Yes I know... this is not a serious suggestion... To understand my logic...
When people cannot decide what restaurant to go to, the easy way to get a suggestion is to point out that if no agreement can be found we will just go to McDonalds... and not the good McDonalds either, but the dodgy one on *that* street, the one Fred said to avoid... Somebody must have a better suggestion (and the Anteater was the animal on the front of the O'Reilly book, hence my picking it... it being the only thing associated with Maven image wise) On 17 December 2013 15:28, Paul Benedict <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
