Design help for the logo

2014-05-19 Thread Pete Muir
Hi all, I’ve managed to secure some design time from one of Red Hat’s design contractors, Jim Parenti (based in Chicago, so expect him to respond from that timezone :-). I’ve pointed him at http://deltaspike.apache.org and he immediately asked me Aside from the description shown on that

Re: Design help for the logo

2014-05-19 Thread Gerhard Petracek
hi jim, as with codi [1] we thought about a project name which is (/sounds like) a first-/nick-name. furthermore, it should be close to the underlying technology. i came up with 'spike' and it was the only name which most of the other founders liked as well. however, since 'spike' was reserved

Re: Design help for the logo

2014-05-19 Thread Ron Smeral
The first moment I heard DeltaSpike, I thought sudden change, a rush of changes (a spike in the number of deltas). Delta as in a difference, or a change, and spike as in a sharp increase in the magnitude or concentration of something. Just my 0.02$. On 19.5.2014 12:07, Pete Muir wrote: Hi

Re: Design help for the logo

2014-05-19 Thread James Parenti
Hello everyone, Thank you for your input. This is helpful. I’ll get some sketches going this afternoon (CST). Talk soon, Jim -- James Parenti Visuale 1800 W. Cornelia Avenue Chicago, IL 60657 Office: 773.234.0178 Cell: 773.469.8843 Skype: jamesparenti Google:

Re: Design help for the logo

2014-05-19 Thread Mark Struberg
Hi Jim! I personally have 2 spontaneous thoughts coming to my mind. The first one is a positive 'spike' in productivity. DeltaSpike really helps you to get your work done far faster. The other one is kind of a 'negative' spike. Like a gorge between two mountains. DeltaSpike helps to glue