The Desktop Experiment

2012-01-23T13:46:00.000-08:00

"my right side's jealousy issues are well founded." RFS, Philadelphia, PA, USA

2012-01-23T12:48:00.000-08:00

"Just a beautiful piece of NYC accidental art I stumbled onto." JR, Brooklyn, NY, USA

2012-01-23T12:46:00.002-08:00

"An old one of a shot I took while out in San Diego some years ago. Great times." JR, Brooklyn, NY, USA

2012-01-23T12:41:00.000-08:00

"My user privileges on my mac have been messed up for a while and I am stuck with this standard Aurora mac desktop. Can't wait to figure out how to fix this thing. Either that or I'm throwing out the computer." JR, Brooklyn, NY, USA

2010-12-06T16:16:00.000-08:00

"Flies on a salt pile in a market in Tel Aviv. When the vendor saw me taking the picture, he shooed the flies and me away simultaneously."JR, Brooklyn, NY, USA 1/13/09

2010-12-06T15:28:00.000-08:00

"my amazingly interesting work desktop" GR, NYC, NY, USA

2010-11-22T19:21:00.000-08:00

"I change it several times a week typically." NB, Brooklyn, NY, USA

2010-11-22T14:43:00.000-08:00

"I love that the icon for Reason is highlighted accidentally. I guess this one decided on its own title." JR, Brooklyn, NY, USA - 12.03.08

I haven't posted any of my own in a while, and I will batch them all now with dates.

2010-11-22T14:12:00.000-08:00

"Xevier Gallego Eyesorized my life." RFS, New York City, NY, USA

2010-10-11T11:31:00.000-07:00

"feel the intensity..." AM, USA

2010-08-09T18:14:00.000-07:00

Internet cafe. Santa Ana, Costa Rica

2010-04-13T07:43:00.000-07:00

"This is my development desktop at work. Linux desktop= Fedora 11." AR

2010-01-31T13:21:00.000-08:00

"so i cleaned up my home desktop, changed the image, and thought i should debut it here before it becomes a total mess again. the image is of bottles of wine being stored in a vineyard outside of pamplona, spain. it kind of makes me uncomfortable having a desktop this clean."
FM, Pamplona, Spain

2009-12-18T10:51:00.001-08:00

SUNY Downstate Medical School, Brooklyn, USA

2009-12-17T11:52:00.000-08:00

"This picture has so many things so very wrong with it, its beautiful!
My boyfriend and I share a computer, and he wants me to change it. Its
been like 2 weeks, and I haven't yet."
-L, Portland OR, USA

2009-12-17T10:32:00.000-08:00

"Donkey on the way to Mount Blanc
Donkeys...they make me smile (even if they are dismissive French donkeys...I told him I was Canadian and he still didn't get up). PS I think he is just fat, nothing more, nothing less."
DA, Atlanta, USA

2009-12-17T10:30:00.000-08:00

"I change my background almost weekly, I get bored easily. Even though I don't support Peta (I'm a vegetarian, I just disagree with much of what they do) I enjoyed this picture."
HB, Portland, USA

2009-12-16T08:17:00.000-08:00

"I like to wake up and see people dancing. This shot is from the World Disco Championships of 1979."
TS

2009-12-15T17:39:00.000-08:00

"i love spending my work day with the most famous faces of the 70's... it gives everything that creepy "disco-halston-54-warhol-glamour..." "

RDL in NYC

2009-12-15T17:36:00.000-08:00

"The background is from the '79 Soviet flick Stalker. Which, despite being 3 hours long, and admittedly slow, is easily the greatest movie ever. The picture's just cool, though I can't take credit for it.
And while the desktop itself might be admirably spotless, except for those few drives, it in no way mirrors the chaos of my old computer's (PC) desktop. I expect this one to become just as ridiculous in a few weeks."
KC, USA

