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Re: New GitHub Logo

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Post by lifeisstillgood »

davidu wrote: post #38
lifeisstillgood wrote: post #28

oh dear. I may be reading too much between the lines, but thy post, and the logo-page, are corporate, goal driven projects (maybe top down) that are then wrapped up in nice fluffy words. Its not the same as nice fluffy ideas, getting thrown out and tested, with maybe as much attention from lawyers as aspell. Of course it happens, but this is the time github went from that nice sparky startup, to the long slide into c…

The negativity and bitterness (even when wrapped in the veil of a nice comment) on HN continues. The only difference between a sell-out and a not-sell-out is the presence of a buyer. That's it. How you treat your customers and your employees, the work you put into your products, and the service and loyalty that you engender in continued business is all that matters. GitHub does all those things extraordinarily well,…

Negative and bitter? Really?

Come on, they are at an inflection point that has ruined many many other companies before - and I want this one to succeed.

Bitter because I did not do it back in 2006? Nah- the litany of "if only" is boring even if I am the one saying it.

Negativity. Well ok, yes but that's what the pills are for

Re: New GitHub Logo

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Post by ricardobeat »

frazerb wrote: post #55

I'm a little surprised by the striking similarities between Octocat and the "Octonauts" (www.octonauts.com) - a cartoon in the UK that my two kids are mad about. I'm trusting that these copyright/design right concerns have been contemplated at least - not least because of the similarity in name as well as in design. (See the google images link for a collection of octonauts: http://goo.gl/Xek21 )

Not really that similar, big heads and round ears. The artist who drew the octocat has plenty of other characters in the same style: http://www.idokungfoo.com/

Re: New GitHub Logo

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Post by lifeisstillgood »

logn wrote: post #32
lifeisstillgood wrote: post #28

oh dear. I may be reading too much between the lines, but thy post, and the logo-page, are corporate, goal driven projects (maybe top down) that are then wrapped up in nice fluffy words. Its not the same as nice fluffy ideas, getting thrown out and tested, with maybe as much attention from lawyers as aspell. Of course it happens, but this is the time github went from that nice sparky startup, to the long slide into c…

Who cares. Lone founders are apt to redesign logos too. The fluffy language was probably added because a simple, "here's our new logo cause it's better" is probably a little too brief, especially for companies who may have incorporated those marks into their own assets, and need a little justification for re-work.

But that's it. Back in the day, it would have been "here it is because it is better". It worked. Be careful changing a winning formula.

And yes that's rose tinted glasses perhaps.

Re: New GitHub Logo

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Post by martey »

aspir wrote: post #58
frazerb wrote: post #55

I'm a little surprised by the striking similarities between Octocat and the "Octonauts" (www.octonauts.com) - a cartoon in the UK that my two kids are mad about. I'm trusting that these copyright/design right concerns have been contemplated at least - not least because of the similarity in name as well as in design. (See the google images link for a collection of octonauts: http://goo.gl/Xek21 )

If the Octonauts wikipedia page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Octonauts ) is correct, the show's airing was 2 years after the founding (and copyrighting of the octocat) of GitHub

The Wikipedia page also notes that the Octonauts are based on books published in 2006, 2 years before the founding of Github.

While I am not a lawyer, I do not think there is very much similarity between the two. Github's Octocat is half-octopus, half-cat. The Octonauts are 8 nautical animals (including an octopus and a cat).

Re: New GitHub Logo

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Post by Oompa »

tptacek wrote: post #35
jawns wrote: post #2

When the Octocat Mark is rendered at any size less than 75x75 pixels, it's pretty much impossible to tell that the "tail" of the cat is actually a tentacle. That's unfortunate, because on https://github.com/logos the only recommended use for the mark is in social buttons, which are going to be relatively small. Even at larger sizes, the tentacle just seems tacked on.

Agree. They should have a guideline about using the cat at small sizes, or provide customized low-rez versions. I looked at it and thought it might have worked better if they ditched the suckers and just used multiple waving tentacles.

If you download the mark, it's a .zip including some smaller versions without suckers on the tentacle.

Re: New GitHub Logo

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Post by dkuntz2 »

ctdonath wrote: post #46

What's the story behind Octocat? That...thing...doesn't really do much for me as far as a corporate logo goes. Rather complex shape (see references to scaling problems), sorta catish but not, WTH is that weird tail (cat, four legs and a...), this post is the first reference to "octo" I've seen in the months I've used the service, there's 5 limbs not 8, etc. Makes me think of a little kid in a Halloween costume. "Gith…

Git isn't a spoof of get, Linus named it because he's a git. Or at least that's what he said once.

Re: New GitHub Logo

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Post by trhaynes »

Oompa wrote: post #75
tptacek wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agree. They should have a guideline about using the cat at small sizes, or provide customized low-rez versions. I looked at it and thought it might have worked better if they ditched the suckers and just used multiple waving tentacles.

If you download the mark, it's a .zip including some smaller versions without suckers on the tentacle.

Exactly. Compare the logo in the blog post to the one in the masthead. And then go one step further and compare to the favicon (no tail there).

The small sizes don't have to convey that the tail is a tentacle, they just have to convey "GitHub".

Re: New GitHub Logo

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Post by robert-boehnke »

staunch wrote: post #64

It probably feels to them like GitHub is so well known that the company needs to be called that. I think they're actually early enough on that they could just make it one of their products. SocialCoding, Inc. / | \ GitHub ??? ???

They actually went down the opposite path, changing their company name from Logical Awesome to GitHub See https://github.com/blog/589-new-year-new-company

Re: New GitHub Logo

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Post by shitlord »

iandanforth wrote: post #20

The homepage now looks very bland. Perhaps to people who really know typography the GitHub name is very distinct, but to me it doesn't distinguish itself and reminds me of a bootstrap site with a couple hours of tweaking more than a unique and memorable brand / style.

Yeah, I'd agree. The original, full-color logo gave the site a personalized touch.
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