The Creation of MacThemes
Maybe you are a regular visitor of MacThemes, who has been coming by since our first teaser came up. Or perhaps you stumbled here without ever having heard of the site or its community before. Either way, at some point, you must've wondered how websites like this one are made. The story of this website's creation may not contain the drama of large scale or high profile projects such as Amazon or Google, but it has twists (Xthemes?!), community celebrities (BBX, Adam Betts, Max, Swiz, Carbon, Jason, and more!), heated arguments, and a mad rush to the deadline of its own. This is the story of MacThemes. It began in November of 2003....
Posted by phillryu on January 22, 2005
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Rick Patrick Unveils Niqu
Rick Patrick is the artist behind Vanilla Soap, creating icons, desktops, and recently themes for fellow Macintosh users. Though he began graphic design only five years ago, fiddling with Fireworks for school websites and IT work, there's no doubt that his recent creations are on the same ground as works by other older, more experienced artists, which is even more incredible considering Rick's current addiction to Halo. It's not hard to predict that the 19 year old Rick will soon become one of the best OS X themers to date, especially after soon upgrading his aging eMac to a more worthy iMac G5. Here to talk about GUI customization and his newest work, Niqu, is Rick Patrick.
Posted by phillryu on January 04, 2005
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