Check out Dolly - the mascot for LAMS, which is also an open source project. http://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/display/lams/Dolly+the+LAMbS
On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Caroline Meeks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > My thinking is as follows. > > When a kid is using Sugar you want them emotionally engaged with their work > and the other kids, who they probably know in real life. The XO is a great > icon for transparently representing other people and letting your use that > as a symbol for a mental model of them. > > When we are teaching about Sugar, making powerpoints, books etc. We want > to emotionally engage out readers hindbrain, with cute images that helps the > person learning about Sugar feel like they are having fun. I'm getting this > from a Kathy Sierra talk. So a mascot is not something that appear in the > UI of Sugar. Its a branding element we put in book and slide shows and to > spark up web sites. Maybe we also make it a fictional kid character we use > in examples. > > I like the animal, but I think we need a cuter version then this first > try. > > > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Eben Eliason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Kevin Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 11:45, Eben Eliason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> I'd strongly recommend against eliminating the XO as the core element >> >> of the UI. It was chosen specifically to represent children, and to >> >> maintain the human/body metaphors where appropriate. Substituting it >> >> with anything other than a human likeness would be counterproductive, >> >> I fear. >> > >> > Is it possible to "split the difference"? It seems to me that by >> > adding "wings" of a sort to the XO figure, you'd be able to >> > approximate something that still looks human, yet also looks like a >> > sugar glider -- or a kid with a hang glider. Clearly related to the >> > original, but like the Red Bull commercials say "Sugar gives you >> > wings!" ;-) >> >> I don't think so. That misses the point, which is that the children >> themselves—not flying squirrels, however cute ;) —are represented as a >> fundamental part of the interface. >> >> - Eben >> >> > -- >> > Ubuntu Linux DC LoCo >> > Washington, DC >> > http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/ >> > _______________________________________________ >> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > > > > -- > Caroline Meeks > Solution Grove > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 617-500-3488 - Office > 505-213-3268 - Fax > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove [EMAIL PROTECTED] 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax
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