[GenABEL-dev] layout of GenABEL main page

Maarten Kooyman kooyman at gmail.com
Thu May 2 20:48:57 CEST 2013


I'm honoured that you continue with my draft! Statistical Genomics  is a 
nice 2 word summary what Genabel is.

Maybe it is a idea to reserve some space in the logo to add the name of 
a sub-project. It is nice to add your own sub-project under one flag 
(logo), but can be a cause of making the thing ugly (like painting a 
name on a national flag).


Maarten

On 04/29/2013 10:15 PM, Yurii Aulchenko wrote:
> Agree.
>
> We have discussed this a bit during EMGM-2013 with Lennart and Nicola, 
> and our suggestion (N, L, please correct me if I am wrong) is to
>
> 1) Pick up Maarten's variant
>
> 2) Replace "project" with "Statistical Genomics" as suggested below
>
> 3) Send this to a professional designer to make it 'nice' (I am 
> willing to pay it unless it is too expensive)
>
> And of cause the logo can evolve later on if we get better ideas :)
>
> Please let us know what you think.
>
> YA
>
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 11:09 PM, L.C. Karssen <lennart at karssen.org 
> <mailto:lennart at karssen.org>> wrote:
>
>     Short is better in marketing, so in that sense I agree with
>     Maarten and
>     Yurii. But it should cover what we do in/with the project.
>     What about:
>
>     GenABEL
>     Statistical Genetics
>
>
>     Methodology is too "open", our project is focused on statistical
>     genetics (in all its aspects, from methodology development to
>     implementation and user support, but the core is about analysing
>     genetic
>     data).
>
>
>     Best,
>
>     Lennart.
>
>     On 20/04/13 18:22, Yurii Aulchenko wrote:
>     > Dear All,
>     >
>     > I now tend to agree with Maarten. I have discussed the logos with a
>     > couple of people who know more about design, and it seems that
>     > introducing Greek letters, 0/1 etc may be bad idea - the logo
>     must be
>     > simple. So if we want to deliver extra message it should probably go
>     > to "subheading". The subheading "project" does not carry much
>     info, I
>     > think. I personally like the "statistical toolkit", but I think
>     it may
>     > miss the point that the idea of the project is a bit broader
>     than the
>     > software.
>     >
>     > So, on the top of Maarten's suggestions, what about:
>     >
>     > - methodology project
>     > - open methodology
>     > - methodological toolbox
>     > - methodology
>     > - agile methodology
>     >
>     > YA
>     > ----------------------
>     > Yurii Aulchenko
>     > (sent from mobile device)
>     >
>     > On 12 Apr 2013, at 09:18, Maarten Kooyman <kooyman at gmail.com
>     <mailto:kooyman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     >> I think a logo must deliver the message in one go. I think it
>     misses is goal if you have to play "where is Waldo?" in a logo:
>     the simpler the better. Adding some greek symbols somewhere
>     increase the "where is Waldo?"-effect.
>     >>
>     >> Maybe it is a idea to replace "project" with "Statistical
>     toolkit" or "statistics project"(or is this plainly rude?)
>     >>
>     >> Maarten
>     >>
>     >> On 04/11/2013 11:46 PM, Nicola Pirastu wrote:
>     >>> I think that the greek letters are a good idea although in
>     GenABEL would look very much the same, maybe in project?
>     >>>
>     >>> N.
>     >>>
>     >>> Inviato da iPhone
>     >>>
>     >>> Il giorno 11/apr/2013, alle ore 23:34, Yurii Aulchenko
>     <yurii.aulchenko at gmail.com <mailto:yurii.aulchenko at gmail.com>> ha
>     scritto:
>     >>>
>     >>>> What about replacing some letters with Greek ones - this may
>     give some
>     >>>> math flavor?
>     >>>>
>     >>>> YA
>     >>>>
>     >>>> ----------------------
>     >>>> Yurii Aulchenko
>     >>>> (sent from mobile device)
>     >>>>
>     >>>> On 11 Apr 2013, at 22:14, "L.C. Karssen" <lennart at karssen.org
>     <mailto:lennart at karssen.org>> wrote:
>     >>>>
>     >>>>> Not bad! I really like the way you mixed the G and the DNA.
>     >>>>> Can't we make a combination with Nicola's creation so that
>     we get some
>     >>>>> math in as well? That would nicely integrate two major
>     components of the
>     >>>>> project (only programming would be missing).
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>> Lennart
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>> On 11/04/13 21:39, Maarten Kooyman wrote:
>     >>>>>> Dear All,
>     >>>>>>
>     >>>>>> I made also a small sketch of a logo. It is pretty raw,