2009-12-15T17:35:00.000-08:00

Clinton Hill Business Services Center, Brooklyn

2009-12-15T17:34:00.000-08:00

PIJC, Costa Rica

2009-12-15T17:24:00.000-08:00

Internet Cafe, Bocas Del Toro, Panama

2009-04-04T09:15:00.000-07:00

"Work computer. Thats the delivery truck with some of the great imagery we use with our new company, Nika. Its an amazing company with an amazing cause. We are a 100% non-profit bottled water company, donating all of our profits to water crisis and poverty alleviation efforts in Africa, Asia, Mexico and elsewhere. We are also the most eco-friendly bottled water company on the planet and the only bottled water company certified carbon neutral by the Carbon Fund. Its also super tasty! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and NikaWater.org." JM -San Diego, CA

"Home computer. Thats the Ben Franklin Bridge connecting South Jersey to Philly. The view is from the Philly side right near my buddy's apt. where I spent most of my time on that side of the water. You can also see the edge of the Susquehana Bank Center (Tweeter Center for you old schoolers... E Center for you real way-back kids) in the bottom right corner where many great times were had. I recently moved out to San Diego, so this is the image that most reminds me of where I'm from and who I am-right between those 2 places." JM -San Diego, CA

2009-03-25T18:52:00.000-07:00

"Sheets on my bed from when I was staying in Hong Kong. Pretty rad. My life is hectic right now, and thus my desktop is starting to get out of control. Let's hope I can calm her down before I lose command of the ship."
JR, NYC

2009-03-16T08:49:00.000-07:00

"My desktop pic on my computer which is a home and work combo (because I am self employed) is a pic of the range of cupcakes that my business sells. I have just started a business called ilovecupcakes and my partner and I have big aspirations of making the cupcake the next big thing in Israel. So this pic just serves as added motivation each morning and I am hoping that the more I look at the cupcakes and the more we bake and taste, the less I am going to want to eat these little beauty's. I hope..."

HR, Tel Aviv

2009-03-11T14:57:00.000-07:00

"My desktop at home is clean and simple. My work desktop (pictured) has a lot of unused icons, word files spread wantonly upon't, and more stuff in the task tray than I know what to do with. I balance it out by having two little kittens in a barrel as my background. Whenever my day gets too intense, I can look in little Phillipp's eyes and my anger will recede like an ocean."
JR - Thrashville, TN

2009-03-10T16:46:00.000-07:00

"Anguilla, one of the prettiest places in the world. And it wasn't even a sunny day. Shortcuts to folders that contain everything I need to know for the moment. iTunes open, Gmail open, always. My home computer. " EWK, NYC

2009-03-10T15:31:00.000-07:00

"If I'm ever feeling stressed, i just hit Win+M to minimize everything and stare at this cute guy - Home Computer." TP, Memphis, TN

2009-03-09T16:44:00.000-07:00

"here's my desktop. currently the image is a still from the new Where the Wild Things Are movie. I'm looking forward to it. They're trading in the CGI for old school costume design and it's looking good."
MCR, NYC

2009-02-09T18:10:00.000-08:00

"This picture is from my friend's birthday party. I love how happy and relaxed we all are. It makes me happy when I see it." NB, NYC, USA

2009-02-06T15:53:00.000-08:00

"This desktop is of my laptop. Its a picture of my boyfriend and me standing in front of the famous "Tour d'Eifel" in Paris. And purple is such a great colour."
Alina,Freiburg,Germany

2009-02-06T15:48:00.000-08:00

"As noted, this is my work pc. I work at a non-profit in Brooklyn, NY.

I love sci-fi and all that it embodies- the what if's always surrounding the human condition. This wallpaper is by Gilles Nuytens, is a mix of a few different sci fi shows, it reminds me of all the the possibilities..."

