On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 6:49 PM, horrido <horrido.hobbies@gmail.com> wrote:

Esteban A. Maringolo wrote
> A decade+ ago I created the one attached, and I've seen used in some
> Smalltalk related sites. I still like it but it can be done better.

*[|]* seems to be a popular choice. I got two votes for this at LinkedIn.

It looks rather plain to me, though. It lacks sizzle.

Maybe the best way to settle this is to have a Smalltalk logo competition.
People can submit their logo designs and a panel of judges can decide on the
best one. The winning entry would be the "official" Smalltalk logo.��

For the panel of judges, I would like representatives from each of the
following:

o ESUG
o the Pharo project
o the Squeak project (Alan Kay?)
o Cincom
o Instantiations
o GemTalk

I half like the idea of a Smalltalk logo, but logos are most effective when they are widely used. ��

Once we have this "official" logo, how do you expect it to be used?

Do you expect organisations to use it in their literature as part of their branding identity?

Should it get equal weighting as their corporate identity?

Will all these commercial entities feel the logo strengthens their position in solidarity,��

or dilutes their position. You know that some our community differentiate Pharo from Smalltalk.

Also an important question to determine early on,��

how will copyright and trademark rights of the logo be controlled? ��

cheers -ben

Of course, my stylized hot air balloon would be Logo Candidate Entry #1.

If you think this is a good idea, I'll start organizing it. The submission
deadline for the competition would be July 18, 2017 (the first anniversary
of my TechBeacon article, " How learning Smalltalk can make you a better
developer
<https://techbeacon.com/how-learning-smalltalk-can-make-you-better-developer>
").