Hi folks. >From the comments and the votes it seems we are leaning towards the circles logo.
I will proceed with this and get in touch with the designer for any details we may want to change. Cheers, Nacho On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 12:00 PM, Jagadish Venkatraman <jagadish1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh, I already voted last week. I liked the orbital loop one the best:-) > > The dots appear to signify processor nodes, and the streams connect them. > Also, it has a nice "S" like pattern aligning with Samza. Also, I did not > like the "color blind" dots as much as the orbital loop :D > > On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Navina Ramesh < > nram...@linkedin.com.invalid> wrote: > >> @Renato: >> Thanks for your feedback. Always appreciate help from our contributors :) >> >> @Jagadish: >> Thanks for stating your points. It is clear that you are against the >> butterfly ones. But are you in support of any of the others? Please vote :) >> >> Thanks! >> Navina >> >> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Jagadish Venkatraman < >> jagadish1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > FWIW, I have a contrarian perspective on this one. Here's my 2 cents: >> > >> > I'm -1 for having for our logo to do anything with a butterfly. >> > >> > - Samza and Kafka are separate top-level projects. I do not think the >> > connection to Franz Kafka's novel on "metamorphosis", and the fact that a >> > salesman named "Samsa" in the novel was transformed to an "insect" should >> > dictate our logo. Agreed, the butterfly is a cute insect remotely >> > relatable(?) to stream processing via a convoluted story. >> > >> > - For a choice of a mascot, I'd much rather have something that signifies >> > scale, sturdiness or swiftness instead of a cute butterfly :-) >> > >> > - The 2 other non-butterfly logos at-least have a "node", "stream", >> > "edges", "graph" like feel which I like. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Jagadish >> > >> > On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 12:24 PM, Jacob Maes <jacob.m...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > > I think I voted the exact opposite to everyone else in this thread. >> > > >> > > I don't want anything to do with a butterfly. The metaphor is even >> > further >> > > removed from the Samsa story than a cockroach, so I think we should >> give >> > up >> > > on that. I don't want a mascot; we're not building a university >> football >> > > team. And as animals go, the only slower one I can think of is a sloth, >> > so >> > > I don't feel a butterfly says "scalable stream processing". This, >> > combined >> > > with my preference to eschew the color red for logos, puts the red >> > > butterfly last. >> > > >> > > The blue butterfly is a little more abstract and formal looking, but >> > still >> > > a butterfly, so that is second to last. >> > > >> > > The other 2 are very close, in my opinion. >> > > >> > > The one with the circles is reminiscent of orbital loops, which gives >> me >> > > the feeling of scale. It also has the dots at varying places along the >> > > lines, which to me conveys the different proportions of input/output >> > stream >> > > sizes/TTLs. And the cyclical shape could also be used for animations >> > > portraying the concept of "reprocessing" >> > > >> > > The one with the "S" dots reminds me of the Kafka logo without the >> lines. >> > > If the lines are the streams and the dots are processing nodes, then I >> > > think it's clever for the Samza logo to be a "negative" of the Kafka >> one. >> > > That's not to say samza is any more related to Kafka than it is; but if >> > the >> > > Kafka logo says "streams" then to me this Samza logo says "processors" >> > > >> > > My 2 cents. >> > > >> > > On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 11:05 PM, Ignacio Solis <iso...@igso.net> >> wrote: >> > > >> > > > You're making me feel bad for linking that one! :-) >> > > > >> > > > I don't see it as a maze. To me, that one is like circles that turn, >> > > > representing the processing. Like cogs on an engine. The little >> > > > circles are like the messages. The concentric circles are like the >> > > > streams. >> > > > >> > > > The red butterfly is my second favorite. >> > > > >> > > > Vote note: >> > > > >> > > > Once we close voting we'll look at the actual results. The way the >> > > > ranking gets calculated it you don't vote for a design at all, that >> > > > vote does not get factored in. It assumes you have no opinion. So if >> > > > somebody votes 5 stars on A and 1 start on B. And second person only >> > > > votes 5 stars on B, then the ranking would be A-5 stars, B-3 stars. >> > > > (or something along those lines). So if you only vote on the 5 star >> > > > ones, you're missing your vote on the ones you don't like. >> > > > >> > > > So, once we close, we'll see how people voted. >> > > > >> > > > Nacho >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 9:21 PM, Yi Pan <nickpa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > > > Really? The one with the maze on the left currently is top one? I >> > can't >> > > > > relate to that either. My favorite was the logo w/ Taiji symbol. >> > Since >> > > > that >> > > > > did not make the top 4, I am voting for the red bufferfly one, same >> > as >> > > > > Navina. >> > > > > >> > > > > -Yi >> > > > > >> > > > > On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Navina Ramesh >> > > > <nram...