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"P2 inside" or "P1 inside" stickers

refaQtorrefaQtor Posts: 95
edited 2025-01-04 18:54 in General Discussion

I gutted this old Lenovo case to quickly setup P1/P2 console experiments with user interfaces on benchtop or potentially PLC or LabView type tools. While I was scraping off the old "Intel inside" sticker it occurred to me... I'd love to have "P2 inside" or "P1 inside" stickers, like you'd see on PCs and other products.

Seems like it would be a low-cost promotional effort more effective than the generic robot stickers that come in our packages from Parallax now. I use the big Parallax "Made in USA" on all my random gear that might get out in the public eye.

I don't know about how close you could come on the trademark issue with "inside" , but I'm sure there is another word/phrase that conveys the same or better for the purposes of getting the Parallax brand out and visible.

Here are just a few of P-alliterative suggestions: Power , Parallel , Potential , Propulsive , Prolific , Potent , Pro-Active , Proficient , Pioneering , Propitious , Perpetual , Prodigious , Perspective, or probably my favorite :) Polyamorous - I love ALL the cogs.

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  • refaQtorrefaQtor Posts: 95

    "P2" and "P1" mean something inside our group. But, it is a useless distinction for general promotion of the Parallax Propeller, itself. and so, "Propeller" for this device sticker purpose should figure most prominently, while "Parallax" remain in the subtext - perhaps " parallax.com "

  • refaQtorrefaQtor Posts: 95

    just some thoughts on the terms, should it matter to inform anyone...
    1. Power : obvious, and generic in marketing. I don't recommend
    2. Parallel : truthful, but buzz-wordiness has diminished the value of this word
    3. Potential : yes, but suggests unrealized results
    4. Propulsive : nah
    5. Prolific : sorta
    6. Potent : maybe
    7. Pro-Active : though plenty of "Pro" people tell me to use common stuff, I appreciate the unique solutions the Propeller professionals produce. they are Active.
    8. Proficient : rhymes with "Passable"
    9. Pioneering : this one has potential. it suggests something about the people and places that Propeller people go. I like it. but run it past legal.. I know that TI brands some of there development boards with "Pioneer"
    10. Propitious : presumptuous, pompous
    11. Perpetual : interesting, but too meta, I think
    12. Prodigious : pretty vague in a lame way
    13. Perspective : this one strikes me as interesting because of the unique powerful perspective that the adopters of Propeller have, as well as a curious application to the Parallax brand name itself.

  • evanhevanh Posts: 16,101

    Propelled :)

  • refaQtorrefaQtor Posts: 95

    @evanh said:
    Propelled :)

    yes! succint. says it ALL.
    compelling in itself to investigate further.
    a close look directs them to parallax.com to understand

  • refaQtorrefaQtor Posts: 95
    edited 2025-01-04 21:11

    oh, and in the box I just received from Parallax today, I look again at the robot sticker and now I DO see Parallax.com on it. I'd seen that sticker, literally, a dozen times in Parallax orders and it never registered that it said Parallax on it at all. just a blind spot for me, I couldn't get past the robot platform picture that is probably exactly the sticker that does go perfectly well with all their educational packages. it seems perfect for that.

  • refaQtorrefaQtor Posts: 95

    just some perplexity generated concepts for the sticker, should it matter at all.

  • Don MDon M Posts: 1,653

    Propelled by Parallax

  • RossHRossH Posts: 5,508

    Well, if anyone in the visual arts is worried about AI taking their job, I don't think they have a lot to worry about just yet! :)

  • Wuerfel_21Wuerfel_21 Posts: 5,129
    edited 2025-01-05 23:10

    AI imagery is like anti-advertisement, a quick way to connect your brand to values such as "cheap", "tasteless" and "morally bankrupt"

  • refaQtorrefaQtor Posts: 95

    @Wuerfel_21 said:
    AI imagery is like anti-advertisement, a quick way to connect your brand to values such as "cheap", "tasteless" and "morally bankrupt"

    I completely agree.
    We all know that.

  • Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,400

    Hey @refaQtor I'm ready to turn your ideas into a sticker! Thanks for the input and ideas you're sharing. I'll let this roast for another day and we will harvest the best one and make you a sticker!

    Ken Gracey
    Parallax Inc.

  • refaQtorrefaQtor Posts: 95
    edited 2025-01-06 16:56

    @"Ken Gracey" said:
    Hey @refaQtor I'm ready to turn your ideas into a sticker! Thanks for the input and ideas you're sharing.

    I hope you have a real graphic person to put it right, with proper branded font and such.
    I'm a bit of a hack with graphic tools.
    I was just spit-ballin' here with the ideas; trying to blend in eight and cog and parallel and speed and lightness and human-oid
    I could take a stab at it, I got some branding feedback.

    and, yeah. let it percolate a bit.

  • Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,400

    Spitballs are welcomed, 'specially if they don't hit me in the forehead. Keep the ideas coming!

    Ken Gracey

  • RossHRossH Posts: 5,508

    Can I just point out that none of the images offered so far actually include ... a Propeller ?.

    I'd have thought that was a given.

    But then I am often accused of being too literal :)

    Ross.

  • Christof Eb.Christof Eb. Posts: 1,234

    @RossH said:
    Can I just point out that none of the images offered so far actually include ... a Propeller ?.

    I'd have thought that was a given.

    But then I am often accused of being too literal :)

    Ross.

    Yeah!
    I was wondering, if the word "Parallax" could be shaped into something like a speedboat with a strong propeller attached.

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