WinCustomize SkinCast

A great way to waste 20min of your time

Published on April 28, 2008 By Zoomba In WinCustomize News

Well, we managed to churn out a second episode of the WinCustomize SkinCast! This week we take questions from the forums and just sort of goof off in general (do I detect a theme?). This week we managed to stay in the 15-20min time frame too!

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In misc news on the podcast, Episode 1 received over 1,000 downloads in the last week! Hopefully we'll get another thousand this week for Episode 2!

Episode 2 - Second Verse, Same As The First....

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Comments (Page 2)

RomanDA

on Apr 29, 2008

Case in point, DesktopX. Is it really skinning? Sure you can 're-skin' clocks, weather widgets, etc, but original DX work is more coding/building than anything else. It's one reason I think DX is stuck in a sort of niche and doesn't flourish as much as the rest of the site's activity, because the site is so skinning oriented and DX, depending on your definition of skinning, is not. Vad_M recently pointed out the decline of DX activity on the site, and I wondered what is your take on it (not just DX but the creation and consumption of widgets, and gadgets in general). How many widgets do you guys use, what are they, and why do you use (or not use) widgets? How big or small is the impact of DX on the site today (do your stats show a decline as well) and what, in your opinion, accounts for its popularity or lack thereof. Finally, does DesktopX 'belong' with the rest of the skinning apps used on WC? If so, in what ways do you think it is integral or complimentary to skinning? If not, why?

Wonderful!!

Fuzzy Logic

on Apr 29, 2008

Can you ask Fuzzy Logic to be on the show and perhaps answer some mod questions?

We shall see... I've already volunteered, but it depends on who they can get on.

Haven't found a straight man yet though, you know, to go with my comedy act

Oh, I can answer questions about WB moderation too...

Vampothika

on Apr 29, 2008

Can you ask Fuzzy Logic to be on the show and perhaps answer some mod questions? We shall see... I've already volunteered, but it depends on who they can get on.Haven't found a straight man yet though, you know, to go with my comedy act Oh, I can answer questions about WB moderation too...

Hope so.......luvs ya vulcan (huggles) like a brother and all that.....

Philly0381

on May 02, 2008

Have a suggestion for a feature or segment for the WinCustomize SkinCast.

There always seems to be interest in the older skins, mainly WindowBlinds and or Themes. How about something like "Everthing Old is New again.". You could start out picking a WB or Theme from the past and discuss how it was very innovative for it's time. Give a link to it in your show notes. You gould then open it up to the members to suggest a WB or Theme that you would look at and review.

It sort of works with what wulfn1 is doing with her reviews. Maybe she could be convinced to help.

It gives a chance to highlight past Skinners, some of which may still be around, which would also make a good interview for them to talk about their work that you are reviewing. It could even lead to an update of the reviewed WB or Theme. If the original Skinner is no longer active then the challenge would be for a current Skinner to contact the origianl Skinner for permission to update.

It doesn't have to be with each episode you could do it once a month. It could also turn into a "Where are they now" segment.

Just of thought, and it might have people listening in to see what and who you are reviewing.

Philly0381

on May 02, 2008

Sorry for all that bolding, but it wouldn't let me go in and edit. DOH

EDIT: Never mind, it's Friday.

Philly0381

on May 02, 2008

So Zoomba or ID, what kind of numbers do you have with episode 2?

ZubaZ

on May 02, 2008

We need a DX widget for this . .of course it's been done (or somethign similar) before.

Skincast

By Frogboy

Wednesday, July 23, 2003

https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=2709&libid=3

Philly0381

on May 02, 2008

Damn Zubuz, you have a lot of Karma!

Philly0381

on May 02, 2008

Damn Zubuz

ZubaZ

on May 02, 2008

Damn Zubuz

It's contagiuos!

And as for the karma . . it's not all good.

Reason

for tossing a line and hook out to curt1s....
Test numero dos
Zubaz is my test monkey.
I give you 1. Because thats all you deserve. {wtf? editor}
You are always so helpful on the forums. And really great about organizing community projects to get people involved. Thank You.
Helpful
Cause I can
'cuz he's the ZU!
excellent spelling
For the pants
Becuase Zubaz is Zubaz
Test message

Zoomba

on May 02, 2008

Just one small note, I noticed in the last show and to a lesser extent in this one, Zoomba, you start over sentences when you stutter. You should just keep going; it keeps it more natural and fluid.

That is my stutter, I get a few words in and go back to the beginning, not just a single word. It's actually a LOT better than it used to be. I'd stutter like that every other sentence when I was little.

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