[mlmmj] Please comment on this potential logo

[mlmmj] Please comment on this potential logo

[Ben Schmidt]

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Hi, everyone,

I'm working on revamping the mlmmj website in an attempt to raise the profile of 
the project, improve the development process, and attract more users and 
developers. Shortly we should have more current documentation on the web, along 
with a publicly accessible source code repository, and a new bug and enhancement 
tracker.

To get us beyond the dullness of pure text, I'd like to have a logo. Ideally, it 
would remain largely unchanged for a long period, so it would be good to 'get it 
right' to start with. A good logo should represent what mlmmj is (a mailing list 
manager) and its style (simple, slim, joyful!).

So could you please look at the attached potential logo, whack reply, and let me 
know what you think of it?

Thanks a lot!

Ben.

P.S. If you're keen to help with this, or anything else mlmmj-related, please 
speak up.




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Re: [mlmmj] Please comment on this potential logo

[Wolf Bergenheim]

Hi,
On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 15:05, Ben Schmidt <mail_ben_schmidt@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Hi, everyone,
>
> A good logo should represent what mlmmj is (a mailing list manager) and its style (simple, slim, joyful!).
>
> So could you please look at the attached potential logo, whack reply, and
> let me know what you think of it?

I like the feel of the logo, but I'm wondering where the colors come
from? Are they just picked on random or what? This logo convey to me
simple and joyful :) I can see however that a stack of mail could be
seen as stacking up and thus slow... I'll see if I can come up with a
counter-proposal just to keep things interesting ;)

--Wolf

Re: [mlmmj] Please comment on this potential logo

[Ben Schmidt]

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On 6/07/10 10:35 PM, Wolf Bergenheim wrote:
> I like the feel of the logo, but I'm wondering where the colors come
> from? Are they just picked on random or what?

Yep! I think I associate 'simple' with 'children' so I just did what I
imagine a child would do, and 'picked any and every nearby pen'.

> This logo convey to me simple and joyful :)

Great!

> I can see however that a stack of mail could be seen as stacking up
> and thus slow...

Mmm. Maybe just one envelope would be better. I thought perhaps having
more than one would give the feel of a mailing *list*, rather than just
an MTA or MUA. Or something completely different.

> I'll see if I can come up with a
> counter-proposal just to keep things interesting ;)

Sounds good! The Inkscape .svg source is attached if you (or anyone
else) want to mess with that.

Ben.




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Re: [mlmmj] Please comment on this potential logo

[Franky Van Liedekerke]

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On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Ben Schmidt
<mail_ben_schmidt@yahoo.com.au>wrote:

> Hi, everyone,
>
> I'm working on revamping the mlmmj website in an attempt to raise the
> profile of the project, improve the development process, and attract more
> users and developers. Shortly we should have more current documentation on
> the web, along with a publicly accessible source code repository, and a new
> bug and enhancement tracker.
>
> To get us beyond the dullness of pure text, I'd like to have a logo.
> Ideally, it would remain largely unchanged for a long period, so it would be
> good to 'get it right' to start with. A good logo should represent what
> mlmmj is (a mailing list manager) and its style (simple, slim, joyful!).
>
> So could you please look at the attached potential logo, whack reply, and
> let me know what you think of it?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Ben.
>
> P.S. If you're keen to help with this, or anything else mlmmj-related,
> please speak up.
>
>
I like it! I would also like to help out with anything else related to mlmmj
(site, reviewing changes, bug report thingies, maybe some small development
by myself)

Franky

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