I love the idea of a new logo and already like some of the proposed designs. I love that you love our existing stuff and I'm as resistant to change as the next guy, but the way we spell iBATIS and the logo are dated, are less professional than I (for one) would like them to be ---- and they're uuuugly. :-)
I agree that we shouldn't cut over like tomorrow with a new one. But perhaps we can start to use him as our mascott and eventually turn him into our logo. Companies and software launch new brands all the time. Perhaps we could launch a new site, logo, mascott and brand with iBATIS 3.0? Remember when Larry suggested that I change the colour scheme of the original iBATIS site-- black background with bright pink and green...I believe he referred to it as a "Save Kevin (as in Mitnick)" colour scheme! Thank god we changed back then.... ;-) Clinton On 3/5/07, Brandon Goodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sorry to be the naysayer here. But, why are we spending time on a logo? Is the one we have not enough brand recognition? Do we really need a cute little bird to give our product that extra WOW? Personally, I don't think so. The iBATIS logo as it stands is great. If we really want to make a visual impact towards professionalism, I think we'd do well to identify who we are trying to market to and gear the site to address those audiences. Seems to me that we discuss the site design every 6 months or so. I would just caution that we avoid making the site an expression of our current favorite design trend and more about what the market would find useful and attractive. If we want to change the site again, then lets make it sparkle _for the users_ and then be satisfied with it for a long while. Should we launch a discussion on who the site for? Developers, CTOs, Managers, etc? How do we feel these different groups would perceive iBATIS if they visited for the first time? Brandon On 3/5/07, Woody, Globo.com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I liked. But I think it is too heavy, too many elements ... > > What about the same image with less lines (like a draft)? > > Woody > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joakim Erdfelt" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <dev@ibatis.apache.org> > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 3:28 PM > Subject: Re: Site design...wow > > > >I liked it too. > > So I ran with it ... > > > > http://joakim.erdfelt.com/ibatis-logo-experiment-bird/ > > > > Comments? Suggestions? > > > > - Joakim > > > > > > Clinton Begin wrote: > >> Here's one of my favourite ones: > >> > >> > http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/passeriformes/images/pririt.molitor.jode.1g.jpg > >> > >> Clinton > >> > >> On 3/4/07, *Clinton Begin* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Or we could run a mascot contest. Free signed copies of iIA for > the > >> winner to sell on ebay. ;-) > >> > >> I was actually thinking of suggesting a change to the logo and to > >> the meaning of the name. > >> > >> Batis is a genus of bird > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batis_(bird)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batis_%28bird%29> > >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batis_%28bird%29 > > >> > >> We could use one of those cute little buggers as our mascot/logo. > >> > >> Clinton > >> > >> > >> On 3/4/07, *Larry Meadors* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > >> > >> Hey, we need a box, too...maybe with that caveman from the > Geico > >> commercials. > >> > >> "iBATIS, so simple even a caveman can do it." > >> > >> ;-) > >> > >> OK, maybe not, but we could snag something from a template > site > >> like > >> template monster, or oswd.org <http://oswd.org> (if we're > >> feeling cheap). > >> > >> Larry > >> > >> > >> On 3/4/07, Clinton Begin < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > >> > Hi all, > >> > > >> > I just visited the ActiveMQ site (http://activemq.apache.org/ > ) > >> for the first > >> > time. I was blown away by the site design. Okay > okay....it's > >> simple. But > >> > I seriously didn't recognize it as an Apache project or an > OSS > >> project at > >> > all....at first glance I thought it was commercial > >> (good/bad...whatever). I > >> > really liked the professionalism of the site design. It's > just > >> a wiki, but > >> > they have some serious CSS skills there, because even that > >> isn't noticable > >> > to novice or casual business browsers. > >> > > >> > Should we update the iBATIS site to look more > professional? My > >> first lazy > >> > thought is just to hijack the CSS from AMQ and change some > of > >> the colours... > >> > ;-) > >> > > >> > Cheers, > >> > Clinton > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >
