On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 4:19 AM, Roland Gesthuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > 2008/12/9 Gary C Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> On 9 Dec 2008, at 04:05, Jameson Quinn wrote: >> >> > Just out of curiosity: that is a squirrel, not a possum, right? I >> > mean, it is a "rascally rodent", so it would have to be. What is its >> > name? > > Phew, for once I can wear my other hat as a science teacher and not feel so > out of place on this list with all the super IT experts. It's name is > Petaurus breviceps :-D > >> >> Frank (Frankie), yea he's a flying squirrel. >> >> > (It is amazing how hard it is to distinguish the sugar glider from a >> > flying squirrel, given that we are much closer genetically to a >> > squirrel than the sugar glider is.) > > The Australian sugar glider is a marsupial. Some of you would be curious to > know that it has a pouch and is related to the kangaroo and koala, not the > mouse or squirrel. > >> >> If we went for a similar level of quality render as to Frankie, the >> colour patterning (black ears, black/white face stripes, grey body >> rather than brown) and face details (pink nose, black eyes) should >> make a pretty distinct character design, but most people at best, will >> still just think it's a flying squirrel. > > Markings are not a big deal .. room for lots of interpretation. All cool and > cute! > >> P.S. If there was a general desire to go 3d, I'd be willing to build, >> render and release the data, but I'd not want to burn the hours until >> there was some form of consensus on needing a mascot, and some >> examples of how/where it would be used to good effect. The Sugar UI >> style is symbolic/abstract, so a good design should leverage that >> Sugar art direction (i.e 3D realistic or cartoon styles are really too >> different to fit comfortably in my opinion). > > I probably got this ball rolling, didnt want it to take up all your time > folks. It was just a thought after looking at the styling used for Firefox > and Thunderbird. I dread long meetings that rabbit on about the colour of > conference bags. Please don't let this stop or distract you all from the > bigger mission :-)
On the contrary, this has been a wonderful conversation:) Many people, including yourself, have shared interesting parts of your personalities outside of 'Sugar Developer' over the last few days. A large part of the Sugar Project is the belief that we, as a community, can harness the _passions_ of smart people across the world through the open source development process to create a learning platform which can cost effectively take advantage of recent advances in technology to help kids learn. IAEP is a conversation with a large group of passionate people who have come together to share common interests in education, technology, and helping kids. The same norms and conventions that make a face to face conversation productive and interesting make the IAEP list interesting. david > Regards Roland > > -- > Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College > http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au > > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change > the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead > > _______________________________________________ > 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