Yep, it’s that time of the year again. Time to pull out your green attire and get ready to party the day and night away, because it’s St. Patrick’s Day! To celebrate, Mindy has whipped up a special desktop picture just for the occasion based on her anime bunny series. Head on over and grab the St. Patty’s Day Bunny desktop for your Mac, PC or iPhone today.
The Breakroom
A Hair of the Green
March 17, 2008
Leopard gets Smooth
March 11, 2008
The Smooth gets even smoother! We have been literally flooded with email over the past few months from eager fans wondering if or when the beloved sketchy goodness that is the Smoothicon style would make the leap to Mac OS X Leopard. The answer is yes and the day is today!
Corey has been hard at work resizing and tweaking and is happy to offer an updated version of the Smoothicons system replacement set released back in early 2003. This set had been updated with all the current icons required to give your Mac OS X Leopard desktop complete smoothness. It also includes a snazzy custom dock for CandyBar users. You can finally get your Smoothicon fix today!
Iconfactory Comes to TMUG in Raleigh
March 6, 2008
With all the appearances we’ve been putting in lately you’d think we have a book or a blockbuster film coming out. Sadly neither of these are true, but the upside is we’ve been invited to speak at the next Triangle Mac Users Group meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina.
We invite you to join Ged and Anthony for a short presentation about the Iconfactory next week. We’ll cover how we got started, some of our more well known projects, and highlight a few of our software products. If you’re one of the few Mac users not heading to SXSW next week, and are in the Raleigh area, then please join us Monday, March 10th at 6:30pm on the campus of NC State University for what should be a fun evening. You can get all the details about the event, including directions, on the TMUG home page. We hope to get to meet some of you in person and look forward to answering your questions!
UPDATE: We think it’s safe to say our presentation was a success. We shared our experiences in icon design, showed work and gave away a ton of goodies. We got to meet Mac users from a wide range of backgrounds, and age ranges, all of whom were engaging and asked many great questions. Thanks to the Triangle Mac Users Group for inviting us out, we had a great time and hope you did too. Thanks!
Go Retro with Arcade Daze Apps
March 3, 2008
The last part of the Arcade Daze makeover is now complete. Ged’s completed the first volume of application icon replacements in the Arcade Daze style just for you! Now you can give your apps folder the retro refit that it’s been crying out for since the original release of Arcade Daze. Over 75 apps have received the old school treatment including Twitterrific, Coda, SlingPlayer, Microsoft Office, AppZapper and many more. In addition, iPhone and iPod touch users will be delighted to know that all of the home screen icons are also included. This means if you’ve jail broken your iPhone or iPod Touch, you’ll see the new Arcade Daze Springboard theme pop up in the installer app soon.
But that’s not all! Arcade Daze Applications Vol. 1 also includes an all new custom dock style for CandyBar users and Ged’s even thrown in an Adium dock icon for good measure. With last week’s release of the Press Start and Game Over desktop pictures, and the original massive Arcade Daze System replacement set, you now have everything needed to turn your desktop into this. Show those pixels who’s boss and download Arcade Daze Apps Vol. 1 for your Mac or PC today!
Join Us for TUAW’s Sunday Night Talkcast
February 29, 2008
Craig and Ged have been invited as guests on The Unofficial Apple Weblog’s (TUAW) talkcast this Sunday night. We’ll be chatting up the latest version of Twitterrific, answering your burning questions and a whole lot more. If you’ve always wanted to hear Craig’s wonderful singing voice, or just find out what makes us tick, this is the web event for you. Swing by TUAW’s Talkshoe page and register and then stop by Sunday night at 10pm est for what’s sure to be an interesting chat-fest.
UPDATE: Fun was had by all at TUAW’s sunday night event. Topics ranged from the genesis of Twitterrific to how we got our start in icon design. Craig and Erica also touched on what to expect from the upcoming iPhone SDK and so much more. If you missed it, head on over to TUAW’s Talkshoe page and download the audio podcast. Our thanks go out to everyone at The Unofficial Apple Weblog for having us, it was a blast.
Twitterrific 3.1 Leaves the Nest
February 29, 2008
We’re pleased to announce the immediate release of the latest version of Twitterrific, our Mac OS X application for reading and posting to the Twitter social network. Chief Typist, Craig Hockenberry, has spent a great deal of quality time with the little blue bird and the result is an update that brings a whole host of new features and improvements.
Here are some of the new things you’ll find in Twitterrific v. 3.1:
- Growl notifications are now sorted correctly and summarized
- New keyboard shortcuts and action menu on tweets
- Changing logins on Leopard will no longer hang
- Status message updates now work correctly with Adium 1.2
- Plugged memory leaks that slowed Twitterrific down over time
- Added “teh snappy” to get rid of the Marble of Doom
- Much more!
Twitterrific’s development is sponsored by ads via The Deck so Mac users can enjoy Twitterrific and all its great features, free of charge, without limitations. Those users who prefer to run Twitterrific ad-free can choose to register the program for $14.95.
We invite you to visit the Twitterrific home page to learn more about and download version 3.1 of this fun application that helped to put the “tweet” in Twitter. Thank you for your support.
Betting on Books
February 27, 2008
We’re proud to be affiliated with Coudal Partners new Making Book competition. Pick your favorite books from The Morning News’ 2008 Tournament of Books, place a bet, and you could win some fantastic prizes.
And the best part: your bet goes directly to First Book, a non-profit organization that provides low-income families with their first new book.
The Iconfactory will match your $10 bet in the competition, allowing First Book to provide 32 new books for underprivileged kids. Every bet is a winner.
Attack of the Giant Japanese Icons!
February 26, 2008
We’re pleased to announce that two of Talos’ classic freeware icon collections have received the royal upsizing treatment. First up is everyone’s favorite robot dog – Aibo. Back in 2001, this cyber-puppy was the bees knees and every cool kid in town had to have one. Now Aibo’s been updated for Leopard and Vista with giant 512×512 sizes as well as his own custom dock style for use with CandyBar 3.
Second out of the gate is Doraemon, that lovable robotic cat from the hit Japanese anime series. Just like his canine pal Aibo, Doraemon and friends will be gracing your Leopard and Vista desktops in all their 512×512 wonder along with a new custom dock treatment for CandyBar. If you’re keeping track, this makes close to 50 freeware sets that we’ve updated for the new operating systems. With more in store in the weeks ahead, we’re only getting started. Stay tuned and enjoy!
Announcing iPulse 2.1.9
February 26, 2008
Announcing an update to iPulse, our popular Mac OS X monitoring utility. iPulse 2.1.9 adds support for reading temperature on the latest Intel Macs. It also contains a new Dock menu, a global preference to hide the dock icon and fixes a bug related to clock information. Registered users of iPulse can update their copy to version 2.1.9 for free. We invite you to download iPulse and try it out free of charge. If you enjoy knowing what’s going on under Mac OS X’s hood via a fully customizable GUI, then iPulse is the tool for you.
Insert Credit to Continue
February 21, 2008
You know the drill. Insert your token, press start and get to saving the Earth! Now all those Arcade Daze icons you’ve been downloading have a place to live thanks to two new desktops from Ged. Press Start seems like the perfect city to call home until those pesky pixelated pirates show up and ruin the place. If you’re not quick on the trigger, all you’ll have to show for it is Game Over. So don’t let those scurrilous sprites get the better of you, head over and download the desktop of your choice for the Mac, PC or iPhone today. Never give up, never surrender and remember to make every shot count!
