying and misleading and > > bluntly stating the truth and that gamut is exactly where good > > advertising lives. > > > > > > Just look at Apple. I hate this company and their products but when it > > comes to advertising, they know what they are doing. > > Yeh, I'm particularly amused by the number of iPad advertisements I see > in the subway with the iPad phallically placed between the user's legs. > > http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2010/03/st-oscars-ipad-ad.jpg > http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/files/2010/07/ipad-ad.jpg > > http://blog.ziggytek.com/wp-content/uploads/ziggytek/blog/2010/03/ipad-ad.jpg > > http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/firstipadad.png > > Have you actually tried to lay back with a tablet or even a book in that > position? It's not exactly comfortable. (well at least not for me, it > takes a bit of contortion.) > > > Slogans like this one is why we can't compete with them out there > > IMHO. We can have all the freedom and happiness in our ivory tower, > > but if we can't get it to users none of this matters. > > No. The reason we can't compete is because this much ado is made and > time wasted about a filler slogan in a mockup. It's like writing a > restaurant review of a dish while it's still uncooked in the pan. > > Now, if all that energy could be harnessed towards instead making > advertising that subliminally convinces viewers that Fedora will endow > them in a desirable way.... > > Tongue in cheek, > ~m > > > _______________________________________________ > design-team mailing list > [email protected] > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team >
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