Into The Unimaginable

Yes, it’s true. I have been working on the next generation of Schoolhouse. Now that the semester is over, I have a lot more time to devote to it, too. While I won’t go into a whole lot of detail right now, since it’s still in development, I do want to talk about a couple things. Number One: I am planning for it to be Leopard-only. This is mainly because there is so much in Leopard (developer-wise) that I would love to take advantage of. This includes Core Animation and the Calendar Store framework. Yes, you heard that right. The Calendar Store. (That’s iCal’s database for those who don’t know.) I’ll leave it at that. Number Two: As I was talking to a developer friend of mine, we realized that Schoolhouse will need a new icon to go along with the update, and to be 512×512 for Leopard’s new resolution independence. While I was comfortable with what I came up with for 2.0, I feel that the icon design would be better fit to someone else for such a big (and let’s face it, important) icon. So…I thought I’d throw it out there to see if anyone reading my blog wanted to take a whack at making a new icon for Schoolhouse. For a new icon, I was thinking maybe a literal schoolhouse, viewed perspectively from above like Pages and Keynote’s icons. I just like that look on the Leopard dock rather than the tilted Mail style. But it doesn’t have to be a literal Schoolhouse, any idea that an interested party can come up with I would be interested in. If you want to try, just make a mockup, whatever you think, and shoot me an email with it. If I like the design, I will be glad to honor you in the about box. Yeah, the financial situation forbids me from hiring an actual graphic artist for this.Well, that’s it for now. I will continue to give hints about Schoolhouse 3 as I continue development, and it’s progressing fast. As always, ideas and suggestions are welcome.