Kadal, That sounds real cool, but would the message being told be shown in 10-20 seconds? Maybe have clay men choose being Closed source and open source?
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Kadal Amutham <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Rob, > > My son, is part of a young team who do claymation. ( All characters are in > clay and they are animated by moving by hand and filmed / shot frame by > frame ) I will check with them whether they can create a 10-20 second video > for openoffice. > > Dear Uday, > > Check with Kailash and come back > > With Warm Regards > > V.Kadal Amutham > 919444360480 > > > > On 10 December 2012 22:30, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 5:48 PM, P.P. Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Rob, > > > > > > I noticed there is OpenOffice.org / OpenSource.org - really two > different > > > target groups since there are people that make the programs / use the > > > programs. I agree that there has to be some type of guidelines to > create > > a > > > streamline branding. It's definitely a problem if thousands of people > are > > > all making unique marketing efforts but if they are all spread out > it's a > > > waste of time. What I wanted to know really is if the founders/leaders > > have > > > certain colors, catch phrases, ex. they are already set on. If so they > > could > > > definitely be a starting point to create materials from / videos from. > I > > can > > > say I have gotten lost trying to download OpenOffice off the front > page a > > > few times. Saying that I think there should be more visuals and not > just > > all > > > text too. We live in a world now of "app icons" and I think it would be > > > smart to create what people use now. > > > > > > > The current styling guidelines are here: > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Branding+Style+Guide > > > > But this is focused on in-product and web branding. We haven't really > > had a coordinated YouTube presence, but maybe we can extrapolate. > > > > Regards, > > > > -Rob > > > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 2:52 PM, P.P. Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > Hello Kadal, > > >> > > > >> > Do you know what platform the website is running from? Are they > using > > >> > CSS / > > >> > blog or some other type? I might change the color of the logo. I'd > be > > >> > interested in knowing Apache's goals/direction then I could really > > >> > understand how to market them better. Here is an idea attached. > > >> > > > >> > > >> The website is mainly HTML and CSS. Some pages use a simplified > > >> markup called "Markdown text". But styling is done with CSS. > > >> > > >> We've been discussing a "visual signature" update for our next major > > >> release (OpenOffice 4.0) in April. As part of this we will likely > > >> update the logo. Previous discussions have been exploring the > > >> possibility of having a public competition to design the new logo. > > >> > > >> Regards, > > >> > > >> -Rob > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > >> > On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Kadal Amutham <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> >> > > >> >> Welcome Mr. Paul. I am another volunteer like you. Look at the page > > >> >> opensource.org and can you suggest in the improvement of logo and > > other > > >> >> layout? > > >> >> > > >> >> With Warm Regards > > >> >> > > >> >> V.Kadal Amutham > > >> >> 919444360480 > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> On 9 December 2012 02:26, P.P. Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >> > > >> >> > Hello Apache Marketers, > > >> >> > > > >> >> > I'm Paul. I have been creating online marketing strategies for > > small > > >> >> > businesses over the past ten years. I learned about SEO and > > long-tail > > >> >> > tactics way before it was ever a fad. I'm completing my MBA this > > >> >> > semester > > >> >> > and just finished receiving my MLitt in Film Studies completing > it > > >> >> > while > > >> >> > taking a year off from my MBA. I'm all educated out and most > > >> >> > interested > > >> >> > in > > >> >> > creating media content for Apache - youtube videos, photoshop, > > >> >> > facebook, > > >> >> > off-line tactics. I have been an Open Office user for a few years > > and > > >> >> > would > > >> >> > like to give back some time if wanted. > > >> >> > > > >> >> > I'm located in Hampton, Virginia. If any other marketers are in > the > > >> >> > Virginia area then howdy! > > >> >> > > > >> >> > -- > > >> >> > Respectfully, > > >> >> > - Paul Phillip Meyer > > >> >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > -- > > >> > Respectfully, > > >> > - Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Respectfully, > > > - Paul > > > -- Respectfully, - Paul
