SXSW Countdown - a dashboard widget for OS X
If you’re heading to Austin, Texas in March for geek spring break (otherwise known as the South By South West interactive festival) you’re probably counting down the days already. What? You’d love to have something to help scratch that itch? Well, say no more - I have just the thing!
And it only took twenty minutes
Creating an OS X dashboard widget is simplicity itself. First, find some helpful instructions written by someone who know what they are doing. Next, open Dashcode and find that one of the pre-existing widgets is a countdown widget, meaning all you have to do is re-arrange the canvas elements and make some new graphics. Photoshop. Export. Rinse and repeat until satisfied with the result.
How to install your SXSW widget
If you’re not using Mac OS X, why are you still reading? There’s nothing for you here.
Mac users - download the archive below, unzip it, and double-click the SXSWCountdown.wdgt file to install it on your Dashboard. Position it front-and-centre, and check back regularly to watch the days tick down!
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