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A Natty Narwhal Wallpaper

Mar 23, ’11 5:27 PM

A Natty Narwhal Wallpaper

So I figured it was about time to get this little baby out in the wild. I have been sitting on it for a little while, making occasional tweaks here and there, but you can only do that for so long before your brain starts to run out of your ears.

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The Ubuntu Unity Dash – Some Modifications

Feb 16, ’11 7:03 PM

My modifications of the Ubuntu Unity Dash interface

Followers and fans of the Ubuntu Operating System will be fully aware of the imminent release of the next version of the distro, codenamed “Natty Narwhal”, version 11.04.

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Synapse Icon & Logo Design

Jan 4, ’11 12:03 PM

The new Synapse icon and logo design

I feel there needs to be a little background story behind this particular design…

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Giving Back To Open Source

Sep 2, ’10 1:53 PM

I less-than-three open source

I love Open Source software; I love the idea behind it, the transparency, the pace of development that occurs, the community spirit it endeavours. So I want to give something back.

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‘Radiance’ Updated For Ubuntu Maverick

Aug 26, ’10 6:14 PM

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu

Further to the glorious news that one of the  Ubuntu ‘Light’ themes—Ambiance—received an update for the forthcoming Ubuntu Maverick release, Andreas Cimitan, developer of the Murrine GTK engine and the man responsible for updating the Light themes, has announced the imminent update to the second Light theme: Radiance.

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Ubuntu “Light” Themes Get A Refresh

Aug 9, ’10 5:38 PM

Ubuntu brandmark

No doubt some of you may have already read about this but as a devoted Ubuntu user I nevertheless feel duty-bound to inform you folk of the good news.

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8 Excellent Fonts For Screen and Print

Jun 7, ’10 8:00 PM



Well, it’s been a few months since my last post about fonts and typefaces and since then I’ve done a lot more exploring into the vast world of typefaces and returned with some very interesting finds, particularly when it comes to screen-ready display fonts.

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Nautilus – When Imagination Becomes Reality

Apr 9, ’10 4:27 PM



Regular readers of this site will remember a few months back when I made a post entitled Deconstructing Nautilus and Rebuilding It Better. It proved to be rather… controversial. Some of you hated my redesign proposals, others loved it. Forward a couple of months later and some rather clever man has took my mine and DanRabbit’s Nautilus dreams and made them reality, or as near as we can currently get.

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Workflow and Upload: two new button concepts for Lucid

Mar 29, ’10 12:58 PM



I present to you, the humble reader, two button concepts that I’ve designed to fill up that newly created titlebar space in Ubuntu Lucid: the Workflow button and the Upload button.

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Ubuntu Lucid and THAT button layout

Mar 13, ’10 4:36 PM

OK, so as an ardent GUI Designer and general fan of winning computer interface design, I took a strong interest in Canonical’s recent announcement about their new Ubuntu branding, complete with two new default themes set to appear in the upcoming “Lucid Lynx” LTS release in April – named “Ambience” and “Radiance”. Here’s my thoughts and analysis.

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