PdP, Brooklyn, NY

2009-01-20T14:16:00.000-08:00

"I'm constantly changing the way my Desktop looks. This screenshot was captured when I was playing with Talisman, an windows shell replacement. The only thing I forgot to do back then was minimize google-talk :(" SH, USA

2009-01-19T18:28:00.000-08:00

"A picture of my dad and I taken when I was 4. He's taught me everything I'll ever need to know in life, including engine repair. I've always looked up to him, except between the ages of 12 - 21 when I was a dickhead and an idiot. This is the desktop for my home computer, and it gives me more motivation to study." JW, NYC, USA

2009-01-19T16:49:00.001-08:00

"i have a weird obsessive/compulsive desire to name all of my coveted electronic appliances (only the ones i use frequently, i'm definitely not naming wall sockets and dvd players). so this is my laptop, ophelia. i've gone through 3 laptops in 3 years and they've all had slow and painful deaths - tragic coke spill by my little sister for sparky, viral infection and subsequent comatose state for rosie the riveter - so i felt like this laptop needed to be treated more delicately and thus needed an appropriately more delicate, ultra-feminine name to remind me to take better care of it. HENCE! ophelia. this desktop picture is my absolute favorite vargas pin-up, and it definitely exemplifies ophelia's delicate, sexy charm. :)" ST, NYC, USA

2009-01-19T16:10:00.000-08:00

"I have on my desktop an image of one of the greatest movies ever made, "My Neighbor, Totoro" by Hayao Miyazaki (along with my love of virtual post-notes on the right hand side because I tend to be very forgetful -__-)...It's my home computer." DY, NYC, USA

2009-01-16T10:52:00.000-08:00

AB, Los Angeles, USA

2009-01-15T18:57:00.000-08:00

"Here's my desktop." RP, NYC, USA

2009-01-14T18:41:00.000-08:00

"This is enso, the Buddhist symbol for Zen. It reminds me to keep things simple." AK, New York City, USA

2009-01-13T07:04:00.001-08:00

"Personal MacBook. My hand, as seen through the iSight camera's "Glow" effect." AJR, Washington DC, USA

2009-01-03T10:02:00.000-08:00

This pretty much sums of my dog's approach to life. I consider him "The Dude" of canines. DC, Tel Aviv

2009-01-03T10:00:00.000-08:00

"This is from my personal laptop. It's a picture I took of the Moon Valley in the Atacama Desert in Chile. The image doesn't really inspire me at all, but I keep it solely because I love the smug satisfaction I get when I tell people that I took it myself and that it's not a stock photo, of course!" AT, NJ, USA

2008-12-18T20:50:00.000-08:00

"My desktop is basically a to do list. I think ideally it would just have a trashcan on it, although so far that's never happened. I don't understand why it's actually called a recycle bin either. It doesn't recycle anything. Hmm, what does that say about me? The photo is of Bryce Canyon National Park. It's from last winter break and reminds me of Ben. Oh, and it's a home computer. Woo!" TS, USA

2008-12-18T16:58:00.000-08:00

"dfgfdgdfgdf" PK, CT, USA

2008-12-18T16:29:00.000-08:00

"my location is san francisco and this desktop was selected the day after the greatest event of the last decade or so and this seems to very adequately sum up the way most of the people I know feel." BS, SF, USA

2008-12-18T16:23:00.000-08:00

"This is actually paper that I discovered in India for my wedding stationery. When I scanned it I thought it would make a serene desktop, and it is very relaxing sometimes. Other times it just stresses me out." CA, CT, USA

2008-12-18T16:22:00.000-08:00

"this is my super exasperated ego.....sometimes when i come home and kurt has left too many dishes in the sink ; )" YW, CT, USA

2008-12-18T16:20:00.000-08:00

"The background image is a drawing of the Hostalets Youth Center by the late Enric Miralles. It's one of my favorite projects, done by my favorite architect. It serves as a daily reminder of why I chose this profession." JB, CT, USA

2008-12-18T16:14:00.000-08:00

"This is my home desktop. I happened to have liked one of the default Windows Vista desktops when I got my fancy new Dell computer, so I kept it. Simple, clean. I may change it one day, but for now, it works." MR, CT, USA