>     colours are
>     >>>>>> wrong , etcetera, etcetera.
>     >>>>>>
>     >>>>>> To quote Nicola:
>     >>>>>> " If you hate it or think it should go in another
>     direction, I'm not
>     >>>>>> touchy so please do tell me. "
>     >>>>>>
>     >>>>>>
>     >>>>>> Cheers,
>     >>>>>>
>     >>>>>> Maarten
>     >>>>>>
>     >>>>>>
>     >>>>>> On 04/06/2013 01:36 AM, Nicola Pirastu wrote:
>     >>>>>>> Dear all,
>     >>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>> I gave a shot at the logo, it's very simple. Let me know
>     if you like
>     >>>>>>> the general idea, if you'd like to add something or change it.
>     >>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>> As colors I've sticked to those of the website but they can be
>     >>>>>>> changed. Also the pattern for the formulas have some white
>     spaces, but
>     >>>>>>> this is just a quick draft.
>     >>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>> If you hate it or think it should go in another direction,
>     I'm not
>     >>>>>>> touchy so please do tell me.
>     >>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>> Best.
>     >>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>> Nicola
>     >>>>>>
>     >>>>>>> Dear all,
>     >>>>>>>> I really like the proposal, I just to add a few ideas to
>     the discussion.
>     >>>>>>>> I think that there are some important concepts that could
>     be used for
>     >>>>>>>> a logo:
>     >>>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>>> 1) ABEL which is able in the end could be something like
>     a hammer or a
>     >>>>>>>> tool of some sort.
>     >>>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>>> 2) I think that the great thing about the *ABEL project
>     is that it is not
>     >>>>>>>> a single group but it is a network of people and we could
>     rappresent that
>     >>>>>>>> also.
>     >>>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>>> 3) the * in *ABEL could be made by two crossed
>     Chromosomes or something
>     >>>>>>>> else or maybe a DNA strand a tool and something else
>     (Although I do
>     >>>>>>>> realize that it could remind of the comunist party this
>     way :) ).
>     >>>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>>> 4) I do like animals, but I it should be meanigful
>     somehow (although
>     >>>>>>>> Linux
>     >>>>>>>> does have a penguin for some obscure reason).
>     >>>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>>> Best
>     >>>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>>> Nicola
>     >>>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>>>> Dear Maarten,
>     >>>>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>>>> I have also some irritation about the fact that there is
>     no recognisable
>     >>>>>>>>>> logo on the page. I looks like a complete default page
>     to me: which
>     >>>>>>>>>> gives
>     >>>>>>>>>> me the impression that there is not any on it. Does
>     someone has
>     >>>>>>>>>> graphical
>     >>>>>>>>>> skills to create a nice logo which we can use on the
>     site, posters or
>     >>>>>>>>>> presentations? Having a neat logo, is like wearing a
>     suite: people
>     >>>>>>>>>> think
>     >>>>>>>>>> at
>     >>>>>>>>>> first sight you are more trustworthy,intelligent etc
>     ect. ;)
>     >>>>>>>>> Completely agree and fully support the idea! I even
>     tried to design
>     >>>>>>>>> something myself, but it was SO bad :)
>     >>>>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>>>> Part of the problem is that obvious meaningful symbols (like
>     >>>>>>>>> chromosomes,
>     >>>>>>>>> sigmas and Gaussians) are boring and used for long time.
>     Another part is
>     >>>>>>>>> that we can not just pick say a cute kitty and stop -
>     there should
>     >>>>>>>>> be some
>     >>>>>>>>> meaning to the symbol (or not?).
>     >>>>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>>>> Do we have examples of successful, recognizable logos we
>     like?I like
>     >>>>>>>>> FreeBSD, GNU's Gnu, also Firefox and Chrome are very
>     distinguished.
>     >>>>>>>>>
>     >>>>>>>>> Yurii
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>     -----------------------------------------------------------------
>     >>>>> L.C. Karssen
>     >>>>> Utrecht
>     >>>>> The Netherlands
>     >>>>>
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>     >>>>> http://blog.karssen.org
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