Avatars

I have started changing my avatar when doing a big project to something related to the current project. For example currently my avatar is a running man image of Mr. Pentium from my Upcycling IoT Design Challenge project.

It is a bit disappointing that the system cannot remember older avatars or allow a number of avatars to be uploaded into a pool to choose from..

Is avatar switching a good way to keep the forum more dynamic and more interesting? Or just a bad idea?

Is the project related avatar a nice touch or a total non-issue?

Or is it just confusing with no value add?

Is avatar recognition useful (so important not to change) or in some fashion a comfortable aspect of avatars?

Do you find it painful to setup an Avatar or even undesirable?

phoenixcomm over 2 years ago in reply to kmikemoo

kmikemoo so that's how you lost your hair...
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phoenixcomm over 2 years ago

dougw I guess Im with beacon_dave , and the other guys on the subject. A long time ago they gave you points to change your avatar, to something/somebody in Star Wars (It should have been Star Trek, Star Wars sucked, especially after the stupid bar seen and the music) So I used Obi-Wan Kenobi aka Sir Alec Guinness, I have kept it ever since!. Also in my posts, I usually put a picture of the SR-71, glorious in the air! and old and wrinkled on the ground... ~~Cris
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beacon_dave over 2 years ago in reply to electronicbiker

Perhaps place a safe zone around your avatar image such that the rectangle fits within a circle crop.
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electronicbiker over 2 years ago

My avatar is supposed to be shown in a rectangular frame but it is displayed on these pages in a circular frame. So the corners are cropped to such an extent that it looks - well, wrong. Being a 'newby' I wasn't going to say anything, but now the subject has been brought up I will just say that I'm a bit disappointed with the lack of consistency.
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stanto over 2 years ago

I prefer to set an avatar, it can help to distinguish yourself from automated bot spam.
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colporteur over 2 years ago

You have way more on the ball then I do. The changes keep it fresh. Since I am an individual that is not comfortable with change, it rarely appears in my work.

I get satisfaction from learning how to do it, then learning how to do it right and then making changes to make it efficient. Right and efficient my one two combination.
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dang74 over 2 years ago

I had noticed that your avatar had changed recently. I suspected that it was some tie-in that would eventually make sense. This was the case previously with the little baseball cap with the Superman logo on it. It was mysterious at first but then it all made sense once your Super Cap projects were unveiled.

In terms of whether it's good to change avatars or keep them the same, I think that decision is up to the individual. The Super Cap thing was very cool by the way. This was, in part, due to the nice little a-ha moment I had once its meaning was understood.

I've been busy as of late and not keeping up with all the happenings at e14, but I should set some time aside to check out the entries for the Upcycling challenge.
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kmikemoo over 2 years ago

I'm with beacon_dave that I use the avatar to make sure I'm @mentioning the right person.

I change my avatar at work every year.

As you can see, they're wearing me down.
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dougw over 2 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

That is why my normal avatar is a close crop of my face - it is a bit more recognizable when shrunk all the way down.
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dougw over 2 years ago in reply to robogary

I will always go back to a standard avatar after a temporary project avatar has run its course.

I recall element14 once asked us to temporarily change our avatar.

Trivia question:

Was the whole Despicable Me Minion fad on element14 initiated by element14?
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