From: Sean Russell <ser@...>
Date: 2002-07-06T06:17:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Powered by Ruby (logo)

David Alan Black wrote:

> I don't know -- sometimes I think it's more a matter of generating
> publicity *about* a logo (or an ad campaign, or whatever), as in the
> case of that idiotic Nike checkmark that we're all supposed to think
> is so amazing and ingenious.  So -- maybe we can generate publicity
> for Ruby as "the programming language with all those wonderful logos"
> :-)

Heh.  Interesting thought.

I'm pretty sure that, given what little we know about how the brain 
operates, consistency and frequency are key to association.

Yeah, the swoosh got a stupid amount of publicity.  Why?  The Coco-Cola logo 
was around for AGES before the swoosh, and is recognised around the world.

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