Productive Desktop Project – Part 2: Icons & Cursors

Anish — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:05:54 +0000

Filetype Icons: Vista Ultimate Iconpackage Vs2¹. There are 185 icons in the package, so I’m just displaying a few of the icons I used. (download from source).

Note: since I don’t have Iconpackager (shareware), I downloaded a 30-day trial of IconWorkshop and extracted the icons to be used as .ico files. Then, I use IPhile to apply those icons to my system. (do a google search to find a valid download link)

Cursors: I modified & mixed a number of Cursors to make my set (download).

Here’s a breakdown of where I got the cursors from:

Graphite (Normal, Alternative) – I shifted the angle
Obsidian (Handwriting, Unavailable, Move, Resize pointers)
Comix (Precision Selector, Text Selector)
Aero (Busy, Working in Background) – I used my modified Graphite Normal cursor and added a modified Aero busy icon which I shaded orange.
TN (Link)

by jrdn88. Package also contains sounds and cursors

Productive Desktop Project – Part 1: Wallpaper

Anish — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:45:52 +0000

This is the first of a multi-part series detailing my Productive Desktop Project. Essentially, I’m outlining the logic/software/workflow I use to create a productivity-enhancing desktop.

In practice, I worked up a wireframe of how I wanted all my ‘real’ productivity components to be laid out on the desktop and then found a wallpaper that met the needs of my layout. But, as far as these Productive Desktop Project posts go, I’ve opted to start with the eye-candy!

Wallpaper: Striped Allegiance¹ (download)

I modified/merged the following two wallpapers: I Pledge Allegiance by mnmsfreak and Arrays by Citrus Moon

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Productive Desktop Project – Part 2: Icons & Cursors

Productive Desktop Project – Part 1: Wallpaper