Anyone who has visited my office has said the same thing: “How do you do anything with all of the freakin’ icons on your desktop?” My answer has been only vaguely defensive. I just use the desktop as a work area. Doesn’t everyone use their desktop as a work area?
Come on, why call it a desktop if you don’t treat it like a … ?
Okay. So maybe they have a point. Or a few points. I get busy, what can I say? So this afternoon, I made some more folders, dragged like with like, deleted a lot of unnecessary icons for rarely used applications (or spent files for already acquired bittorrents) and pulled all that was left to the side.
Then I spent a small amount of time in Photoshop with an image of the Ninth Doctor.
The result is rather stark, but clean. Additionally, I tweaked the theme colors in XP. I’ve kept them at factory standard since install.
We’ll see how long it remains this way. Maybe if I get into a regular habit of posting my desktop for public consideration … or maybe if all of my other bloggetting acquaintances did the same, then we’d all keep ourselves tidy, eh?
(Post yourself, suckers. I tag you all.)
Update: For those who might want the Doctor Who wallpaper, download it here.
