Re: Re: [GENERAL] Looking for Graphical people for PostgreSQL tradeshow signage

From: Bill Moran <wmoran(at)potentialtech(dot)com>
To: nhrcommu(at)rochester(dot)rr(dot)com
Cc: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: [GENERAL] Looking for Graphical people for PostgreSQL tradeshow signage
Date: 2007-06-20 15:00:46
Message-ID: 20070620110046.f4f46f18.wmoran@potentialtech.com
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In response to nhrcommu(at)rochester(dot)rr(dot)com:

>
> > In response to nhrcommu(at)rochester(dot)rr(dot)com:
> >
> > > OK. She's in and may subscribe so I don't need to act as
> > interpreter.
> > >
> > > She is a designer -- so a handful of concise keywords for the
> > desired> message would be helpful. Also - her comment, after
> > having read the specs:
> > >
> > > "W/ that signage set-up they've chosen, they seriously should just
> > > consider a bold colored/big logo/big name graphics. I designed a
> > booth> for Brooks Stevens for a major house wares show and one
> > thing I've
> > > learned is that people overdo their booth/exhibit design. It ends up
> > > cluttered and visually noisy. And when you have a thousand booths
> > with> cluttered multicolored "stuff", to stand out you need to take
> > a bold and
> > > clean approach. It's not about how many colors/gradients/fonts
> > you can
> > > cram in a square foot, it's about stating your identity loud and
> > clear. "
> >
> > Ooh ... this girl's good!
> >
> > Just put the elephant and the word "PostgreSQL" and color it the
> > appropriateblue. When you think about it, that's going to stand
> > out big time.
> >
> > From there, if there's enough blank space on it, you can always
> > hang temp
> > signs if there's something in particular you want to announce at a
> > specificevent.
> >
>
> Maybe provide the courtesy of reserving judgment until you see
> something, then continue with insult mode.

Insult mode? I'm baffled by that statement.

If I'd meant to be sarcastic, there would be appropriate indicators to
make it non-ambiguous. Did you take my response to be sarcastic? because
it was not.

--
Bill Moran
http://www.potentialtech.com

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