Hello everyone, Sorry about the cross posting. We're falling short in our publicity department and to that end require some good artwork to brand the conference. There are 3 things which we need. 1. A logo. We have some from last year which we can recycle but I'd like that to be a last resort - http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyConIndiaLogos 2. Some badges and an ad banner - Three similar themed ones for "I Support PYCon India", "I am speaking at PyCon India" and "I am attending PyCon India". We have one submission at http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyConIndia2010/Badges but I'm sure we can get some more. 3. T-shirt design - This will probably depend on the logo since it will have to be there on the T but neverthless... I'm sure we have a lot of budding digital artists here who can do a good job on this. The name fo the artist will of course be prominently mentioned and you'll get really good bragging rights. :) For something like the conference we're working on to succeed,we need volunteers for all things. Do help you where you can. Every little bit counts. Thanks -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in
We have one more badge and it looks quite nice. Keep them coming! :) On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello everyone, Sorry about the cross posting.
We're falling short in our publicity department and to that end require some good artwork to brand the conference.
There are 3 things which we need.
1. A logo. We have some from last year which we can recycle but I'd like that to be a last resort - http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyConIndiaLogos
2. Some badges and an ad banner - Three similar themed ones for "I Support PYCon India", "I am speaking at PyCon India" and "I am attending PyCon India". We have one submission at http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyConIndia2010/Badges but I'm sure we can get some more.
3. T-shirt design - This will probably depend on the logo since it will have to be there on the T but neverthless...
I'm sure we have a lot of budding digital artists here who can do a good job on this. The name fo the artist will of course be prominently mentioned and you'll get really good bragging rights. :)
For something like the conference we're working on to succeed,we need volunteers for all things. Do help you where you can. Every little bit counts.
Thanks
-- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in
-- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal@gmail.com> wrote:
We have one more badge and it looks quite nice. Keep them coming! :)
A few more have come in and I've received a logo as well. I've added an extra page to hold logos and other non-badge artwork (the division is arbitrary) http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyConIndia2010/Artwork It would be nice if we could have a few logos. We need some "branding". Something we can scale down and use as the twitter pic and stuff like that. Thanks. -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in
I've uploaded some more that I got to the Badges page (from the same chap who designed the runner up logos last year). I think we can use one of them now. http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyConIndia2010/Badges I personally like the last set since they're somewhat compact and would fit on a sidebar, in a blog post. Also, the "speaker" pun really hits me right there. Any comments? If not, we'll move the set to the official site and put some HTML snippets to include them and link back so that we can get some traffic. We need some logos now. The one up there is good but competition is always a good thing. We can use the one we select as the twitter picture and on all our branding stuff. This is my last X-post. Follow up discussions will only be there on inpycon. Sorry about that and thanks for the patience. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal@gmail.com> wrote:
We have one more badge and it looks quite nice. Keep them coming! :)
A few more have come in and I've received a logo as well.
I've added an extra page to hold logos and other non-badge artwork (the division is arbitrary) http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyConIndia2010/Artwork
It would be nice if we could have a few logos. We need some "branding". Something we can scale down and use as the twitter pic and stuff like that.
Thanks.
-- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in
-- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal@gmail.com> wrote:
I've uploaded some more that I got to the Badges page (from the same chap who designed the runner up logos last year). I think we can use one of them now. http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyConIndia2010/Badges
Okay. Do we have any comments on the badges? Should I set up a poll to decide which one gets used?
I personally like the last set since they're somewhat compact and would fit on a sidebar, in a blog post. Also, the "speaker" pun really hits me right there. Any comments? If not, we'll move the set to the official site and put some HTML snippets to include them and link back so that we can get some traffic.
We need some logos now. The one up there is good but competition is always a good thing. We can use the one we select as the twitter picture and on all our branding stuff.
We have just one logo. We need a few more or we'll have to recycle the ones from last year and revote. -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal@gmail.com> wrote:
Okay. Do we have any comments on the badges? Should I set up a poll to decide which one gets used?
