proposed Python logo

[Michael Tobis]

A more Monty sort of Python logo would be fine with me. A flying sheep
perhaps? An exploding penguin? A giant hedgehog? A dog license with the
word "dog" crossed out and "cat" written in crayon? A great big book on
how to put your budgie down?

This http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~roth/bilder/mpfc/GUMBY3.JPG
chap?

I'm not sure that conveys the intended gravitas to the corporate
community, though.

mt

 

[Grant Edwards]

This http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~roth/bilder/mpfc/GUMBY3.JPG
chap?

I'm not sure that conveys the intended gravitas to the
corporate community, though.

Monty Python never was very big on "corporate community
gravitas", so that's probably going to be a persistent problem
should one try to find a Monty Pythonesque logo.

 

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

Sincy Python wasn't named after the snake, why the insistence
on using a snake in the logo? ....
I think something Monty Python related would be better. How
about a nice can of spam?

Six words: copyright violation ... trademark violation.

 

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

I think the colon as snake-eyes thing is a big win

I liked that bit too. Whatever changes are made, that should be kept.

 

[Carl J. Van Arsdall]

Six words: copyright violation ... trademark violation.

Six?

Looks more like 4 to me.



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[Grant Edwards]

Six words: copyright violation ... trademark violation.

Hence my remarks about how it might upset Hormel.

IOW, I was kidding.

I have really been to the SPAM museum, though. Since SPAM is
intimately connected to WWII in many peoples hearts and minds,
they had a bunch of WWII planes fly in for the SPAM museum
grand opening. Way cool. It's pretty impresive having a B-25
bomber taxi up to withing a couple dozen feet of you while you're
standing there stunned by the noise...

 

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

A more Monty sort of Python logo would be fine with me. A flying sheep

"The LARCH"
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[Dennis Lee Bieber]

Six?

Looks more like 4 to me.

Ah, but maybe it is self-referential...

1 six
2 words:
3 copyright
4 violation...
5 trademark
6 violation.
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[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

Ah, but maybe it is self-referential...

At last, someone with the imagination I thought would be more common
among Pythonistas.

 

[jarrells]

Mike,

Excellent artwork!

I don't like reinventing the wheel so I propose we reuse someone else's
work.

I propose something like:

http://www.dvdweb.co.uk/reviewgfx/bompfc1.jpg

which symbolizes Python's ability to quickly implement many coding
ideas or:

http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/python/python15.jpg

which symbolizes Python's ability to squash the competition for quick
coding or:

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/CMAG/939-009.jpg

which symbolizes Python's place as the pick of the litter.

They also symbolize the fact that coder's shouldn't take life too
seriously.

Happy coding!

Mike

 

[Steve Holden]

"Is this the right room for an argument?"

http://geosci.uchicago.edu/~tobis/snake.png

Is that a gun in its pocket, or is it just glad to see me? (with
apologies to Mae West).

regards
Steve

 

[Steve Holden]

Hmm, I'm not a marketing professional, but this is would I would do
with my focus groups:

Ask people familar with the product to name what they like about the
image, and what they like about the product, and look for analogies
between them. Ask them what they dislike about the image and the
product, and minimize overlap.

(The main thing I dislike about Python is that the documentation is too
sketchy. It's very unclear what the official logo represents. So
another strike against it; it reminds me of the confusion I often face
on making use of an unfamiliar module.)

As opposed to, for example, Apache's feater, which immediately says ...
er, er, ... ?

Anyway, none of this is intended to discourage you, I think it's good
that people are still interested in improving Python's image (as am I:
see http://squidoo.com/pythonology).

regards
Steve

 

[Steve Holden]

A more Monty sort of Python logo would be fine with me. A flying sheep
perhaps? An exploding penguin? A giant hedgehog? A dog license with the
word "dog" crossed out and "cat" written in crayon? A great big book on
how to put your budgie down?

This http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~roth/bilder/mpfc/GUMBY3.JPG
chap?

I'm not sure that conveys the intended gravitas to the corporate
community, though.

mt

How about a big "P" with the serif at the bottom being the foot that
stamps on things?

regards
Steve

 

[taleinat]

The simplest and most widely known Monty Python image I can think of is
a dead parrot.
So maybe an upside-down parrot?
Could be nice and colorful too, not to mention memorable.

It is true that many won't make the connection between some kind of
Monty Python image and the Python language, as they wouldn't even
recognize the image. Outside the UK Monty Python isn't quite so popular
as some may think.

 

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

The simplest and most widely known Monty Python image I can think of is
a dead parrot.
So maybe an upside-down parrot?
Could be nice and colorful too, not to mention memorable.

Yeah... but the implication wouldn't be suitable... After all, the
whole skit was the shop owner trying to make the parrot out as more than
it was -- is that the view we want to give the language?
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