Re: [Vala] Vala logo symbol voting

[Tobias Bernard <bertob93 gmail com>]

I totally agree with you that war isn't a good symbolism for this, it is one
of the reasons I deleted that proposal.

The reason why I created it in the first place was the sound of "Vala": it
reminds "of Valkyrie" or "Valhalla" (and if you've read the Silmarillion it
reminds of the "Valar"), and ancient weapons are strongly connected to those
topics, so I wanted to try working on that. But since there are better
symbolisms (which also look better graphically :D), I deleted that proposal.

I don't know if you've taken a look at the pdf, but there are several
proposals which communicate exactly what you said: lightness, easiness,
flying etc.
A flying carpet isn't a bad idea but personally, I like a wing better,
because it's less complex and easier to understand.
in case you've missed it: symbol proposals pdf
download<http://ubuntuone.com/p/1DBL/>

kind regards
tobias

2011/8/31 Jim Peters <jim uazu net>

> Sam Liddicott wrote:
> > > 2) The symbolism of "ancient warfare" is hard to
> > > understand. Probably too hard to be understood instantly by most
> > > people, so I put that proposal away too.
> >
> > The presentation is very good.
> >
> > I think that symbols of weapons, killing and/or warfare should be
> > avoided, having very current and unpleasant connotations for many
> > people in specific locales.
>
> War happens -- deal with it.  But anyway, Vala is not about war, not
> even about posing with weapons, nor indulging in feelings of
> superiority or anything like that.  Vala is practical and gets the job
> done.  It is not an academic language made by purists or theorists.
> It doesn't seem to attract zealots or fanatics -- it is relatively
> humble in that sense.  It makes life easier for those who use it --
> compared to the alternative tools available to do the same job.
>
> Getting a good visual logo can be hard.  When I was involved in
> OpenEEG, someone sent us a drawing of a levitating, meditating,
> EEG-wired GNU, which was really perfect and said everything:
>
>  http://openeeg.sf.net/
>
> However, a programming language is more abstract.  Linux has a penguin
> mascot pictured with a bellyful of fish (according to Linus), which I
> guess represents a feeling of comfort.
>
> I wonder whether we can find a feeling connection for Vala?
>
> To me it is about flying above all the nightmare complexity of pages
> of boilerplate code that is required at the C level.  So maybe
> Aladdin's flying carpet?  Or something else to represent the ease and
> feeling of flying above complexity?
>
> Any other way we can represent this feeling?
>
> Or is there some other feeling we can associate with Vala?
>
> Jim
>
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