[Noisebridge-discuss] [drama] New logo source?

[Kelly]

I also support logo-hacking.  Although, of course, this has rubbed
some people the wrong way (I love how quick we are to call facism
around here, when it's all chaos).

Can whoever replaced the NB logo on the main page of the wiki post
something to the talk page explaining how to do it? I've been through
the wiki's recent changes log and I can't find it anywhere. I think
that I wouldn't mind the main page logo changing regularly, or
changing back to the old logo.  But I'm not keen on it changing once
and very few people knowing how to undo it, should they wish to.

Also, I'm glad the unicorn peeing rainbows is represented in the new
logo spectrum. I'm kind of surprised we never made a unicorn version
of the old logo. I will contemplate this.

-K

On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 10:22 AM, aestetix aestetix <aestetix at gmail.com> wrote:
> I really like the idea here.
>
> Here's the way I see it: Noisebridge, and the hacking scene in general has
> very deep roots in several cultures. It's really important to understand our
> history, otherwise you wind up with a bunch of artifacts you aimlessly
> follow and obey. I think that's one of the things suggested here. Hacking is
> about exploring and finding new ways to do things, regardless of what the
> status quo of the time says.
>
> The logo itself brings to mind a lot of things. The rainbow is really
> important to San Francisco culture, for obvious reasons. I also get the
> image of following the rainbow to find the gold at the end (pursuing your
> passions?). Obviously there is the Weather Underground element (maybe ask
> why the WU chose theirs as well). Of course Noisebridge is *not* WU-- we
> advocate technology and community, not violence; we remove negative parts of
> their ideology and embrace the parts that were excellent.
>
> It's a direct homage to CCC, which is really significant to anyone who has
> been. When I was there last month, someone told me that they visited
> Noisebridge and it was the closest thing to CCC they'd found in America.
> That's about the best compliment we could ever get. And 26 solid years shows
> it can pass the test of time. Also, the dirty unfinished look feels a lot
> like Noisebridge: organic, in constant flux. As it should be.
>
> This is really cool, because a lot of people have gotten used to the logo,
> and grown to rely on it. It's become a sort of trademark. I think this idea
> is trying to encourage people to think outside the box. What does our logo
> mean to you? What does Noisebridge mean to you? Is there another way you
> could recreate the ideas?
>
> aestetix
>
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson <mik at stanford.edu>
> wrote:
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>> Unrelated to the question of sources for the new logo - do we even
>> want that one? It seems, from what little was written about it on the
>> wiki that the main benefit of the logo is that it combines the CCC
>> logo (with inspiration from the Rote Armee-Fraktion) with the Weather
>> Underground logo.
>>
>> And frankly, while CCC are cool ppl and all, I don't see how that is a
>> selling point. Especially not when the logo produced doesn't even look
>> all that clean and nice.
>>
>> Was there something wrong with the old logo? Or did ppl just get
>> carried away after 26c3?
>>
>> Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson, Dr.rer.nat
>> Postdoctoral researcher
>> mik at math.stanford.edu
>>
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