some needs

[George Rosamond]

N.J. Thomas:
> * George Rosamond <george at ceetonetechnology.com> [2014-01-18 21:24:10-0500]:
>> fliers/posters we need... once details set
>>
>> - Updated version of con flier, with online registration and speaker
>> list... easily to blow up to 11x17.  These would be great to have on
>> campuses in CS departments, etc.
> 
> hi George,
> 
> I don't know whether or not you are still accepting submissions for
> this. Here's mine:
> 
>     http://ayvali.org/misc/nycbsdcon/

Oh, we're pretty loose with art, if you didnt notice :)

> 
> 
> Some notes:
> 
>     - I tried to stay as faithful as possible to Ike's original version:
>       (http://blackskyresearch.net/misc/nycbsdcon2014/), but I couldn't
>       reproduce the logo exactly.

np

> 
>     - I used the Brooklyn Bridge background because it connotes NYC, is
>       iconic, and fits visually into the portrait mode poster (also
>       avoids phallic symbolism, cf. the t-shirt thread).
> 

LOL... yeah, i like the bridge image.

>     - I purchased the background from a stock photo site (123rf.com,
>       image id: 8793125, Copyright Jeremy Reddington); the standard
>       license allows for online advertising and promotional materials as
>       well as printed offline advertising and promotional materials.
> 
>     - I have web and print versions, the print version is for a 11"x17"
>       at 300dpi and uses the standard printer's 1/8" bleed and 1/8"
>       trim.
> 

wow.  cool.

>     - I used the spellings of the speakers from the website.
> 
>     - For each speaker, I simply put the short-form of the organization
>       they are associated with, e.g. "Scott Long - Netflix", "Jeff Rizzo
>       - OpenBSD" -- I'm not sure if you want to keep it like this or
>       not.
> 

I think the topics are better to put... also I think Percival is a
FreeBSD guy?

So I'm thinking:

Ray Percival on "Interconnections with BSD"

etc.


>     - For Michael W. Lucas, I put "Absolute BSD", because that's how I
>       best know him, but I'm not sure if that does him justice: he's a
>       pretty prolific writer and I'm not sure how to describe him
>       succinctly.
> 
>     - I'm entirely unsatisfied with the fonts, I used whatever was in
>       ports and came with GIMP (DejaVu/Bitstream Vera). To fix this
>       would take some doing, so I left it alone for now.
> 
> Please let me know if you would like me to make corrections/changes.

Wow.  Interesting.  Overall, I like it.   I do think the speaker changes
noted above would be good.

These aspiring artists are bleeding out of the woodwork :)

I personally feel like the more the merrier.  I know Ike is a bit
swamped right now, so there's nothing wrong with stepping up.

Maybe just make the changes above, and we put on our www?

g