I like the idea, I don't know if there's a Melbourne equivalent. I think there is value in making it Melbourne specific (and other city specific potentially); isn't half the point to raise the profile of software dev / startups in a particular city?
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 23:11, ben wiseley <[email protected]> wrote: > lol - I'm from Boston. Harvard/MIT built would probably have better name > recognition. Plus - their design seems kind of like a lego under > construction sign > x in oz - definitely. I'm willing to bet a lot of the US has never heard of > Melbourne (as sad as that sounds). And people in the NW (Portland, Seattle) > always think Sydney is Sydney, BC, Canada. Most of my friends still think I > just moved 3 hours north to Canada and don't get the "it's 90 here today" > (30C :) > -ben > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 10:26 PM, chexton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I too have seen a 'Boston Built' stamp and think it's kind of cool. >> http://bostonbuilt.org/ >> >> I think a 'X in Australia' would do well over a 'Made in Melbourne'. >> I'm from Sydney but that's besides the point - we're a small country >> and most of use travel between the two cities pretty regularly anyway >> >> It'd just be a cool sign of solidarity in my opinion :). >> >> On Nov 14, 11:17 am, Wernah <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Richie just forwarded this to me. I was trying to develop a logo/brand >> > for melbournites to build a collective of those from the garden state. >> > It was a weekend project, you can see the embryonic developments >> > herehttp://cl.ly/BnBjand herehttp://cl.ly/BnOc >> > >> > It all started when I saw a triangular 'B' logo on a few design >> > websites that was part of a 'Made in Boston' initiative, but I can't >> > for the life of me find it anymore. I thought there was a similar >> > movement/energy coming out of Melbourne, and was keen to get >> > involved. >> > >> > On Nov 11, 5:13 pm, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > I discovered this linked from the bottom of >> > > meetup.com:http://nytm.org/made/ >> > >> > > Seems a simple way of showing that Silicon Valley isn't the only place >> > > in the world where great software comes from. >> > >> > > Anyone know of a local equivalent? Or want to start one? >> > >> > > Paul >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
