Ok, then let me try to find some imagery... hm, google for maven, mkay, click Images.... WOW
http://screencast.com/t/tfc20w9RA I'd rather go to Fred's McDonalds... :D On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Stephen Connolly < stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes I know... this is not a serious suggestion... > > To understand my logic... > > When people cannot decide what restaurant to go to, the easy way to get a > suggestion is to point out that if no agreement can be found we will just > go to McDonalds... and not the good McDonalds either, but the dodgy one on > *that* street, the one Fred said to avoid... > > Somebody must have a better suggestion (and the Anteater was the animal on > the front of the O'Reilly book, hence my picking it... it being the only > thing associated with Maven image wise) > > > On 17 December 2013 15:28, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> wrote: > > > I think the picture of an AntEater can feed into the "which is better: > ant > > vs maven?" debate. I would opt not to possibly offend the Ant team. > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Stephen Connolly < > > stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > A better looking anteater... > > > > > > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven-2.png > > > > > > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/screenshot-2.png > > > > > > I think that may exhaust the AntEater and downloading all the internet > > joke > > > as far as my artistic ability can take it.... though I may try to > rework > > > the apache feather to fit better... and I could move off the tango > colour > > > palette that I have as my default in inkscape (it's default so that I > can > > > keep with the tango theme that Jenkins uses for icons) > > > > > > > > > On 17 December 2013 13:45, Kristian Rosenvold > > > <kristian.rosenv...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > I'm speechless. > > > > > > > > Kristian > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2013/12/17 Stephen Connolly <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > the anteater sucking down the interwebs from apache using Tamás's > > text > > > > > > > > > > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven.png > > > > > > > > > > And a screenshot with it > > > > > > > > > > > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/screenshot.png > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 17 December 2013 13:38, Stephen Connolly < > > > > > stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Meh! I was just trying to get something that would stir > > objections... > > > > > > hence the strange kerning! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 17 December 2013 12:46, Tamás Cservenák <ta...@cservenak.net> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> Don't want to stir too much here, but the > > > > > >> http://oi41.tinypic.com/33bctw2.jpg > > > > > >> is typographically incorrect (odd kerning and odd/different > > > typeface). > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Long time ago I made vector based Maven logo (for Proximity > site) > > > > that I > > > > > >> thought I donated to Maven project... > > > > > >> > > > > > >> That one could serve as a great starting point for experiments, > > just > > > > get > > > > > >> some vector drawing app (I used http://inkscape.org/en/ to draw > > it > > > > long > > > > > >> time ago). > > > > > >> > > > > > >> If not in ASF SVN, you can still access it from here > > > (maven-logo.svg) > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/cstamas/proximity1/tree/master/proximity-site-stuff/srcs > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> HTH, > > > > > >> ~t~ > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Stephen Connolly < > > > > > >> stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > I came up with a silly logo just to kick things off: > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > http://oi41.tinypic.com/33bctw2.jpg > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > Here's how it looks with the fluido skin > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > http://i39.tinypic.com/1zoz3v9.jpg > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > And I am not suggesting that an Ant Eater standing on an > Apache > > > > > feather > > > > > >> and > > > > > >> > slurping down the internet is the logo we should run with... > it > > > is a > > > > > >> Worst > > > > > >> > option that should spur a better version > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > On 17 December 2013 00:38, Jeff Jensen < > > > > > >> jeffjen...@upstairstechnology.com > > > > > >> > >wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Looks good. I like the left nav better tho! > > > > > >> > > I don't think the Maven logo in the upper right corner looks > > > > bad/out > > > > > >> of > > > > > >> > > place, however, a new logo is fun to have! > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Stephen Connolly < > > > > > >> > > stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/w5eblhl4q0fzc6p/Screen%20Shot%202013-12-16%20at%2022.32.03.png > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > On 17 December 2013 00:16, Stephen Connolly < > > > > > >> > > > stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com > > > > > >> > > > > wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > bollix gmail > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > On 17 December 2013 00:11, Olivier Lamy < > ol...@apache.org > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >> > > > >> Maybe only me but I cannot see the image :-) > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > >> On 17 December 2013 09:35, Stephen Connolly < > > > > > >> > > > >> stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com > > > > > >> > > > >> > wrote: > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > >> > I have been playing with reworking our front > > > page...[image: > > > > > >> Inline > > > > > >> > > > >> images > > > > > >> > > > >> > 1] > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > >> > I think the fluido skin is a big improvement, I would > > > like > > > > to > > > > > >> > switch > > > > > >> > > > to > > > > > >> > > > >> > that... > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > >> > Only problem I see is that our current logo(s) are > very > > > > tied > > > > > to > > > > > >> > the > > > > > >> > > > old > > > > > >> > > > >> > look and feel... > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > >> > So do we want to see about launching a logo > > competition. > > > > > TomEE > > > > > >> had > > > > > >> > > > good > > > > > >> > > > >> > success with theirs. > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > >> > Also I'm looking at going with the top-menu version > of > > > > fluido > > > > > >> skin > > > > > >> > > > >> rather > > > > > >> > > > >> > than the left menu... I have a solution to the > "hidden" > > > > > >> nature... > > > > > >> > > but > > > > > >> > > > >> > you'll just have to wait until I sync up with Hervé > to > > > > find a > > > > > >> way > > > > > >> > to > > > > > >> > > > >> get it > > > > > >> > > > >> > pushed to staging from a branch without blowing up > the > > > > > >> production > > > > > >> > > site > > > > > >> > > > >> to > > > > > >> > > > >> > see my trickery! > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > >> > -Stephen > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > > > >> > > > >> Olivier Lamy > > > > > >> > > > >> Ecetera: http://ecetera.com.au > > > > > >> > > > >> http://twitter.com/olamy | > http://linkedin.com/in/olamy > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Paul > > >
