On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Sebastian Dziallas <[email protected]> wrote: > No comments from my side - except that I *love* it! :) > > Thanks to everybody who put work in here. > > ~s
Same here. Very nice job. -walter > Sean DALY wrote: >> after some exchanges with Christian who conferred with Eben, Christian >> sent me the attached. I love it, and think we're ready to go! >> >> only question left: link to homepage, or Download page, or Sugar on a >> Stick page? or even Blueberry page directly? >> >> Upon reflection I wish to recommend to link to the homepage. With the >> What's New sidebar in the works, there will be three links on the >> homepage to the download page. Although we impose an extra two clicks, >> we take the opportunity to best introduce Sugar to teachers and >> parents who don't know it yet - in other words, the vast majority of >> teachers and parents. The extra orientation and branding will I think >> close the download "sale". >> >> If no comments in the next hour, I'll forward to Ad Bard, we can gain a day. >> >> thanks >> >> Sean >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Christian Marc Schmidt >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Sean >>> >>> Eben and I worked on a simple ad, see attached. I don't like having to >>> modify the SoaS logo, but in this case there really wasn't any >>> alternative given the small size of the ad... For this purpose, I >>> think it works well. >>> >>> >>> Christian >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Sean DALY<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Ad Bard (http://adbard.net/) is a new project, a FLOSS-focused online >>>> advertising network partnered with the FSF >>>> (http://www.fsf.org/news/ad-bard) in an advisory role. >>>> >>>> They only accept FLOSS projects and have a simplified flat fee >>>> structure for advertisers. Member sites earn through clicks. They >>>> claim nearly 5 million monthly impressions >>>> (http://adbard.net/adbard/websites) on sites of interest to free >>>> software developers. It will likely be a very efficient way to raise >>>> our profile with developers. >>>> >>>> I had heard yesterday that they were offering a limited number of free >>>> December insertions in their network. This morning they have very >>>> graciously offered to run a Sugar Labs banner free of cost from >>>> December 8th (Sugar on a Stick launch date) through the end of the >>>> month! >>>> >>>> To meet the deadline though, we have to provide the banner as soon as >>>> possible in the next 48 hours. They have a review system with a >>>> 72-hour all-members vote (weighted by impressions) before running any >>>> ad on their network. A sample ad can be viewed on their FAQ page >>>> (http://adbard.net/faq). >>>> >>>> Technical info is: 120x90 pixels, graphics, up to 80 characters of >>>> text, no animation, PNG or JPEG or static GIF (no Flash), link to >>>> direct to. >>>> >>>> >>>> Proposed brief: >>>> >>>> horizontal USB key beauty shot over Sugar on a Stick logo in Blueberry >>>> color, text underneath: "Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry downloadable >>>> now. Try it with a child today!" >>>> >>>> That's 75 chars using this CLI one-liner: >>>> $ echo 'Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry downloadable now. Try it with a >>>> child today!' | wc -m >>>> >>>> I have prepared a 120x36 px PNG from Philippe Cantinau's beauty shots >>>> session (attached). This is from an actual photo of one of the sticks >>>> from the first run (same stick as in the 4-stick beauty shot). Color >>>> combo is variant 8 but note that the printers hadn't done a great >>>> color/alignment job given the rush at the time, so it may be >>>> preferable to place a clean logo over the stick body. I feel a >>>> different color than the blue combo will work best, because our visual >>>> identity is to vary the combos, Blueberry is not the main branding >>>> message ("sugar" is), and a blueberry colored stick might get people >>>> to think we distribute sticks which is not the case. But, a blueberry >>>> logo'd stick might indeed be preferable? >>>> >>>> Because of the Academy 4:3 layout, we may need to break up the Sugar >>>> on a Stick logo like the stacked SL logo version, with "sugar" larger >>>> on its own line and "on a stick" smaller underneath. Alternatively, >>>> "on a" on a line and "stick" on a line, in that case we could probably >>>> keep the same point size as "sugar". >>>> >>>> For the link, we have a choice between the homepage (where we will >>>> have a What's New callout by Tuesday with Christian's help), or the >>>> Sugar on a Stick page (http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick). >>>> I'm on the fence, but leaning towards the homepage link - many >>>> first-time visitors should probably learn more about Sugar and Sugar >>>> Labs first? What do you think? >>>> >>>> Who can step up to get this together quickly? >>>> >>>> thanks >>>> >>>> Sean >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> [email protected] >>> 917/ 575 0013 >>> >>> http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/christianmarcschmidt >>> http://twitter.com/cms_ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SoaS mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas > _______________________________________________ > SoaS mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ SoaS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas
