I think Shalin's poll is the contest. :)
Otis -- Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch ----- Original Message ---- > From: Mike Klaas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 2:28:13 PM > Subject: Re: Solr Logo thought > > I thought the plan was to run more of a logo contest? > > -Mike > > On 21-Aug-08, at 9:29 AM, Otis Gospodnetic wrote: > > > One more +1 for the eye/sun O. I don't think I thought "eye" when i > > saw it, but I think having an eye there is actually a cool little > > detail. > > > > I think Shalin should revive his poll with your logo versions once > > they are ready. > > > > Otis > > -- > > Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > >> From: Nick Jenkin > >> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > >> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 5:24:57 AM > >> Subject: Re: Solr Logo thought > >> > >> I like the O, it is both the sun and it looks like an eye which suits > >> in with the search. > >> Good stuff. > >> -Nick > >> On 8/21/08, Lukáš Vlček wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> Well, the eye looking O is not intentional. It is more a result of > >>> the > >>> techique I used when doing the initial skatch. Believe it or not > >>> this design > >>> started at magnetic drawing board > >>> (http://www.reggies.co.za/nov/nov274.jpg > >>> ) > >>> which I use now when playing with my 2 year old daughter. It is an > >>> excellent > >>> piece of hardware and though it lacks in terms of output > >>> resolution and is > >>> not presure sensitive and its undo capatilities are very limitted it > >>> outperforms my A4+ Wacom tablet in terms of bootup time and is > >>> absolutely > >>> *green energy* equipment. But as I mentioned, its resolution is > >>> quite low > >>> and thus the vectorized version is not perfect yet. > >>> > >>> Anyway, I think that eye looking O is an interesting observation I > >>> will work > >>> on this because I see that it can be confuzing. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Lukas > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:01 PM, Mike Klaas wrote: > >>> > >>>> Nice job Lukas; the professionalism and quality of work is > >>>> evident. I like > >>>> aspects of the logo, but too am having trouble getting past the > >>>> eye-looking > >>>> O. Is it intentional (eye:look:search, etc)? > >>>> > >>>> -Mike > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 20-Aug-08, at 5:25 AM, Mark Miller wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I went through the same thought process - it took a couple > >>>> minutes for the > >>>>> whole thing to grow on me. Perhaps a tweak to the O if your > >>>>> looking for > >> some > >>>>> constructive criticism? > >>>>> > >>>>> Again though, I really think its an awesome multipurpose logo. > >>>>> Works well > >>>>> in color, b/w, large, small, and just the sun part as a facicon/ > >>>>> other. > >>>>> > >>>>> Grant Ingersoll wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> It's pretty good, for me. My first thought is it is an eye > >>>>>> (the orange > >>>>>> reminds me of eyelashes), and then the second thought is it is > >>>>>> the Sun. > >> Take > >>>>>> that w/ a grain of salt, though, there's a reason why I do > >>>>>> server-side > >> code > >>>>>> and not user interfaces and graphic design. :-) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -Grant > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Aug 20, 2008, at 3:48 AM, Lukáš Vlček wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Only few responded so far. How we can get more feedback? Do > >>>>>>> you think I > >>>>>>> should work on the proposal a little bit more and then attach > >>>>>>> it to > >>>>>>> SOLR-84? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>>> Lukas > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Otis Gospodnetic < > >>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I like it, even its asymmetry. :) > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Otis > >>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>> Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ---- > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> From: Lukáš Vlček > >>>>>>>>> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > >>>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 7:02:25 PM > >>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Solr Logo thought > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> My initial draft of Solr logo can be found here: > >>>>>>>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/lukas.vlcek/Solr > >>>>>>>>> The reason why I haven't attached it to SOLR-84 for now is > >>>>>>>>> that this > >>>>>>>>> is > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> just > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> draft and not final design (there are a lot of unfinished > >>>>>>>>> details). I > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> would > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> like to get some feedback before I spend more time on it. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> I had several ideas but in the end I found that the > >>>>>>>>> simplicity works > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> best. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Simple font, sun motive, just two colors. Should look fine > >>>>>>>>> in both the > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> large > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> and small formats. As for the favicon I would use the sun > >>>>>>>>> motive only > >>>>>>>>> - > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> it > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> means the O letter with the beams. The logo font still needs > >>>>>>>>> a lot of > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> small > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> (but important) touches. For now I would like to get > >>>>>>>>> feedback mostly > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> about > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> the basic idea. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>>>>> Lukas > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 8:21 PM, Mark Miller wrote: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Plenty left, but here is a template to get things started: > >>>>>>>>>> http://wiki.apache.org/solr/LogoContest > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Speaking of which, if we want to maintain the momentum of > >>>>>>>>>> interest in > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> this > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> topic, someone (ie: not me) should setup a "LogoContest" > >>>>>>>>> wiki page > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> with some > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> of the "goals" discussed in the various threads on solr-user > >>>>>>>>> and > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> solr-dev > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> recently, as well as draft up some good guidelines for how > >>>>>>>>> we should > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> run the > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> contest > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> http://blog.lukas-vlcek.com/ > >>> > >
