Thoughts about design and technology.

Details have been coming out about the next version of Windows, to be called Windows 7. Vista hasn’t gotten very good praise since it came out. Even though I’m a Vista user and do like it overall, it seems like Windows 7 is basically designed to make critics of Vista happy. And to make it […]

While going through some of the presentations given at this year’s Mix Conference from Microsoft, I realized that while there was a good amount of effort put into showing how Microsoft is paying attention to the interactive user experience, the main focus seemed to be on advertising and what tools Microsoft provides for advertisers for […]

It was that time again for me to look at new cell phone options. My two-year contract with Cingular was over and I already decided a while ago that Verizon Wireless was looking better this time around. It also meant it was time for a new phone. I had a Windows Mobile-based smartphone the last […]

Multi-touch computing has been a technology in the works for a while, with a few different companies rushing to make it first to market with a product. Its no surprise that the first to get there is Microsoft with their Surface. They’ve been a head of the game with (single) touch screen tablet PCs for […]

Even though it’s been almost three months since Microsoft’s Mix 06 conference, I finally had the time recently to go through the show’s sessions archive. Here are some things I found particularly interesting about what Microsoft is doing.
Channel 9 and Mix
The theme of the show was ‘a 72 hour discussion’ and was not only for […]

Oh come on, these new Mac ads are ridiculous…

Viruses - This is the only commercial I saw on TV last week. A few days ago, I heard this podcast which makes the timing of these both the only funny thing about the commercial.
Restarting - I can’t remember the last time I had to restart my […]

The general reaction to the Origami Ultra Mobile PC has been pretty negative. The biggest point being made is that it’s a format that has no purpose in anyone’s lifestyle, especially the target market who already has laptops, cell phones, PDAs and Tablet PCs. Well, I think there are good uses for it, at least […]