Avatars Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple Discussion Boards to receive major overhaul

by Keith M (Aug 17th, 2010)

The Apple Discussion Boards have long been a great source of help for Apple end-users and professionals looking for both Apple-supplied and community-supplied assistance. In my personal experience, though, it can sometimes be a frustrating place to visit. Apple has announced that what has been ...

Sitting for a portrait with FaceTime on iPhone 4

by Steven Sande (Jul 16th, 2010)

So, you're tired of your Twitter avatar, the photo of your face that you took in Photo Booth. Maybe a nice portrait would be in order... David Lanham, who is probably best known for his work with Iconfactory (he designed Ollie, the Twitteriffic bluebird), is an accomplished artist whose body of ...

Create unique avatars and contact pics with Persona

by Kevin Harter (Jun 26th, 2009)

Some people like to have unique avatars for forums and instant messaging clients. I don't. My avatars usually end up being silly pictures of myself because I'm a shallow narcissist...and a bit lazy. However, for those more creative than I, Persona [iTunes link] is a nice iPhone app in which to ...

Liven up Address Book with Avatars

by Brett Terpstra (Dec 29th, 2007)

Is your Address Book full of web-savvy friends who know what a Gravatar (or a Pavatar) is? Avatars is a freeware plugin for Address Book that searches for, displays, and adds your contacts' avatars to their cards. It installs with a package installer as a SIMBL plugin, and it looks to me like SIMBL ...