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Sean's Idea Kitchen

A place where I can cook up ideas.

June 2007 - Posts

The mouse arrow
Ever wonder how your mouse arrow works? A Japanese firm uses a special magnifying device to show you. Just mouse over the grey circle to see. http://www.1-click.jp/ Sean Read More...
Why the iPhone doesn't have "cut and paste"
Since Apple brought on the founders of Fingerworks , I think I know why the iPhone doesn't have "cut and paste" . It's because the gestures for cut and paste are used for different actions on the iPhone from the Fingerworks keyboards. So "cut and paste" Read More...
Microsoft Surface on a tablet
Over at Long Zheng's site , he's got a video of the good people over at Microsoft Research Cambridge demoing a tablet version of Microsoft Surface . In the video you'll see Steve Hodges demo the functionality and how they did it. With Jeff Han's work, Read More...
Free Expression Training
Found via Aussie UX Evangelist, Shane Morris , get free online Expression training from lynda.com . The course covering the RTM version of Expression Blend looks good to me. I'll have to get to it afterward. Right now, I'm enjoying the WPF virtual bootcamp Read More...
The Ultimate Breakfast Burrito?
Take a bacon place-mat , add cheese eggs and a side of salsa and you've possibly the ultimate breakfast burrito. I'm sure the Atkins folks have tried this already. Read More...
A funny post from Design Observer
In " Everything I Know About Design I Learned from The Sopranos " over at Design Observer , Michael Bierut covers everything from client relations to aesthetics. Funny stuff. (Warning: Sopranos = Salty language) Enjoy. Read More...
The future of applications
I see the day (soon) when all of these applications that we see on TV and in movies are going to be made with WPF. Until then, check out the guy that creates all of these. His name is Mark Coleran, and man does he have talent. Found by way of Information Read More...
Overheard at Best Buy last night
Last night at Best Buy in the Mac section I overheard these comments by the salesperson. "The Mac is more intuitive once you get used to it." and... "You're more apt to do something wrong on the Mac and succeed, than do something right on Windows and Read More...