another logo possibility

[Brian Thomas]

	I dont have time to mock it up, but why not overlay a clockface on an 
	astronomical event image like a nova in Kirk's design?

	=brian

On Wednesday 20 December 2006 12:55 pm, kborne at gmu.edu wrote:
> Here is my submission, in keeping with Roy's suggestions.
> (Pardon the copyright notice at the bottom -- that is the
> graphic design site that I used.)
> 
> - Kirk
> 
> 
> > Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:22:53 -0800
> > From: Roy Williams <roy at cacr.caltech.edu>
> > To: Rob Seaman <seaman at noao.edu>
> > CC: IVOA List VOEvent <voevent at ivoa.net>
> > Subject: Re: another logo possibility
> > 
> > Rob
> > 
> > I'm sorry, I really don't like this sun/moon/hand thing. I know it comes 
> > from the Chaco canyon petroglyph, and that is a beautiful story of the 
> > year 1054. But taken out of the context of petroglyph, we lose all that. 
> > VOEvents do not occur on the moon, and they are not created by human 
> > hands. So it is an inside joke.
> > 
> > I am also not so keen on the <XML/> symbolism, it seems to me we should 
> > not be exposing XML syntax, but rather hiding it.
> > 
> > I think the right logo is a simple simple thing, just an explosion and 
> > the word VOEvent, like the Tycho supernova.
> > 
> > Roy
> 
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