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On 11/03/2011 08:01 PM, Weaver wrote:<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:20111104050112.5297f4db.weaver@riseup.net"
type="cite">
<pre wrap="">I like the bumble bee, even though I haven't seen one in decades.
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I see a couple of bees in the summer. Butterflies more seldom.<br>
<br>
I find the butterfly a bit abstract. And a hard square box on its
back kind of contradicts its fragility. It's a quite complex
composition I'd say.<br>
<br>
What I just love with the adorable little gnu pony jumping out of
the cardboard box is exactly that it conveys the joyful feeling of
being both curious and innocent ("Hey this is fun, I'm looking for
friends to play with!") and carries connotations of protection,
parenthood and even domestic nurturing. I can visualise an animated
video with an old unix beard gnu helping the little newborn get out
of the box just closing my eyes.<br>
<br>
I heard Vasile say "naïve users" a couple of times in his
(wonderful) speech from Graz. Here's a quote*:<br>
<blockquote>"Key management doesn't work, especially if your
use-case is home users, naive end-users."<br>
</blockquote>
So "home" and "naïve" seem to me to be the space to look for visual
identity.<br>
<br>
There is also a strong dependency on "close relations" and (the
debian web of) "trust"**, which is basically touching family values:<br>
<blockquote>"So the types of things we can do once we assume we have
close relations as opposed to arms-length relations, the types of
things we can do when we trust each other a little bit and we
trust our boxes a little bit[...]"<br>
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So I'd go for a mammal :-)<br>
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//Erik<br>
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*) at 37:44<br>
**) at 44:41<br>
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