Comments on: OSM – it’s up

By: markus

markus — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:03:09 +0000

Roger — Suggestion: for the OSM blogs page (maybe even for the blogroll page as well) rather than just a listing the name/link to each blog — why not have a picture of each blogger, a short paragraph introducing the blog, and maybe even the beginning of their latest post?

That would give me the opportunity to learn a little about a blog I am unfamiliar with and cosequently am unlikely to link to.

By: markus

markus — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:47:16 +0000

Roger — Suggestion: for the OSM blogs page, rather than just a listing the name/link to each blog — why not have a picture of each blogger, a short paragraph introducing the blog, and maybe even the beginning of their latest post.

That would give me the opportunity to learn a little about a blog I am unfamiliar with and cosequently am unlikely to link to.

By: Richard Nieporent

Richard Nieporent — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:43:27 +0000

Owl, I guess OSM can always respond using the famous words of one H. J. Simpson: D’Oh!

By the way your comment that the source of the logo is from Japanese calligraphy is quite interesting. It was always assumed that Lucent got their inspiration for the design of their logo from the mark left of a table by a wet glass.

By: L.B.

L.B. — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:57:06 +0000

Roger…..

Congratulations! The site looks wonderful and I will be reading it everyday!

By: MikeD

MikeD — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:22:44 +0000

Congratulations Roger! To both you and Charles and all the others. Your blogrole contains more than I could ever consume but I assume they will be your contributors. And given the Editorial board you have assembled (bloody brilliant!) I expect that content and guidance will be excellent. I bookmarked OSM immediately. It is destined to be a major stop in my daily wanderings. Finally, a one stop alternative to the msm. I hope you drive them into oblivion.

By: Ed Minchau

Ed Minchau — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:17:25 +0000

Damn. sorry about the double post.

By: Ed Minchau

Ed Minchau — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:16:55 +0000

By the way, for whoever wants it, the OSM button code that I am using on my blog is available here.

By: owl

owl — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:12:19 +0000

Richard, I think the logo is the least of their problems. For now. The lawyers are no doubt more concerned about the name. As for the logo, it seems to be based on a common motif used in calligraphy (Japanese). Although they seemed to have inverted the symbol, as the stroke usually starts at the bottom and heads left first. Anyway, although such paintings can look similar to the untrained eye, in fact they are like a fingerprint. Knowing quite a few artists who do this kind of work, I am curious to know where the logo came from.

By: Ed Minchau

Ed Minchau — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:12:19 +0000

By the way, for whoever wants it, the OSM button code that I am using on my blog is available here.

By: Ed Minchau

Ed Minchau — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:53:29 +0000

OK, so my blog shows up on the OSM blogroll, but is not one of the “OSM blogs”. So, does that mean that I won’t get to contribute news stories to OSM (I specialize in space topics and would love to get media accrediation for the upcoming shuttle launch), or that I don’t get to carry the OSM advertising, or what?