Re: Article about Baloo

On Tuesday 18 February 2014 14:54:04 Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 February 2014 14:30:13 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > On Monday, February 17, 2014 20:42:42 Carl Symons wrote:
> > > On 02/17/2014 05:03 PM, Markus Slopianka wrote:
> > > > On Monday 17 February 2014 23:29:47 Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> > > >> Let's not go there, the decision for the name was taken a long time
> > > >> ago.
> > > >> But you DID give me a good laugh... 😎
> > > > 
> > > > Just sayin' and nothing is set in stone until the release was made...
> > > > I am 100 % confident in Vishesh's skills that the framework will be
> > > > great
> > > > but let's be honest: The name is inviting trolls...
> > > 
> > > If we can't fix it, we should feature it.
> > 
> > Well, that’s just it. It *can* be fixed.
> > 
> > The main problem is that any given developer can freely alter something
> > that has profound PR ramifications on the whole of KDE. Given that few
> > developers have experience with public communication or media relations,
> > this is a recipe for disaster.
> > 
> > Honestly, this rename should never have happened in the first place. The
> > cost to KDE is significant in terms of throwing away prior public
> > communication and the introduction of confusion. (This confusion is
> > visible all over social media right now..)
> 
> Breathe, breathe ;-)
> 
> > In this case the developer actually went back on their word to not make
> > the new name a publicly visible brand, which has compounded the issue
> > because, since I trusted their word on this, there was little advance
> > work done to head off the obvious fallout that would ensue, such as seen
> > today on Phoronix.
> > 
> > The talk in this thread of creating a logo/icon for Baloo is wildly
> > misdirected as well. There is a logo/icon for “desktop search” in KDE
> > already. Swapping it out serves none of our users and works directly
> > against public communications continuity.
> 
> I agree that Baloo shouldn't have any obvious branding other than the
> search thing we already have.
> 
> > If KDE wants to have a chance of presenting itself well, this approach
> > needs to stop. Developers need to hand management of public branding and
> > PR to people who can provide more skillful direction that ensures
> > continuity.
> > 
> > We managed to do this with artwork and other things, it can be done here
> > as well. But as long as kde-promo supports the status quo by working
> > around the issues instead of trying to put in place sensible methods, it
> > is unlikely to happen.
> 
> I'm about half-way there with you. I agree with the principle, but as with
> artwork (where developers still have plenty of say) I think this should be
> in both hands at once.
> 
> Which puts (as you rightly do) the blame as much on us as anyone - we
> should step up more, as marketing/promo people, when it comes to branding.
> 
> So yes, perhaps we should have said to Vishesh that Baloo is not a perfect
> name.
> 
> Meanwhile, I didn't think of anything horrible and still don't feel it is
> that bad *and* it seems nobody has hammered on this point yet - I suggest
> we stick with it. Besides, in our communication we should indeed call it
> 'search' or 'semantic search' and nothing else anyway.
> 
> How about we end this discussion, push out the article asap (vishesh, any
> input on things that were ported? the rest seems good to go).
> 
> Huge thanks for Stu for his excellent editing.

And next time we get this stuff out more timely ;-)


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