2008-12-18T16:12:00.000-08:00

"Here is my current desktop. My laptop died and Zach H. very very kindly lent me his old one. I think this picture was taken from his plane while he was flying through the fabric of time much like in the 1995 made for TV movie (and 1980 book by the same same name) The Langoliers by Stephen King." RW, CT, USA

2008-12-18T16:09:00.000-08:00

"So here you go: my home desktop, clean and super-boring." DC, CT, USA

2008-12-18T16:07:00.000-08:00

KE, CT, USA

2008-12-18T16:04:00.000-08:00

""This is my Thinkpad (PC) laptop desktop. I try to keep it as simple as possible, but often I get lazy and start adding folders, like the ones on the lower left. The black background not only matches the casing of the computer, but also provides for contrast between any application that is open, as very few programs use all black backgrounds. This desktop thing is way too revealing." CC, USA

2008-12-18T15:59:00.000-08:00

"this is my work computer screenshot-- the idea was to create a personal escape during the workday, except for i think its backfiring cause whenever i look at it i wish i was on vacation instead :)" AG, NYC, USA

2008-12-18T15:57:00.001-08:00

HK, NYC, USA

2008-12-17T12:50:00.000-08:00

"This is my work desktop. There are two screens, hence the double diptych. Its a giant painting that is in my livingroom, and it makes me think of my home, which makes me very happy." LS, USA

2008-12-17T12:49:00.000-08:00

"My personal laptop- I took this picture when I was studying abroad in Russia, and it's always the place I would most rather be if I were not where I am at the time." AT, NJ

2008-12-16T21:14:00.000-08:00

RB, USA

2008-12-16T19:03:00.000-08:00

"This desktop was developed on an optimistic day a few years ago as a way of organizing my computer. Most of those folders and documents remain completely empty, and for the ones that are full, it's been months if not years since I've opened them. They're all out of order now, too, since when I'm bored I tend to drag them around without paying much attention. My desktop's saving grace is its flower background, though. Whenever people borrow my computer, they comment on how beautiful the photo is. Not surprisingly, it wasn't me, but a friend who took it and put it there. Tomorrow I'm finally going to reorganize it and fix the whole thing." AT, SF, USA

2008-12-16T15:54:00.000-08:00

"So the image on my desktop is part of an experiment of my own. I take a camera, break the lens, and take pictures. This is one of those pictures." DC, USA

"mon desktop" RZ, USA

2008-12-15T22:35:00.000-08:00

"I'm just a mild mannered, bleeding heart Democrat, who wants to work hand-in-hand with my fellow Americans to build a stronger country. I think this economic downturn is historic, but I believe we can overcome it by working together. We have to have hope, we all have to sacrifice, we have to accept one another, we have to love one another." MS, OR

2008-12-14T18:27:00.000-08:00

"My desktop is a disaster. I can't find my hard drive logo. I spend more time finding files than I do working." FGM, USA

NH, USA

CO, USA

2008-12-08T17:46:00.000-08:00

LB, USA

2008-12-03T12:45:00.000-08:00

"This is the desktop of my laptop. The cute baby is my lovely 1-year old niece." ND, Bulgaria

2008-11-22T17:04:00.002-08:00

"This is my girlfriend's and my pooch, Snoopy. He's crazy." NC, NJ, USA

2008-11-22T15:15:00.000-08:00

"fsggw" CP, USA

2008-11-21T14:24:00.000-08:00

"A shot from my home computer of the simplistic beauty of life's fine balance." MHW, USA

2008-11-19T20:20:00.000-08:00

"This is my home/school work computer. The photo is of my chocolate lab, Gravy, who found a turtle in his yard. He's a big wuss. I like this photo because even though he's barking at the turtle, it almost looks as if the turtle is on the attack. I try to keep my desktop clutter-free, but I'm in the midst of thesis writing and other end-of-the semester craziness so I keep these files easily accessible." SF, USA

2008-11-19T18:45:00.000-08:00

"I don't think I would ever buy a cat... but if I were to ever change my mind: this is the one I would get - it's called a Bengal and is very smart (and expensive because it is a descendant of a wild Asian Leopard Cat)." AL, USA - Home Computer

