Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.

Too bad this post was a little too late in the process by which time the basic sketches were already finished.

“Having the characteristics of eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, and thievishness attributed to the god Mercury.”

contrasted with

“liable to sudden unpredictable change; changeable, shifting”

The sense of being swift/shrewd as well as having some reconfigurability (not a word).

The other thought that comes to mind from the famous painting of the Sixth Patriarch chopping bamboo… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Huineng_Cut_Bamboo.jpg

It hinges on the Zen idea of sudden enlightenment. That even in the mundane one may realize the true nature of things. Thinking of the sound and act of hitting the two ubiquity keys. Action without though, but with awareness. “The Dharma of Sudden Enlightenment” from the Platform Sutra of the 6th Patriarch. http://www.thezensite.com/ZenTeachings/Translations/Platform_Sutra_Yampolsky.pdf

However when thinking on imagery like this relating to Ubiquity eastern religion and philosophy seem inevitable topics. But ubiquity is also the basis of Christian (and all monotheism) theology though sadly a lot of people are adverse to dealing with Christian philosophy and theology. I can’t think of useful logo’s springing from it at present.

I agree with your main point. The proposed logos are somewhat sterile and obvious. I love the Enso logo simplicity but simplicity that takes enormous effort and perfection to create. I like Quicksilver conceptually. I think Ubiquity needs something that is grounded in something beyond the typical “it ties you into the web” “it makes stuff come together” or anything with a globe.