Good Use Of Desktop Wallpaper
Having worked in the office environment most of my adult life, and having visited many client sites of all shapes and sizes one thing I notice are that people like to personalise their workspace. And, one area where people do like to be ‘different’ is by having their own desktop background on their computer, whether it be a photo of a ‘hot’ woman, a car, the family, the latest pop sensation, etc.
Another thing I see a lot of is that these lovely photos are covered with icons due to the way the person works. I am a structured kind of guy and need a folder hierarchy for my digital filing but some people just love to throw every document the create on their desktop.
Steve, a colleague, who works this way (when his work is not on the server of course) has created his own desktop background system to help him organise his documents and still keep them on his desktop. So simple, yet so obvious… feel free to download the link.
Comment by Prazzie April 27, 2008 @ 10:32 am
Lovely, great idea! I think I’ll make my own, similar to this, using a colour theme from Kuler. I try to have nothing on my desktop, not a single icon, but this is so pretty that I’m going to change my ways.
Comment by Michelle August 13, 2008 @ 6:34 pm
Do you know what software he used to create this background, it looks like a powerpoint but i’m not sure, i’d like to modify it to my own needs, i like the color choice that steve made
Comment by Craig Killick August 13, 2008 @ 8:38 pm
Hi Michelle,
I’m sure he probably used something like Photoshop, or Fireworks.
You could easily recreate your own style in Powerpoint though.