Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Logos for dynapi

[Doug M. <do...@cr...>]

Outlook express 6 is REALLY starting to piss me off.
This is the third time I've written this email. (hence the two _BLANK_)
messages.
I assure you they where not blank until I hit send.

See comment inline. see logo prefs at end.

> How's this logo concept?  Colors and font may need tweaking.  I didn't use
a
> font so text may be chunky; I just copied the bitmap of a screenshot of
the
> PDF as big as I could get, then reduced it's size again.  :-)

Very nice. Crisp and simple. Not too many colors (too many color make for
hard time printing and scaling)

> Regarding the logos at
> http://www.creative-workshop.com/doug/dynapi_logos.zip , I first excluded
> all the ones that looked like an accident, then excluded the ones that
maybe
> weren't too clear to read, and excluded all the ones that didn't have some
> logo attempt (since that was stated as an objective), excluded the ones
that
> looked like buttons.  This left #7, which I then noticed looks a lot like
> the Win2k install logos.  So instead of reproducing another look, I just
> integrated the donated swirly logo (#2 in the PDF) and added some lines to
> draw the attention from the logo, across the word, focussing on API.

Whatever.. I had written a very clever paragraph or two here.. but am not
writting it a third time.

> Any comments?
>
> Leif
>
> P.S. Rant post-mortem: lessons learned (hopefully I don't get told to
STFU).
>        1) Can't make unilateral decisions or communications, if only to
> cover yourself later.  Best to send off a quick note to the group to avoid
> misinterpretations.

Yes.

>        2) Can't jump to conclusions, you may not have all the info.
Expend
> less energy by gathering more info first than by getting worked up only to
> appologize later.

Actually I appologized in advance this time. :-)
Point taken however.

>        3) Maybe nobody liked the specific logos suggested, but it has
> introduced some new ideas, and that in and of itself serves a purpose
(i.e.
> motivated me -- and hopefully others -- to try our own designs), so
> hopefully it's not seen as a loss by the company who so generously
invested
> effort.
> P.P.S. I know I've only contributed a little to the API, and I've been out
> of it for a while now.  Just get into a funk and lose motivation.  So I
> contribute where I can, when I find motivation, like with this logo.


Also had a vary long winded blurb here but fuck it.. the short version.
A contribution is a contribution is a contribution.
one can say the dude who seals your driveway had very little to do with
building your house..
but then, without them, your driveway would rot. no?

Every single contribution, in any size or flavour is a critical part of the
project as a whole and is appreciated by all.

---- logo prefs ----
logo.gif: crisp. clean. professional.
7.gif: see above.. but also note the squares have less detail and less
color. this makes this one more printable and scaleable.
1.gif: I do not believe that there is anything particularly wrong with the
"button" look. but you can go too far in making something look 3D.. this one
looks 3D(and hence jumps out of the page), but is not over done, resulting
in a crisp clean experience..


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