@linkedin.com.invalid >> > > > >> wrote: >> > > > > >> > > > >> I prefer to have open discussions in the official mailing list or >> > JIRA >> > > > >> since it is an open-community. It also helps track the >> discussions. >> > > > >> >> > > > >> Fwiw, I am in favor of the red themed butterfly design because: >> > > > >> 1. Knowing the origin of the name "Samza" (from Gregor Samsa >> > character >> > > > in >> > > > >> "Metamorphosis"), it isn't very far-fetched in terms of relating >> > > stream >> > > > >> processing to some kind of transformation. Butterfly is probably >> the >> > > > >> prettiest insect to associate with "metamorphosis", without giving >> > the >> > > > >> impression of a bug :) >> > > > >> 2. Red theme ties it with the current logo, although we can >> > improvise >> > > on >> > > > >> the gradients. >> > > > >> 3. We can have a "mascot" , instead of an abstract symbol. >> > > > >> >> > > > >> One comment on the butterfly one - it seems to have only 1 >> antenna. >> > > > >> >> > > > >> -1 for the dots only logo. It feels like a color-blindness test :D >> > > > >> -1 for the blue-based logo - it is just not relatable and it's an >> > > > extreme >> > > > >> change from the current one. >> > > > >> >> > > > >> I couldn't relate to the circular one. What are are trying to >> > > > portray/imply >> > > > >> here. That we are a bunch of disconnected links? >> > > > >> >> > > > >> Thanks! >> > > > >> Navina >> > > > >> >> > > > >> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Ignacio Solis <iso...@igso.net> >> > > wrote: >> > > > >> >> > > > >> > Vote directly at design crowd. But feel free to leave comments >> > > here, >> > > > >> > maybe you can try to persuade people or argue for your favorite. >> > :-) >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> > Nacho >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> > On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 2:31 PM, Navina Ramesh >> > > > >> > <nram...@linkedin.com.invalid> wrote: >> > > > >> > > Hi Nacho, >> > > > >> > > Do you want us to vote on this mail thread or directly at >> design >> > > > crowd? >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > Thanks! >> > > > >> > > Navina >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 2:19 PM, Ignacio Solis < >> iso...@igso.net >> > > >> > > > >> wrote: >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > >> Hi folks. >> > > > >> > >> >> > > > >> > >> After some feedback and culling, we are down to 4 candidates. >> > > > Please >> > > > >> > >> vote on your favorite designs. We will be able to make minor >> > > > >> > >> modifications to the selected logo as we talk to the >> designer. >> > > We >> > > > can >> > > > >> > >> always have changes in colors or fonts. >> > > > >> > >> >> > > > >> > >> http://www.designcrowd.com/vote/apachesamzalogo >> > > > >> > >> >> > > > >> > >> This poll will stay open for about a week to collect all >> votes >> > > and >> > > > >> > >> comments. >> > > > >> > >> >> > > > >> > >> For completeness, the relevant JIRA is this: >> > > > >> > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SAMZA-1111 >> > > > >> > >> >> > > > >> > >> Cheers, >> > > > >> > >> >> > > > >> > >> Nacho >> > > > >> > >> >> > > > >> > >> -- >> > > > >> > >> Nacho - Ignacio Solis - iso...@igso.net >> > > > >> > >> >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > -- >> > > > >> > > Navina R. >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> > -- >> > > > >> > Nacho - Ignacio Solis - iso...@igso.net >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> -- >> > > > >> Navina R. >> > > > >> >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > -- >> > > > Nacho - Ignacio Solis - iso...@igso.net >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Jagadish V, >> > Graduate Student, >> > Department of Computer Science, >> > Stanford University >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Navina R. >> > > > > -- > Jagadish V, > Graduate Student, > Department of Computer Science, > Stanford University -- Nacho - Ignacio Solis - iso...@igso.net
