If you have not taken time to download your favorite entries from last year’s Pixelpalooza icon design contest, you better hop to it. In order to clear the database out in preparation for this year’s contest, all of 2003’s entries (OS X, CandyBar and Classic) will be deleted after Noon e.s.t. this Friday, January 9th. Of course the winning entries will still be permanently available on the Pixelpalooza homepage, but the rest will go to the great beyond. Don’t say we didn’t warn you! And in a shameless plug to hock merchandise, we still have plenty of high-quality Pixelpalooza 2003 t-shirts available in the IF Gift Shop. Enough said :-)
The Breakroom
Cleaning House for Pixelpalooza 2004
January 7, 2004
New Info In The Developer Zone
January 6, 2004
A quick note to let everyone know that our Chief Typist, Craig, has added a few new items to our Developer Zone page. The Developer Zone tries to answer some of the more technical questions you might have regarding icons, their behavior on Mac and Win as well as tips and tricks you might not be aware of. Check it out.
The Year In Review
January 5, 2004
Well, we’re back from the holiday break today. We’re rested, refreshed and ready to let the creative juices flow once again. Moving forward into 2004 gives us pause to look back on just what the workers managed to accomplish back in 2003. Last year, the workers managed to design and produce 33 all-new icon sets. That comes to 662 freeware icons for your pleasure. Compare that with just 12 new sets in 2002 and we hope you can see that we’re working hard to make the factory a place you’ll want to visit again and again. And thanks to “New Icon Tuesdays”, 2004 promises even more icon sets, plus all new software, iPulse jackets, and more. Lastly, our annual icon design contest, Pixelpalooza starts next month. Things are heating up folks, we hope you’ll stick around and see what develops. Onward ho!
Ho Ho Holiday Break!!
December 20, 2003
The Iconfactory workers will be setting off in their sleighs to parts unknown to visit family & friends. They will also be taking a MUCH needed brain break and will return on January 6th. All of us here wish you a peaceful and joyous holiday. See ya next year! : D
Candybar’s Dance Continues
December 18, 2003
New iPulse Goodies
December 17, 2003
Just in time for the holidays, we’ve updated the iPulse Jacket Gallery with some new additions. The IF workers have assembled jackets that fit both the season, as well as today’s world-wide release of LOTR: Return of the King. Whether you feel like celebrating the season, or hooking up with Frodo and Sam, we’ve got you covered. Enjoy!
“You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!”
December 9, 2003
This week, The Iconfactory celebrates the 20th anniversary of the classic holiday movie A Christmas Story with an icon set by the same name. Artist Anthony Piraino has rendered several of the objects from the movie and wrapped them up for your desktop. So run on over and join in Ralphie’s pursuit of a Red Ryder 200 Shot Range Model Air Rifle.
iPulse updated to 2.0.1
December 5, 2003
Our unique and flexible system monitoring utility, iPulse, has been tweaked with numerous bug fixes and some enhancements for Mac OS X Panther. See a more complete list of what’s new and download this free update now.
