The Breakroom
Category: Miscellaneous
All That and a Bag of Chips
November 21, 2006
You may remember back in October when David and Ged risked frostbite and frozen fannies to pre-order their Nintendo Wiis from our local GameStop. Some may have called us crazy back then, but now that we have our consoles, we can tell you first hand that it was well worth it! Much has been written […]
“I Voted!” QuickPix
November 7, 2006
Unless you’ve been living on a desert island for the last six months, or you live in a far away land, then you probably know that today is mid-term elections here in the United States. Millions of people from all walks of life are heading to the polls to cast their votes for local politicans […]
Happy and Safe Halloween!
October 31, 2006
How time flies! It seems that just yesterday we made the spooky switch over for October’s Halloween celebration. Now the day has come and there are only a few hours left until we have to bid farewell to all things spooky for another year. We hope you have enjoyed this year’s terrifying makeover and have […]
Flickr’s a Wonderful Thing!
October 23, 2006
Huddled over our WACOM tablets, in the soft and continuous glow of our LCD monitors, we sit and push pixels and occasionally look up and see what all the hub-bub is about. Last week was one such moment when we posted our first set of photos on Flickr. Our Chief Typist, quite by accident, discovered […]
Keeping Up with the Foreman
October 18, 2006
Our good friends over at Pixelsurgeon have published this month’s edition of their edgy podcast, Audiosurgeon which features news, reviews and exclusive music from the world of design, culture and more. Issue number 6 features a wealth of pulsing tracks that are definitely worth a listen. Somewhere in between all this ultra-cool content lives a […]
Wii Are Waiting In Line…
October 13, 2006
If you are a game console fan, then you know the significance of today. Yes, the sky is turning red, the seas are about to boil and the earth is about to stop spinning. Okay, so its not that important, its just the day that the new Nintendo Wii console goes on pre-order here in […]
Meet Mr. Lanham
October 9, 2006
In case you missed it, last week AppleMatters.com posted an interview with our very own talented icon artist, David Lanham. Learn what inspires David to create, how his view of the world has evolved and how he came to be among friends here at the Iconfactory. If you are a fan of David’s work, then […]
Bending Adobe’s Ear
September 18, 2006
For those of you not familiar with the story so far, here is a quick recap. Back on August 23rd we wrote a post of our Top 5 Adobe Illustrator Pet Peeves. Things in Illustrator that either bugged us or were slowing us down in our day-to-day icon making lives. That post was met with […]
Why the Internet Rocks
September 10, 2006
Every now and then you stumble across something on the Internet that reminds you just how cool it really is. Tonight we came across something that took us right back to our childhoods and we suspect that it will do the same for you. YouTube plays host to all manner of videos from singing Hoffs […]
Scotty, Beam Us Up… NOW!
September 1, 2006
A few days ago, word leaked out that the powers that be were planning on re-releasing Star Trek the Original Series with all new and updated special effects. We posted some tantalizing tidbits in the Industry News about this, but were waiting on official word from Paramount. Well, the word has come and all we […]