I like the second set with the image with names - ['pycon-i10-a','pycon-i10-s']. It seems to have a correct dose of understated elegance and flashiness. I also vote for the fourth set of images with names - ['PCI_supporter', 'PCI_speaker','PCI_attendee']. I find it nicely small and 'hep'. I did not like the first set with the snake creeping upwards. I like snakes, infact I love those beautiful things, but this logo seems to be an overkill. Just my opinion. -Thanks Santhosh
I've set up Google analytics for the site I think the site advertisement needs work. Unless someone here *really* has an objection/suggestion, here's what I'm going to do. - Use the PCI_*.png badges from the badge page (http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyConIndia2010/Badges - The fourth set) as our official badges and promote them on twitter and the main website. Get people to link back to the event using the badges. - Use the runner up logo from last year and change the 2009 to 2010 - (http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyConIndiaLogos?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=VipinChandran01.png). We'll put this on the main website and I'll vivify the official twitter account and start tweeting. So, if you have some concerns etc., this is the time to speak out. I'll do the above two things by the end of the day. Thanks On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Santhosh Divakar <santhosh.divakar@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal@gmail.com> wrote:
Okay. Do we have any comments on the badges? Should I set up a poll to decide which one gets used?
I like the second set with the image with names - ['pycon-i10-a','pycon-i10-s']. It seems to have a correct dose of understated elegance and flashiness. I also vote for the fourth set of images with names - ['PCI_supporter', 'PCI_speaker','PCI_attendee']. I find it nicely small and 'hep'.
I did not like the first set with the snake creeping upwards. I like snakes, infact I love those beautiful things, but this logo seems to be an overkill. Just my opinion.
-Thanks Santhosh
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Unless someone here *really* has an objection/suggestion, here's what I'm going to do.
- Use the PCI_*.png badges from the badge page (http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyConIndia2010/Badges - The fourth set) as our official badges and promote them on twitter and the main website. Get people to link back to the event using the badges.
Fine. We should put the speaker badges only after the talks are selected.
- Use the runner up logo from last year and change the 2009 to 2010 - (http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyConIndiaLogos?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=VipinChandran01.png). We'll put this on the main website and I'll vivify the official twitter account and start tweeting.
I think you should get an opinion from Abhishek Mishra, the designer of the pyconindia 2010 website, on this. I'm worried that that logo don't look nice with the current theme. Anand
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Anand Chitipothu <anandology@gmail.com> wrote:
Unless someone here *really* has an objection/suggestion, here's what I'm going to do.
- Use the PCI_*.png badges from the badge page (http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyConIndia2010/Badges - The fourth set) as our official badges and promote them on twitter and the main website. Get people to link back to the event using the badges.
Fine. We should put the speaker badges only after the talks are selected.
Yup. Makes sense.
- Use the runner up logo from last year and change the 2009 to 2010 - (http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyConIndiaLogos?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=VipinChandran01.png). We'll put this on the main website and I'll vivify the official twitter account and start tweeting.
I think you should get an opinion from Abhishek Mishra, the designer of the pyconindia 2010 website, on this. I'm worried that that logo don't look nice with the current theme.
True. I'll ask him. -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal@gmail.com> wrote:
So, if you have some concerns etc., this is the time to speak out. I'll do the above two things by the end of the day.
I showed the logo to a friend <http://www.dezinr.com/wordpress/about/> of mine and he feels he could design a better one. However, presently he is tied up with other work and could submit a logo by Monday. We could wait till then to see what he comes up with and consider it. If he doesn't submit one by Monday we could go ahead with the others. What say? -- Arvind
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Arvind Jamuna Dixit <ardsrk@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal@gmail.com> wrote:
So, if you have some concerns etc., this is the time to speak out. I'll do the above two things by the end of the day.
I showed the logo to a friend of mine and he feels he could design a better one.
However, presently he is tied up with other work and could submit a logo by Monday.
We could wait till then to see what he comes up with and consider it.
If he doesn't submit one by Monday we could go ahead with the others.
What say?
A weekend won't hurt I guess. -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Arvind Jamuna Dixit <ardsrk@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal@gmail.com> wrote:
So, if you have some concerns etc., this is the time to speak out. I'll do the above two things by the end of the day.
I showed the logo to a friend of mine and he feels he could design a better one.
However, presently he is tied up with other work and could submit a logo by Monday.
