Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Front page image

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Can we change the picture on the front page to something else,
perhaps our standard elephant? The current picture is not
offensive or anything, but I'm honestly not sure what it is
supposed to convey.

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Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
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> Can we change the picture on the front page to something else,
> perhaps our standard elephant? The current picture is not
> offensive or anything, but I'm honestly not sure what it is
> supposed to convey.

Looks like a passed out David Fetter to me. David?

Joshua D. Drake

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On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 08:23:45PM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
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> >Can we change the picture on the front page to something else,
> >perhaps our standard elephant? The current picture is not
> >offensive or anything, but I'm honestly not sure what it is
> >supposed to convey.
>
> Looks like a passed out David Fetter to me. David?

That is, indeed, me, taking a nap outside the Medici's chapel :)

Perhaps a caption is in order ;)

Cheers,
D
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On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 09:23:55PM -0700, David Fetter wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 08:23:45PM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
> > >
> > >Can we change the picture on the front page to something else,
> > >perhaps our standard elephant? The current picture is not
> > >offensive or anything, but I'm honestly not sure what it is
> > >supposed to convey.
> >
> > Looks like a passed out David Fetter to me. David?
>
> That is, indeed, me, taking a nap outside the Medici's chapel :)
>
> Perhaps a caption is in order ;)

Why is this not on -www? Moved there instead...

The intention is to replace it with a group picture once I've set up that
imagemap-with-names thing we've done for previous conferences.

//Magnus

Hello,

On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 20:23 -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:

> Looks like a passed out David Fetter to me. David?

http://people.planetpostgresql.org/mha/index.php?/archives/153-For-those-who-already-asked.html

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> Looks like a passed out David Fetter to me. David?

For the record, I knew *what* the picture was of, I just didn't
know the why. And still don't. I'd simply like to propose replacing it
with something less confusing for the average viewer, like our standard logo.

> Why is this not on -www? Moved there instead...

Because the image that is portrayed on the project's main page is
an advocacy issue. I'd raise the same question if we put such a pic
on the front page of our brochure.

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On 11 Jul 2007 at 11:56, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:

> > Why is this not on -www? Moved there instead...
>
> Because the image that is portrayed on the project's main page is
> an advocacy issue. I'd raise the same question if we put such a pic
> on the front page of our brochure.

Agreed. It's not the image we should be portraying.

It's one thing to have the picture in a series of PGDay images. It's
quite another to have it as the first image on the website.

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Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 09:23:55PM -0700, David Fetter wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 08:23:45PM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>> Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
>>>> Can we change the picture on the front page to something else,
>>>> perhaps our standard elephant? The current picture is not
>>>> offensive or anything, but I'm honestly not sure what it is
>>>> supposed to convey.
>>> Looks like a passed out David Fetter to me. David?
>> That is, indeed, me, taking a nap outside the Medici's chapel :)
>>
>> Perhaps a caption is in order ;)
>
> Why is this not on -www? Moved there instead...
>
> The intention is to replace it with a group picture once I've set up that
> imagemap-with-names thing we've done for previous conferences.

I think Greg's point is that it looks bad (no offense David). If it was
on a blog or something it is more than appropriate but the front page of
www makes it unprofessional.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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> //Magnus
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On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 09:21:03AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Magnus Hagander wrote:
> >On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 09:23:55PM -0700, David Fetter wrote:
> >>On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 08:23:45PM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> >>>Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
> >>>>Can we change the picture on the front page to something else,
> >>>>perhaps our standard elephant? The current picture is not
> >>>>offensive or anything, but I'm honestly not sure what it is
> >>>>supposed to convey.
> >>>Looks like a passed out David Fetter to me. David?
> >>That is, indeed, me, taking a nap outside the Medici's chapel :)
> >>
> >>Perhaps a caption is in order ;)
> >
> >Why is this not on -www? Moved there instead...
> >
> >The intention is to replace it with a group picture once I've set
> >up that imagemap-with-names thing we've done for previous
> >conferences.
>
> I think Greg's point is that it looks bad (no offense David).

It's not my best picture :P

> If it was on a blog or something it is more than appropriate but the
> front page of www makes it unprofessional.

Right.

Cheers,
David.
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