Wow! from time to time we have projects at the University that could
really use a professional hand, would you mind if I emailed you the next
time one came up and asked you to submit a bid?
Jose
Paul Bloch wrote:
> Right, that's the usual assumption. I've been trying to fill the
> place in between for a number of years to little success. I'm a
> designer that uses OS X and adobe products so I don't have much use
> for open source applications, even design related apps, because the
> quality is so low (this is based on my own testing and critiquing).
> I've still attempted to make opensource as beautiful as I can to
> varying success. My efforts are often thwarted by the very developers
> I try to help, because as you say, most just opt to use a developer
> with what you refer to as "talent" and very few use a contracted
> designer, but some projects have actually hired and payed me for work.
>
> You can see some of the work I've contributed on gnome-look.org, just
> look up my name. Take a look at the pidgin logo and the compiz fusion
> logo I made, I'm really happy how those turned out. I unfortunately
> didn't win the FreeBSD logo contest awhile back, as I think my entry
> was a better choice, it still got 4th place though and my Lighttpd
> logo obviously won the competition.
>
> Projects I've worked with are the Mirth project (logo), Mixxx.org
> (logo), Sojourner Linux (logo), Lighttpd (logo), Compiz/Beryl (didn't
> win), PC-BSD (I made a number of design submissions that never got
> implemented, BSD Foundation (some branding work), and much much more.
> I actually have a project I've never published where I redid a huge
> number of logos for opensource OSes. I think soon I'll just put it
> out into the ether.
>
> I don't use any of this software but I believe in open source, I want
> it to succeed, so I do what I can even though developers often keep my
> hands firmly tied behind my back. I'm actually a creative director so
> it's a shame that more people don't take advantage of the services I
> offer for free. It's been a frustrating career in the opensource
> world for me so I've nearly given up entirely. I've even tried to
> join a number of foundations to head up a design/interaction team, but
> there haven't been any takers.
>
> If you ask me what keeps the opensource world back from total takeover
> I could point you to a number of things that I've written about. But
> for now I remain a bit in the shadow of the opensource scene, not many
> people know me or my work. Still I subscribe to a number of mailing
> lists and chime in from time to time. :)
>
> All the best,
>
> Paul aka openartist
>
> On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 12:42 AM, Jose Galvez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> so you don't use lighttp but you made their logo? how does that work, I
>> would have assumed that the logo would have been made by either a user with
>> graphics talent or a contracted graphics designer.
>>
>> Paul Bloch wrote:
>>
>> Well, I don't use it but I made the logo. :)
>>
>> On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 11:07 PM, Jose Galvez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Just started playing around with lighttpd and I'm trying to figure out how
>> to get it to serve my static content while letting pylons do the fun
>> stuff. Here is a copy of my config. This works but I wanted to see how
>> others are using lighttpd.
>>
>>
>> # set up folders and files to serve with lighttpd
>> static_folders = "^/img/|^/static|^/static2"
>>
>> hidden_static_folders = "^/css"
>>
>> static_pages = "\.html|\.jpg|\.png|\.gif"
>>
>> # enable dir listing for some folders
>> $HTTP["url"] =~ static_folders {
>> dir-listing.activate = "enable"
>> }
>>
>> # make sure dirlisting stays off for some folders
>> $HTTP["url"] =~ hidden_static_folders {
>> dir-listing.activate = "disable"
>> }
>>
>>
>> # if its not static content let pylons handle the request
>> $HTTP["url"] !~ static_folders + "|" + hidden_static_folders + "|" +
>> static_pages {
>> proxy.server = ( "" => (
>> ("host"=>"127.0.0.1",
>> "port"=>5000)
>> )
>> )
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>> Jose
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> >
>
>
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