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and here is the opposite effect, the new windows 8 logo: http://i50.tinypic.com/15oidfb.jpg A clean, simple, elegant logo, completely ruined by the honking TM and (R) injected by the lawyers. The bizarre presence of two separate legalese-related sigils on a single logo makes it impossible to miss. Also makes it clear who is running the place.
I find it completely hilarious that Marissa is not dogfooding. I know that someone else said this earlier in the thread, but why is this on Instagram and not flickr? Come on, at least use your own damn product. The correct answer to the objection of "but Instagram is better right now" is "I'm going to revitalize this product by using it for my own photos and commentary, even if it sucks right now." You don't want the…
The counter-example is Steve Jobs: http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2209 (who used a Thinkpad for perhaps 12-18 months after returning to apple)
It's so confusing to have a ceo mention a company related matter on it's personal space on a rival service.
Keep in mind that if Marissa had posted this to Flickr, we wouldn't even be discussing this. The last thing you want from a CEO at Yahoo! is for them to suffer from the head-in-the-sand delusion that Yahoo's services "are" the internet.
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In a company of Yahoo's size and complexity structural change will always take a while to implement. They're no doubt revising everything from structure to value proposition and brand. I'm personally impressed at the changes implemented thus far - some visible quick wins and more importantly a focus on reinvigorating their culture.
Maybe they should stop focusing on value prop and brand. Instead focusing on services decent enough that you can host an image of your logo instead of having to ask Facebook.
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In a company of Yahoo's size and complexity structural change will always take a while to implement. They're no doubt revising everything from structure to value proposition and brand. I'm personally impressed at the changes implemented thus far - some visible quick wins and more importantly a focus on reinvigorating their culture.
Maybe they should stop focusing on value prop and brand. Instead focusing on services decent enough that you can host an image of your logo instead of having to ask Facebook.
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Very small type at the bottom of their ads. Despite what people think, you are not required to stick a trademark sigil right next to your mark. I have been having this argument with people for nearly 20 years, and don't blame the lawyers so much as the managers who won't take the time and effort to actually think about what the lawyers are telling them.
I've also heard (from MS lawyers) that it's only important to have this at the first point of display of the logo, such as installer or splash screen. Does not have to occur everywhere.
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Maybe they should stop focusing on value prop and brand. Instead focusing on services decent enough that you can host an image of your logo instead of having to ask Facebook.
I don't think it's one or the other. Removing the trademark from these logos is low-hanging fruit - an easy way for Marissa to signal that deeper change is afoot, and to assure employees that she "gets it".
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those screenshots were enhanced with adobe(r) photoshop(tm) software.
you never "photoshop" a picture, right? -- I have to imagine there is an endless struggle between marketing and legal on these types of things
For obvious reason it went no-where.
and here is the opposite effect, the new windows 8 logo: http://i50.tinypic.com/15oidfb.jpg A clean, simple, elegant logo, completely ruined by the honking TM and (R) injected by the lawyers. The bizarre presence of two separate legalese-related sigils on a single logo makes it impossible to miss. Also makes it clear who is running the place.