I think the picture of an AntEater can feed into the "which is better: ant vs maven?" debate. I would opt not to possibly offend the Ant team.
On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Stephen Connolly < [email protected]> wrote: > A better looking anteater... > > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven-2.png > > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/screenshot-2.png > > I think that may exhaust the AntEater and downloading all the internet joke > as far as my artistic ability can take it.... though I may try to rework > the apache feather to fit better... and I could move off the tango colour > palette that I have as my default in inkscape (it's default so that I can > keep with the tango theme that Jenkins uses for icons) > > > On 17 December 2013 13:45, Kristian Rosenvold > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I'm speechless. > > > > Kristian > > > > > > > > 2013/12/17 Stephen Connolly <[email protected]> > > > > > the anteater sucking down the interwebs from apache using Tamás's text > > > > > > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven.png > > > > > > And a screenshot with it > > > > > > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/screenshot.png > > > > > > > > > On 17 December 2013 13:38, Stephen Connolly < > > > [email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Meh! I was just trying to get something that would stir objections... > > > > hence the strange kerning! > > > > > > > > > > > > On 17 December 2013 12:46, Tamás Cservenák <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> Don't want to stir too much here, but the > > > >> http://oi41.tinypic.com/33bctw2.jpg > > > >> is typographically incorrect (odd kerning and odd/different > typeface). > > > >> > > > >> Long time ago I made vector based Maven logo (for Proximity site) > > that I > > > >> thought I donated to Maven project... > > > >> > > > >> That one could serve as a great starting point for experiments, just > > get > > > >> some vector drawing app (I used http://inkscape.org/en/ to draw it > > long > > > >> time ago). > > > >> > > > >> If not in ASF SVN, you can still access it from here > (maven-logo.svg) > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > https://github.com/cstamas/proximity1/tree/master/proximity-site-stuff/srcs > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> HTH, > > > >> ~t~ > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Stephen Connolly < > > > >> [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > I came up with a silly logo just to kick things off: > > > >> > > > > >> > http://oi41.tinypic.com/33bctw2.jpg > > > >> > > > > >> > Here's how it looks with the fluido skin > > > >> > > > > >> > http://i39.tinypic.com/1zoz3v9.jpg > > > >> > > > > >> > And I am not suggesting that an Ant Eater standing on an Apache > > > feather > > > >> and > > > >> > slurping down the internet is the logo we should run with... it > is a > > > >> Worst > > > >> > option that should spur a better version > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > On 17 December 2013 00:38, Jeff Jensen < > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> > >wrote: > > > >> > > > > >> > > Looks good. I like the left nav better tho! > > > >> > > I don't think the Maven logo in the upper right corner looks > > bad/out > > > >> of > > > >> > > place, however, a new logo is fun to have! > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Stephen Connolly < > > > >> > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/w5eblhl4q0fzc6p/Screen%20Shot%202013-12-16%20at%2022.32.03.png > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > On 17 December 2013 00:16, Stephen Connolly < > > > >> > > > [email protected] > > > >> > > > > wrote: > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > bollix gmail > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > On 17 December 2013 00:11, Olivier Lamy <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > >> Maybe only me but I cannot see the image :-) > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> On 17 December 2013 09:35, Stephen Connolly < > > > >> > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> > > > >> > wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > I have been playing with reworking our front > page...[image: > > > >> Inline > > > >> > > > >> images > > > >> > > > >> > 1] > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > I think the fluido skin is a big improvement, I would > like > > to > > > >> > switch > > > >> > > > to > > > >> > > > >> > that... > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > Only problem I see is that our current logo(s) are very > > tied > > > to > > > >> > the > > > >> > > > old > > > >> > > > >> > look and feel... > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > So do we want to see about launching a logo competition. > > > TomEE > > > >> had > > > >> > > > good > > > >> > > > >> > success with theirs. > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > Also I'm looking at going with the top-menu version of > > fluido > > > >> skin > > > >> > > > >> rather > > > >> > > > >> > than the left menu... I have a solution to the "hidden" > > > >> nature... > > > >> > > but > > > >> > > > >> > you'll just have to wait until I sync up with Hervé to > > find a > > > >> way > > > >> > to > > > >> > > > >> get it > > > >> > > > >> > pushed to staging from a branch without blowing up the > > > >> production > > > >> > > site > > > >> > > > >> to > > > >> > > > >> > see my trickery! > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > -Stephen > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> > > > >> Olivier Lamy > > > >> > > > >> Ecetera: http://ecetera.com.au > > > >> > > > >> http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Cheers, Paul
