----- "Aidan Skinner" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 1/16/09, Robbie Gemmell <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Hmm, well ive ended up back in the lab for a bit longer afterall,
> so...
> 
> *hug*
> 
> >  On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 11:09 -0500, Rafael Schloming wrote:
> >  > William Henry wrote:
> 
> >  > > I'm not fond of the 'Q'. It reminds me of a request-reply call
> - the arrow goes out and comes back.
> >  >
> >  > Another fairly geeky interpretation would be that it is
> reminiscent of a
> >  > circular data structure like a circular buffer or a circular
> queue.
> >  >
> >
> >  Not sure if im the only one but i dont particularly ever try to
> >  interpret logos, I just go by what looks nice not whether its
> trying to
> >  represent hehe (out of interest, anyone know what the Apache
> feather is
> >  all about anyway? :P I have no idea, but i think its nice hehe)...
> 
> Symbolic logos do get interpreted by many people (that's the social
> science talking). It's important to pick something that won't be
> negatively interpreted. I'm not sure request/reply is a bad symbolism
> though.
> 
> Having said that, symbolic logos aren't bad. They're good because
> they're highly distinctive, and help build brand awareness. I would
> quite like to be able to get merch/tat with a Qpid Q on it and have
> people just know that it's Qpid. Obviously this only applies to a
> certain subset of people.

+1. Do non-voters get cool Qpid 'Q' t-shirts too? ;-)

(I'll recognize it Aidan and comment on how cool and smart you look.)

-William

> 
> Maybe something with a double arrow?
> 
> - Aidan (My, that's a mighty fine looking bikeshed you got there..)
> -- 
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