Everyone,
Information about the event, as well as the list of symbols we've compiled
so far, are on this page:
I took an initial stab at categorization, but please feel free to change it
if you have some more sensible categories in mind.
Munaf
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Jon Robson <jrobson(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
<3 the noun project but will sadly not be able to
make this due to a
rare moment of having my family in town :(
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Shankar Narayan <notnarayan(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Will I be able to participate remotely? here are
some of my current
contributions to the Noun project
http://thenounproject.com/notnarayan/#
On 15 March 2013 00:39, Vibha Bamba <vbamba(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> Also there are 40 tickets reserved for staf and volunteers:
>
> Please Register here:
>
http://wikipediaiconathon.eventbrite.com/
> with RSVP with promotion code "Wiki"
>
> I am posting this to the blog and also sending to WMF SF
>
> Thanks
> VIbha
>
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Munaf Assaf <massaf(a)wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> Glad everyone's getting excited about this! So far we have a great
>> turnout of designers on the Eventbrite.
>>
>>>
>>> > What is the plan, if there is any? Any wiki page for coordination?
>>>
>>> And also: is there a wishlist we could add to? Quim mentioned the
>>> MediaWiki visual identity page: we're currently in need of great icons
>>> for our tech volunteer engagement pages.
>>
>>
>> The way this works is we compile and prioritize a list of symbols we
want
>> to visually encode. The Noun Project will
choose around 30 of these to
>> tackle in an Iconathon (they have a pretty good feel for what can be
done
>> based on past experiences). The design
team is getting an initial list
>> together and will put it up on a Wiki for people to add to. We'll link
it on
>> this thread.
>>
>> TNP will be running the show as far as event logistics. The event will
>> have the following structure:
>>
>> A short lecture from a domain expert (someone from WMF).
>> Presentation by one of The Noun Project's founders to introduce the
>> Iconathon design process that has worked for them in the past.
>> Lunch and mingling for 30-60 minutes.
>> Break into groups of 3-5 with designated symbols to work on. Design
with
>> pen, paper, whiteboard. This will last a
few hours.
>> Closing/wrap-up discussion.
>>
>> Afterwards, The Noun Project will take the pen/paper sketches and have
>> their vector artists render them in SVG. They will be released about a
month
>> after the event under a CC public domain
marker.
>>
>>> > Wondering whether this event will help directly or indirectly
>>> > improving in
>>> > any way
>>> >
>>> >
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Visual_identity
>>> >
>>> >
> >
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Design
Yup. This event was set up to serve these projects directly.
Munaf
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