ID’s May Roundup Blog
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
Every month or so Frogboy does his “FrogBlog” where he gives an insight of things going on in and around Stardock from his perspective. I have always enjoyed reading them so I that kind of inspired me to do something similar. I wanted to write a blog showing the stuff going on not only in Stardock/WinCustomize related areas, but the other various skinning/tech communities like WinMatrix and Skinning.net that I visit regularly. I also thought it might be fun to show off the the
things I am working on, because I always appreciate the community feedback because much of what I do is for the communityy.
I first wanted to start off saying how pleased I am with the response to the WinCustomize SkinCast. When we first started it both Zoomba and myself were a bit unsure how it would be received and how well it would do. Well after our 7th episode the number of listeners is at what I would consider to be a great number, and it seems to be steadily rising. So thanks to everyone who listens and supports the show. With that being said, one thing we are still lacking is more community input. We have had a great set of guests on including moderators and skinners, and we should be having our first developer guest soon too.
I have been getting a lot of questions recently about the status of the SkinStudio 6 tutorial, especially since we have started to talk about the ‘08 GUI Champs. The SKS6 tutorial is finished, but with all the cool features that Neil has been adding lately, I am taking a good part of this week and updating the tutorial and the associated screenshots. Once that is done it will go for some more formatting and then should finally be released to the public. I know it’s been long awaited, but I think this tutorial series will greatly benefit people interested in creating WindowBlinds skins, but might not be too sure where to start. I wrote the guide from a beginners perspective, and I’m excited to see the response to it. 
On the game side of things the Political Machine has been my main focus. I love this game, seriously. Maybe it’s because I’m a political junkie, but regardless it’s just fun to play, and who doesn’t want to create your own bobble-head anyway's? This game has consumed many late nights, and helping find any last minute issues has been fun to say the least. I can’t say too much else, but be on the lookup for more news.
Well I won’t keep it too long for the first one. As always feel free to let me know of any feedback or suggestions you might have for future articles and features. See ya next time!
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Reply #1 Tuesday, June 3, 2008 4:17 PM