[okfn-discuss] Open Data Collage: Highlight of my Day

Tue Nov 8 20:59:52 UTC 2011

Haha! Sounds good to me - let me know if you want any help with the
visuals. Is reminiscent of the GNU-Linux goat, which I just put a sticker
of on my laptop next to the Firefox fox - animal mascots never get old! And
since the #opendata movement doesn't have one yet, I think now is high time
for that ;)

Kat

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On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

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> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Kat Braybrooke <kat.braybrooke at okfn.org>wrote:
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>> Haha, Peter! This is all quite amazing. It's confusing, meta-faceted, and
>> awe-inspiring ;)
>>
>> We should make a t-shirt with your #opendata stuffed animal mascots on
>> it, methinks....
>>
>
> Generally I agree. My small concern is that some of these are thrid party
> trademarks such as Tux-linux and Gulliver-BMC. Whereas the new KosherFrog
> which I shall introduce soon has no problems.  And I thinks we also need to
> have a clearer idea of their roles. (e.g. in the first photocomic Felix Q
> Potuit was briefly on the side of the "goodies" whereas in the second he is
> clearly an arrogant academic (he actually has LSE tattooed on his back).
>
> This could become a "peanuts" like strip with a smallish number of
> situations and open speech bubbles. These have the great advantage that
> they can have translations (or even completely different) stories.
>
> P.
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>> Kat
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>> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk>wrote:
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>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Kat Braybrooke <kat.braybrooke at okfn.org
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Peter - your dog is on Twitter? Most amazing thing I've heard all
>>>> week!!!
>>>>
>>>
>>> No. You and I are confused. Choose from the following:
>>>  * animal garden photocomic with penguins , turtles etc - and delivered
>>> with an OKF tshirt
>>>  * "closed access means people die" at Open Science (again with OKF
>>> shirt and SOME slides from animal garden
>>>  * various other photocomics on PMR blog, but no dogs
>>>  * Jenny/PMR video with SF material, and Graham Steel (McBlawg ==
>>> McDawg) but no dogs
>>>  * a statement that I shall need a dog (for McDawg) and a frog for
>>> Gilles Frydman == KosherFrog
>>>  * and today a post that gave Gilles and the kosherfrog.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> (And I am agreed with everyone else that the picture is beautiful, by
>>>> the way!)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Which picture???
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kat :)
>>>>
>>>> FWIW I hope to get a scots terrier for McDawg in the photocomics and
>>> also a kosherfrog (harder) for Gilles. Gilles and Graham hope to be at the
>>> Dec hackathon in the flesh as well.
>>>
>>> Is that clear or is that worse :-)
>>>
>>> p.
>>>
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>>>> On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Carla,
>>>>> This is very exciting. I have been creating stories about animals who
>>>>> want Open data. Here is one -
>>>>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6280676/serpentine.pdf
>>>>> I am going to need two more animals for the next story, a dog from
>>>>> Scotland (McDawg) and a frog (KosherFrog). The dog is a scots terrier; they
>>>>> are friendly but can be fierce. You can see a picture of the frog on
>>>>> Twitter (@gfry).
>>>>>
>>>>> Best wishes
>>>>>
>>>>> Peter
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
>>>>> University of Cambridge
>>>>> CB2 1EW, UK
>>>>> +44-1223-763069
>>>>>
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>>> --
>>> Peter Murray-Rust
>>> Reader in Molecular Informatics
>>> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
>>> University of Cambridge
>>> CB2 1EW, UK
>>> +44-1223-763069
>>>
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> Peter Murray-Rust
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> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
> University of Cambridge
> CB2 1EW, UK
> +44-1223-763069
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