"This is from my work office... Keep it as simple as possible!!" AL, USA, Work

2008-11-18T19:39:00.000-08:00

"This is my desktop at home. I like th sassy Asian girl and the plum background. I think it's very "me"." AP, USA

2008-11-18T17:37:00.000-08:00

"I put together these Natalie Wood Images,I think she was the most beautiful women ever!" JD, USA

2008-11-18T17:29:00.000-08:00

"the background is a picture I took at the Radiohead performance at the All Points West Festival in Jersey City" KC, USA

2008-11-15T08:45:00.000-08:00

"This is my latest installment. To me, this photo always conjures up the notion that teenagers are about to make out in a basement somewhere. And who can't get behind that?" JR, NYC, USA

2008-11-14T19:40:00.000-08:00

"i enjoy this one for its oriental sparseness and meditative feel. the picture is of this climb in bishop, ca, where i'll be going soon. it keeps me looking forward to the trip." AM, USA

2008-11-14T19:32:00.000-08:00

"so i sent you a picture of some pears i have at work, now here is a pair of monitors that are my home computer set up.
the fuzzy picture is a close up of my husband's face when he dressed up as a zombie for halloween. i like how it's pretty abstract but i can see his creepy zombie eye in the bottom right corner. the fuzzy creature is my dog, katy wetzel, eating a carrot from the garden." JG, USA

"here is a picture of my desktop at work. i like pears." JG, USA

2008-11-12T14:20:00.000-08:00

"Personal/work computer. A drawing of the White House and surrounding blocks, circa 1857. My office is just outside the frame on the right side. Library of Congress has a shit-ton of these old maps -- of practically every city in the country -- in their online digital collections: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html" AJR, DC, USA

2008-11-12T14:17:00.000-08:00

"Climbing up! Backcountry skiing in BC, Canada. Home computer." R.C., Seattle, WA

2008-11-10T10:16:00.001-08:00

"the picture in the center is a result of working at a retouching company and being delerious." DS, NYC, USA

2008-11-09T16:39:00.000-08:00

"This is from a guy that takes shots of textured colored surfaces. Real close up. His flickr name is Nolando. Good stuff" EF, USA

2008-11-09T16:21:00.000-08:00

"I just changed my desktop for the first time in 2 years. I think it might make me a little dizzy, but I'm going to go with it for now."--AMM Portland, OR

2008-11-09T16:13:00.000-08:00

"The picture is of a place whose name i probably can't spell and am too lazy to look up but in close approximation is "meringsport". It's in South Africa but I'm even too lazy to find out where precisely. I took this picture 2 summers ago when i spent a month driving around SA with my South African boyfriend. We drove through the meringsport because he knows how much i love geology, and the rock structures along this (essentially mini canyon) are amazing. We'd parked the car and gotten out to look at a waterfall, this shot was taken on the way back. It's not the world's best picture, but I like it because it feels kind of cozy - cozy like rainy days and enclosed spaces... p.s. the files are all job or class related - 2L year of law school has turned me into a kind of one-dimensional person, at least from a desktop perspective" KM, USA

2008-11-09T16:12:00.000-08:00

"On a break from the OR: a computer at LICH (long island college hospital) Brooklyn, NY. This is what we're dreaming of everyday." V.N., USA

2008-11-06T17:33:00.000-08:00

"This is my home laptop. The picture was taken from a hot air balloon over Charlottesville, VA. Kind of feels like flying." AH-USA

2008-11-06T14:48:00.000-08:00

"I just downloaded this one off of Facebook in celebration of this great time in history." JNJ, DC, USA

2008-11-05T20:38:00.000-08:00

"I enjoy the following forms of art: photography and music." MS, UT,USA

2008-11-03T11:51:00.000-08:00

"This is my desktop. It's a photo I recently took of my dog for a calendar contest which benefits the Animal Welfare Society on Clemson's campus. She hates the jacket, which is why she looks so sad, but I still think its a great photo." JML, USA

