[naemon-dev] Logo

[Andreas Ericsson]

On 2014-02-06 15:26, Melissa Ash wrote:
> Andreas,
> I wanted to touch base with you b/c I didn't want you to think I've
> forgotten about you :) I actually forwarded this on to some students that
> are better at drawing dragons than I would be! I'll keep you posted. Have a
> great day, Melissa Ash
> 

Sounds awesome :-)

I'm forwarding this email to the naemon-devel mailing list, as there's
another guy who's just recently volunteered to do design work as well.

The thread for that can be seen here. I'll give him your contact info
and you'll have his (augustodesign at gmail.com) so if you want to work
together that's all to the better.

You can read the other thread here:
https://www.monitoring-lists.org/archive/naemon-dev/2014-February/000029.html

I'm including the rest of this email for the sake of the list, but there
is nothing new following this.

/Andreas

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> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 7:26 AM, Andreas Ericsson <ageric79 at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> On 2014-01-22 21:08, Melissa Ash wrote:
>>> Andreas,
>>> My husband, Ryan Ash, told me about your new venture and the need for a
>>> logo. I understand the budget restraints of starting a new business and
>>> would be willing to provide my services for free if you'd be willing to
>>> give my company (Beyond Function Corporation) the credit.
>>
>> That's perfectly fine. It isn't a business though, but a non-profit
>> organization that's supposed to provide something for the common good.
>> We'll credit you on our website, and have section of "copy materials"
>> where we'll state where artwork was created, and who should be credited
>> when that artwork is used elsewhere.
>>
>>> If this arrangement is okay with you, I'd like to have you complete a
>>> couple questions that will give me an idea of what you're looking for,
>> your
>>> goals and where you're headed.
>>>
>>> 1. What is your product/service?
>>>
>>
>> It's a network monitoring tool that's supposed to connect to a lot of
>> different devices and services to verify that they're ok. The results
>> are sharable with a lot of other different services and programs, so
>> it's pretty much at the hub of things.
>>
>>> 2. What makes your product/service unique?
>>>
>>
>> The "sharable results" thing, mostly. No other product of this kind
>> provides as many integration points as we do.
>>
>>> 3. How can you set yourself apart from the competition?
>>>
>>
>> See #2.
>>
>>> 4. Who is your target audience (age, socioeconomic group,
>>> attitudes/behaviors, etc)?
>>>
>>
>> System administrators mostly.
>>
>>> 5. What is your single most important goal for this project?
>>>
>>
>> Technical excellence through open collaboration. Sounds like a cliché
>> slogan for a fortune 500, doesn't it? ;-)
>>
>>> 6. What single persuasive point should your logo portray?
>>>
>>
>> Awesomeness. Or possibly dragons. I like dragons. Friendliness would be
>> good too, as we're pretty amicable in our community.
>>
>> Tbh, I don't exactly know. There are competing projects that all have
>> some variant of the "connected blobs" theme. I'm not too fond of that,
>> since it doesn't really stick out and it looks crap on a t-shirt. A
>> mascot-logo would be better imo, and maybe we can even fit in dragons
>> that way ;-)
>>
>> The logo for an extension project looks like this:
>> https://kb.op5.com/display/MERLIN/Distributed+(Merlin)+Home
>> Obviously, that doesn't convey anything about what it does, but I kinda
>> like it anyway.
>>
>>>
>>> If you have questions, please let me know. Feel free to browse my
>> website,
>>> melissaash.net. It is a bit outdated because I'm in the process of
>> re-doing
>>> my Beyond Function site. At any rate, I've been doing graphic design for
>>> the last 10 years and specialize in working with corporations. I've done
>>> graphic work for banks, sports teams, entertainment facilities,
>>> restaurants, and non-profits. I'm confident I can come up with something
>>> you'd be happy with.
>>>
>>
>> I'm sure I will. Many thanks for offering your services. I'll make sure
>> you get the credit you deserve for it :)
>>
>>> I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for the consideration.
>>>
>>
>> It's me who should be thanking you and your husband. I'm very grateful
>> for the offer of your services.
>>
>> /Andreas
>>
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