We could wait till then to see what he comes up with and consider it.
If he doesn't submit one by Monday we could go ahead with the others.
What say?
A weekend won't hurt I guess.
Any news Arvind? -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Arvind Jamuna Dixit <ardsrk@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal@gmail.com> wrote:
Any news Arvind?
Sorry. I asked him and looks like he won't be able to design logos for us on time.
I regret for the inconvenience caused.
That's a pity. I see a few more logos added. I'll set up a poll to decide which one if everyone thinks it's a good idea. I know some people here (I'm looking at you Kenneth) that break out in a rash when I mention surveymonkey. :) -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in
On Monday 28 June 2010 13:16:01 Noufal Ibrahim wrote:
I regret for the inconvenience caused.
That's a pity. I see a few more logos added. I'll set up a poll to decide which one if everyone thinks it's a good idea. I know some people here (I'm looking at you Kenneth) that break out in a rash when I mention surveymonkey. :)
I think there is a consensus in the list about survey monkey - however I often toss a coin to decide what to do when I am in doubt. If I am reluctant to accept the result of the toss, it shows what my gut feeling is and I follow it. So if a survey helps you to make up your mind - go ahead. -- Regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Associate NRC-FOSS at AU-KBC
On Friday 25 June 2010 11:47:36 Noufal Ibrahim wrote:
I've set up Google analytics for the site I think the site advertisement needs work.
if we want people to revisit our site, we need to have things happening on it - if nothing changes, there is no point in visiting it again. CFP is there - but no news on the talks submitted. Not even a tweet. Over a period of years we have found that community conferences in India follow a different flow from those in the US. There registration of delegates takes place after talk registration - here we have found that the best way is to open delegate registration at the first stage itself and widely publicise the list of people who say they are going to attend - this itself makes people revisit the site to see who is coming. As for early bird registration, it makes sense in the US where there is a substantial saving in early bird - and no sense here where the saving is a token one. So open the the delegate registration, publicise the talks submitted and permit discussion of the same on site - buzz will be generated. And make the landing page either the list of delegates or the submitted talks. -- Regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Associate NRC-FOSS at AU-KBC
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon@au-kbc.org> wrote:
On Friday 25 June 2010 11:47:36 Noufal Ibrahim wrote:
I've set up Google analytics for the site I think the site advertisement needs work.
if we want people to revisit our site, we need to have things happening on it - if nothing changes, there is no point in visiting it again. CFP is there - but no news on the talks submitted. Not even a tweet.
We'll remedy this once we get the logo. You're right though. What the heck is the point of visiting a site when there's nothing changing on it. However, I'm interested in new people coming to the site rather than old visitors coming again.
Over a period of years we have found that community conferences in India follow a different flow from those in the US. There registration of delegates takes place after talk registration - here we have found that the best way is to open delegate registration at the first stage itself and widely publicise the list of people who say they are going to attend - this itself makes people revisit the site to see who is coming.
This makes sense. shall we open up the registrations?
As for early bird registration, it makes sense in the US where there is a substantial saving in early bird - and no sense here where the saving is a token one. So open the the delegate registration, publicise the talks submitted and permit discussion of the same on site - buzz will be generated. And make the landing page either the list of delegates or the submitted talks.
Perfect! Anand/Abhishek, How many of these are implementable on the site right away? The twitter integration should be possible right? As for registrations, how soon can we open them up? Thanks -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in
Over a period of years we have found that community conferences in India follow a different flow from those in the US. There registration of delegates takes place after talk registration - here we have found that the best way is to open delegate registration at the first stage itself and widely publicise the list of people who say they are going to attend - this itself makes people revisit the site to see who is coming.
This makes sense. shall we open up the registrations?
As for early bird registration, it makes sense in the US where there is a substantial saving in early bird - and no sense here where the saving is a token one. So open the the delegate registration, publicise the talks submitted and permit discussion of the same on site - buzz will be generated. And make the landing page either the list of delegates or the submitted talks.
Perfect!
Anand/Abhishek,
How many of these are implementable on the site right away? The twitter integration should be possible right?
As for registrations, how soon can we open them up?
How about opening registrations from 1st of July? Anand
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