Re: Market Development for "Web MIDI"

I'd mentioned that before.  Personally, I love Midiappy as Web MIDI mascot
(he's one of the few stickers on my laptop) - however, as a logo to be
incorporated into software, he doesn't work as well.  Logos for support
typically need to be unobtrusive, work in black and white, and be scalable
down to a small size but still recognizable - like the MIDI logo itself.

On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 6:44 AM, Naomi Yoshizawa <naomi@w3.org> wrote:

> Wow, I was writing the exactly same contents of Ryoya who is the main
> organizer of Web Music Developers JP.
>
> FYI in addition, a specialist of Web MIDI in Japan has created the
> character called "MIDIappy" 2 years ago. He is quite respected from Web
> developers and the industry.
>
> Variations of MIDIappy (some items are overlapped to Ryoya's)
> http://www.g200kg.com/images/midiappy/
>
> He has written a lot of documents <http://www.g200kg.com/index_e.html> and
> has been translating W3C documents. You can see what he did in the above
> URL.
>
> Naomi
>
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 10:25 PM, Ryoya KAWAI <kawai@amei.or.jp> wrote:
>
>> How about use ”MIDIappy” for the LOGO?
>> http://www.g200kg.com/archives/2014/10/midiappy-images.html
>>
>> This mascot character was also introduced at JSConf EU 2014.
>> https://youtu.be/cqtBpCqgOgM?t=16m57s
>>
>> I am sure that Web Music Developers community in Japan will be really
>> happy when MIDIappy become an official LOGO for Web MIDI API :-)
>>
>> --
>>  Ryoya KAWAI (kawai@amei.or.jp)
>>  AMEI(音楽電子事業協会：Association of Musical Electronics Industry)
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 5:09 PM, Coralie Mercier <coralie@w3.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > Thanks, Doug. Hello, Tom.
>> > The Marketing and Communications team will follow the conversation
>> you'll be
>> > having around a logo for Web MIDI, and help as we can.
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > Coralie
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, 14 Apr 2015 06:05:43 +0200, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi, Tom–
>> >>
>> >> Sounds like a great idea to me! It might be a good idea to coordinate
>> with
>> >> our Marketing and Communication team, and make sure that the logo fits
>> well
>> >> with other W3C logos.
>> >>
>> >> I've got a little experience with logo development, so I'd be happy to
>> >> help if I can.
>> >>
>> >> Regards–
>> >> –Doug
>> >>
>> >> On 4/13/15 6:50 PM, Tom White (MMA) wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hello All,
>> >>>
>> >>> As you might imagine, many of the members of the MIDI
>> >>> Mfrs Assoc are very interested in the new opportunities
>> >>> that the Web MIDI API offers to users of MIDI products...
>> >>>
>> >>> Some are planning to offer new hardware and software
>> >>> products designed to work with Web MIDI apps, and think
>> >>> it would be useful to be have a logo that consumers can
>> >>> use to identify products that are designed for the Web...
>> >>>
>> >>> Is it okay with the WG if the MMA comes up a "Web MIDI"
>> >>> compatibility logo?
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks,
>> >>>
>> >>> Tom White
>> >>> MIDI Mfrs Assoc (MMA)
>> >>> www.midi.org
>> >>>
>> >>>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>>> From: Doug Schepers [mailto:schepers@w3.org]
>> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 11:59 AM
>> >>>> To: public-audio@w3.org
>> >>>> Cc: Chris Wilson; Joseph Berkovitz; Chris Lilley; Jussi
>> >>>> Kalliokoski; Audio WG
>> >>>> Subject: New Draft of Web MIDI Spec Published
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Hi, folks-
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I'm pleased to announce that the new working draft of the Web MIDI
>> >>>> API
>> >>>> WG has been published:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>    http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/4502
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Regards-
>> >>>> -Doug
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Coralie Mercier  -  W3C Marketing & Communications -  http://www.w3.org
>> > mailto:coralie@w3.org +336 4322 0001 http://www.w3.org/People/CMercier/
>> >
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