On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:11:15 -0500, Gregg Reynolds
I don't think so. Bad design will lose them (and many others), but good design and cuteness are two different things.
It's also possible for a good design to be cute, too.
You can still distinguish yourself from O'Reilly without losing the cuteness factor with a logo like one of the following:
We must have vastly different ideas of cute. I don't consider those examples cute. How about this as a criterion: if it makes 13-year old Japanese girls squeal "kawaiiii!" then it's too cute. Also if it involves the color pink.
What's wrong with the color pink (not that I prefer it personally, but just wondering)? You're also assuming that all 13-year old Japanese girls "squeal 'kawaiiii!'" in response to the same stimuli. I know for a fact that this isn't true (I recently saw a study asking Japanese girls to rate different mascots for cuteness, and the poll fell roughly 50-50, as a matter of fact). Which 13-year old Japanese girls are you referring to? -- Benjamin L. Russell -- Benjamin L. Russell / DekuDekuplex at Yahoo dot com http://dekudekuplex.wordpress.com/ Translator/Interpreter / Mobile: +011 81 80-3603-6725 "Furuike ya, kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto." -- Matsuo Basho^