From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 23 21:15:56 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED34F16A4CF for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 21:15:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.vicor-nb.com (bigwoop.vicor-nb.com [208.206.78.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD20043D46 for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 21:15:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from elischer.org (julian.vicor-nb.com [208.206.78.97]) by mail.vicor-nb.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15AB17A459; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:15:55 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <41CB358A.2030009@elischer.org> Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:15:54 -0800 From: Julian Elischer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.3.1) Gecko/20030516 X-Accept-Language: en, hu MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bakul Shah References: <200412231858.iBNIwwpc012446@gate.bitblocks.com> In-Reply-To: <200412231858.iBNIwwpc012446@gate.bitblocks.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: jsha cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's Visual Identity: Outdated? X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 21:15:57 -0000 Bakul Shah wrote: >>Being an architect as well as graphic designer, I feel it is about time >>for a complete revamp of the visual aesthetics of the FreeBSD project. >> >> > >Go for it! Rather than complain here about various things, >create a mailing list for interested people where you can >discuss aesthetics etc., make a plan and execute. This would >also be a very good exercise for a future in Marketing and >PR! And we (FreeBSDers) *need* friends there.... > > > >>How do I know though, that if I manage to pull together a team to work >>on this refined vision, that we won't be totally ignored even though we >>produce the most magnificent result? >> As you start to get prototypes worked out, ask for comment.. Make people feel as if they have a stake in it..