http://www.ianforrester.org/ http://www.ianforrester.org/ http://1.asset.soup.io/asset/0563/7681_606d.jpeg 1024 681 The views and thoughts of a dyslexic British designer/developer {"tags":["devilspie","lisp","matching","metacity","windowmanager","window","x","utilities","linux","interface","ui","ubuntu","hacks","gui","tools","tool","gnome","free","software","scripting","x11","wm","windows","utility","management","automation","desktop","opensource","extensions"],"type":"link","title":"Devil's Pie","source":"http://burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie/","body":"A window-matching utility, inspired by Sawfish's \"Matched Windows\" option and the lack of the functionality in Metacity. Metacity lacking window matching is not a bad thing \u2014 Metacity is a lean window manager, and window matching does not have to be a window manager task."} <p>A window-matching utility, inspired by Sawfish's "Matched Windows" option and the lack of the functionality in Metacity. Metacity lacking window matching is not a bad thing — Metacity is a lean window manager, and window matching does not have to be a window manager task.</p> <p><a href="http://burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie/">http://burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie/</a></p>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:16:48 GMThttp://ianforrester.org/post/88261719/Devils-Pieurn:www-soup-io:1:88261719linkdevilspielispmatchingmetacitywindowmanagerwindowxutilitieslinuxinterfaceuiubuntuhacksguitoolstoolgnomefreesoftwarescriptingx11wmwindowsutilitymanagementautomationdesktopopensourceextensions {"tags":["semantic","search","zeitgeist","semanticweb","semanticdesktop","gnome","ubuntu","metadata","logging","fosdem2010"],"type":"link","title":"GnomeActivityJournal - GNOME Live!","source":"http://live.gnome.org/GnomeActivityJournal","body":"The GNOME Activity Journal is a tool for easily browsing and finding files on your computer. It uses Zeitgeist to get information on what files/websites/contacts/etc. you worked with and Tracker to get information about the current state of the files and all sorts of meta-data (including tags)."} <p>The GNOME Activity Journal is a tool for easily browsing and finding files on your computer. It uses Zeitgeist to get information on what files/websites/contacts/etc. you worked with and Tracker to get information about the current state of the files and all sorts of meta-data (including tags).</p> <p><a href="http://live.gnome.org/GnomeActivityJournal">http://live.gnome.org/GnomeActivityJournal</a></p>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:22:07 GMThttp://ianforrester.org/post/44597895/GnomeActivityJournal-GNOME-Liveurn:www-soup-io:1:44597895linksemanticsearchzeitgeistsemanticwebsemanticdesktopgnomeubuntumetadataloggingfosdem2010 {"tags":["semanticdesktop","semanticweb","semantics","zeitgeist","journal","tools","linux","opensource","ubuntu","visualization","gnome","history","documents","logging"],"type":"link","title":"Zeitgeist Project - Desktop Activity Logging","source":"http://zeitgeist-project.com/","body":"Zeitgeist is a service which logs the users's activities and events, anywhere from files opened to websites visited and conversations. It makes this information readily available for other applications to use. It is able to establish relationships between items based on similarity and usage patterns."} <p>Zeitgeist is a service which logs the users's activities and events, anywhere from files opened to websites visited and conversations. It makes this information readily available for other applications to use. It is able to establish relationships between items based on similarity and usage patterns.</p> <p><a href="http://zeitgeist-project.com/">http://zeitgeist-project.com/</a></p>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:19:28 GMThttp://ianforrester.org/post/44597901/Zeitgeist-Project-Desktop-Activity-Loggingurn:www-soup-io:1:44597901linksemanticdesktopsemanticwebsemanticszeitgeistjournaltoolslinuxopensourceubuntuvisualizationgnomehistorydocumentslogging {"tags":["semantic","web","semanticweb","gnome","exif","data","search","photos","fosdem2010","tracker","manager","photo"],"type":"link","title":"Solang","source":"http://projects.gnome.org/solang/","body":"Solang is a photo manager for GNOME. It lets you manage your collection of photos by tagging them and searching through them based on various criteria -- tags, EXIF data, dates, etc; and offers a limited set of editing functionalities. Under the hood, Solang uses Tracker which allows it to automatically detect all the photos on your computer and publishes the tags all across the desktop."} <p>Solang is a photo manager for GNOME. It lets you manage your collection of photos by tagging them and searching through them based on various criteria -- tags, EXIF data, dates, etc; and offers a limited set of editing functionalities. Under the hood, Solang uses Tracker which allows it to automatically detect all the photos on your computer and publishes the tags all across the desktop.</p> <p><a href="http://projects.gnome.org/solang/">http://projects.gnome.org/solang/</a></p>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:13:47 GMThttp://ianforrester.org/post/44597906/Solangurn:www-soup-io:1:44597906linksemanticwebsemanticwebgnomeexifdatasearchphotosfosdem2010trackermanagerphoto {"tags":["iconos","tango","themes","resources","gui","creativecommons","library","images","software","freeware","webdesign","web","linux","opensource","download","design","desktop","art","free","development","graphics","css","gnome","interface","icon","color","icons","usability","ui"],"type":"link","title":"Tango Desktop Project","source":"http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Desktop_Project","body":"The Tango Desktop Project defines an icon style guideline to which artists and designers can adhere. A sample implementation of the style is available as an icon theme based upon a standardized icon naming specification. In addition, the project provides transitional utilities to assist in creating icon themes for existing desktop environments, such as GNOME and KDE."} <p>The Tango Desktop Project defines an icon style guideline to which artists and designers can adhere. A sample implementation of the style is available as an icon theme based upon a standardized icon naming specification. In addition, the project provides transitional utilities to assist in creating icon themes for existing desktop environments, such as GNOME and KDE.</p> <p><a href="http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Desktop_Project">http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Desktop_Project</a></p>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:45:56 GMThttp://ianforrester.org/post/43297518/Tango-Desktop-Projecturn:www-soup-io:1:43297518linkiconostangothemesresourcesguicreativecommonslibraryimagessoftwarefreewarewebdesignweblinuxopensourcedownloaddesigndesktopartfreedevelopmentgraphicscssgnomeinterfaceiconcoloriconsusabilityui