[Playlist] XSPF Logo Proposal (Mega Power, Mega Tech inside! Look, look!)

Lucas Gonze lgonze at panix.com
Wed Oct 4 16:18:23 UTC 2006


Bjorn Wijers wrote:
> Sorry if I'm this offends somebody, but I hope this is not serious.

This kind of collective energy and vigorous back-and-forth is great for 
the final product.  I hope that nobody working on logos takes the 
jostling personally.


> 
> As far as I know a logo has to bring a unified message across and a 
> certain expectance. This does neither. It is a nice attempt but perhaps 
> it would be better to describe first want the logo should bring across 
> and to whom. Also get some designers involved in the process. I can do 
> the latter, if the rest of the list also thinks that this is a good idea 
>  especially the people currently putting a lot of effort in creating a 
> logo..

I'm personally on the sidelines for this one, but my perspective is that 
this is a good thing.  More eyeballs, talent, and collaboration are all 
for the good.

> 
> As for what do you want to bring across...a first attempt:
> 
> For whom: non-technical users
> 
> XSPF is:
> 
> - sharing playlists with your friends regardless of specific software

Yes.

> - free and open for all

Yes.

> - easy

Don't know about this one.  Isn't it kind of a lie?

> - spiffy (Pronunciation and meaning)

Yes.

> - sharing media the easy way

Not sure what this means?

> - cool ('look ma! I can combine these movieclips with some mp3s and 
> create my own multimedia show') Ok, maybe not that cool ;)

Yes.

-Lucas



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