2008-10-30T21:20:00.000-07:00

"I like my desktop because it reminds me of a party, and that's cool because I like to party." A.D., NYC, USA

2008-10-28T19:20:00.000-07:00

"green leaves in central park's shakespeare's garden. taken on a very hot summer day, the color of the leaves just seemed so fresh and cool. on my home laptop." CCC, Manhattan, USA

2008-10-28T07:24:00.000-07:00

"i dont think theres much to say about this..."CH, USA

2008-10-27T18:38:00.000-07:00

G.R., USA

2008-10-27T18:35:00.000-07:00

"This is my work pc. The picture is one my friend took in California. She is an amazing photographer. I rotate my desktop pictures every moth or so with soothing ones to keep me sane. I try to keep useless crap off my desktop, one more thing to make my life easier." NC, NYC, USA

2008-10-26T12:24:00.000-07:00

ZPS, USA

2008-10-25T15:14:00.000-07:00

"My desktop is an image of my college library during a student art installation. The whirling warmth of the windows reminds me of the excitement and strangeness of those four years, the foreboding sky of the dread I'd feel before entering the library during finals, unsure if i'd make it out alive, and the architecture is like a queer twist on the concrete communist blocs of Romania, where I now live." ES, Romania

2008-10-25T15:11:00.000-07:00

"This is an aerial photo taken of my home turf: Cape Cod, Massachusetts. I grew up there, and I love how this photo captures how vulnerable the Cape is, sticking way out in the middle of the ocean like that. I try to describe that feeling to people and I can just tell they don't get it. It really tells a lot about who I am. This is on my own, very own, first ever, never without it, laptop. HomeWorkPlay. All the same for me." S.M. USA

2008-10-25T15:06:00.000-07:00

"I tend to keep my PC side of my MacBookPro as one image, and rotate my Mac backgrounds. This is my PC. What the image is: I took this picture standing inside a cone of light in an art installation at SFMoMA in september 2007 - the installation was a projector in a darkened room projecting very crisp lines or volumes onto the opposite wall. I like this image for a few reasons: 1) I was working as a lighting designer when I took the photo and therefore relate vicrerally to light installations 2) the security guard nearly confiscated my camera and kicked me out soon after shooting, and 3) dark images on computer screens use less energy (an argument that would actually hold water if I wasn't always using the screen for something else with non-black backgrounds...). As for the stuff on the desktop - I am currently a graduate student in Architecture - therefore the multitude of graphics programs." DW, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

2008-10-25T15:02:00.000-07:00

"I've attached a screenshot of my work computer. I tend to change my picture a lot, depending on my mood or the mood in my office. Right now, it's a great picture of plumeria and the beach in Hawaii. I went there this summer, and I have it up to remind me of that wonderful vacation." -CS, St. Louis, MO, USA

2008-10-25T14:55:00.000-07:00

"My desktop was a quick job. I work at a design firm called OneFastBuffalo. In the beginning I had a hot pink background. That was it, just hot pink. My boss who loves vintage, buffalos, cowboy boots, indians and dirt didn't think that it fit the OneFastBuffalo "brand." So, I whipped up this background that couldn't be more brand... I mean, it has buffalos, dirt and our name smeared ALL over it." CC, Dallas, USA

2008-10-25T14:43:00.000-07:00

"This is a one of the first pictures released from the Phoenix Lander's mission to Mars. It's pretty remarkable, in that it is the first photograph ever to show the Moon and Earth in one frame. As a science teacher, it fits my work personality nicely." JNJ, DC, USA

2008-10-25T14:39:00.000-07:00

"this is a picture of mount of the holy cross in colorado. i went on a hike to see it a couple of summers ago, and it was beautiful as mountains are, and so this was the best google image of it that i could find. original, i know. the clutter is because i'm always in a hurry when i'm on my puter cuz i'm always doing schoolwork and want to be done soon or have too much to do in the time that i have, and so i never take the time to delete or reorganize files." MJB, Wisconsin, USA