Dear Rob, It is a good link. Let me quote from the page the amount of noise generated by a change is inversely proportional to the complexity of the change."
With Warm Regards V.Kadal Amutham 919444360480 914422396480 On 31 January 2013 20:12, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Robin Fowler <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Ok thanks for the clarification. My first question: > > > > I had a look around for something I'd like to do and came across the > logo design concepts for version 4. I've made a design and was wondering if > I just go ahead and edit the page (on CWiki), adding my design or do i send > the design to someone who is responsible for editing the page? I guess I'm > looking for some kind of general guidelines for the CWiki.. > > > > Hi Robin, > > I see your logo designs and I am very impressed. This is some fine > work. The wiki is open for anyone to edit, once you create an > account. As you see now there is a page where we have been collecting > AOO 4.0 logo proposals. That is a good place to add yours. > > One of the perils of graphical design work in a community-based > project like this is the tendency for what we call "bikeshedding". > I'd recommend you, and everyone else, read this page: > > http://bikeshed.com/ > > It is something to be aware of. We cannot really prevent it, but with > awareness we can temper it somewhat. But it is important that you, > as a designer, realize the tendency toward this, in projects like > this. Otherwise it is easy to feel frustrated at prolonged > discussions, contradictory feedback and lack of resolution. We don't > want that to happen. > > I'm not saying this is occurring now, but it is natural that if you > ask 10 people for their opinions on a logo, you will get 10 different > views. > > Keep up the good work, and be prepared for a lot of feedback! > > -Rob > > > > The other question is regarding the website, what is the approach to > working on this, is it preferable to do minor improvements or could i go > ahead and make an entire overhaul? Are there some guidelines for this or is > it completely up to the individual? > > > > Thanks for your help! > > > > Robin > > > > > > On 29 Jan 2013, at 22:04, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Robin Fowler <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> my name's Robin Fowler and I'm currently based in the UK. I love doing > graphic design and thought this would be a good opportunity to contribute. > I'm mainly interested in marketing and UI design. > >>> > >> > >> Hi Robin, Welcome to the Apache OpenOffice project! > >> > >>> I have read through the introduction modules and have signed up on the > CWiki, and I have some questions but will hold back with them in case I'm > asking at the wrong place (perhaps someone can give me a hint). > >>> > >> > >> This is the marketing mailing list. So it is a great place to ask > >> questions. We don't currently have a separate list for graphics or > >> UI. If it is related to marketing, branding, logos, promotional > >> artwork, etc., then we discuss it on this list. If we're talking > >> about the graphical elements of the core OpenOffice project then we > >> discuss it on the dev mailing lis ([email protected]). > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> -Rob > >> > >> > >>> Regards, > >>> Robin > >> > > >
