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Art, whether it's music, visual or another of our senses, art creates a connection to the experience. Why do we disregard it in our software so often? Here's something for you to enjoy. Solar, with lyrics. from flight404 on Vimeo .
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It looks like the Surface group has been really busy since Mix08 . Found by way of Long Zheng , are refined and polished versions of existing apps and a bunch of new applications. Check our Long's post.
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I haven't really had a chance to blog to much while I've been here at Mix 08. There's just to much to see. From Surface to Elvis there is just to many cool things here and even more great people to meet. I've been twittering most everything because I
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I'm getting ready to head out the door for MIX 08 . Looks like the weather here in Atlanta may be a little nasty. I'll be twittering along the way. I'm looking forward to hitting the tables at MIX, once the Sandbox is open. I had started a Flotzam restyle
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Edward Tufte, master presenter, author and information design visionary will be in Atlanta on March 24th and 25th . If you haven't seen him, register here . You also get all four of his books included in the price. I'll be here and if I can go, possibly
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Here's an idea for Photosynth that I'd like to see happen, that I had about a year ago. Premise : Visual hyperlinking that uses Photosynth style photo mapping for search matches. Usage : You're out looking for a place to eat and you snap a pic with your
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Whenever the discussion comes to new technology and why would an organization risk using new technology , I think that Wayne Gretzky , yes the hockey player, got it right with this quote. I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.
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I've now got a twitter account. Follow my twitter updates at http://twitter.com/IdeaKitchn or if you'd like here's a RSS feed. Sean
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I thought I'd put together a list of predictions for MIX 08. Some could happen, some will happen and some could not happen, you decide! Steve Ballmer gives Keynote in black turtleneck and jeans. IE 8 demo IE 8 uses the "Office Ribbon" toolbar. Popfly
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Over at the ISV Developer Evangelism blog, jpelak posted about a couple of preview SilverLight control toolsets, that are now available. They're from ComponentOne ( the Sapphire toolkit ) and InterSoft ( the WebAqua toolkit ). Both are beautiful and usable,
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I think that surface and gesture computing is going to explode over the next five years. We're going to see it in many areas of our life. We already are with devices like the iPhone and the HTC Touch, however Surface will bring more opportunities with
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Join all of us and our host, Shawn Wildermuth, for discussions from the Oracle SOA suite (it's not limited to just Microsoft technologies) to SilverLight ( Shawn ) to LINQ ( Jim ). Join us for food, brew and conversation. RSVP here! http://www.geekdinners.com/geekdinners/DinnerInstance.aspx?id=3
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Check out the video spoof of Bill Gates last day at work from the CES keynote over at Long Zheng's blog. http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080107/bill-gates-last-day-microsoft-video/ I've always loved the fact that Bill Gates is able to have fun with
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And win... The good people over at Lab49 (New York's finest WPF consultancy) have a contest focused on using WPF in finance. I've long felt that WPF is a perfect match for the financial market, due to the rich visualization needs and the shear amount
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The Strategic Architecture Group has put the SAF content online. What is the SAF you ask? It is the Strategic Architect Forum made up of three days of discussions and sessions about everything from UX, to Composite Applications to SAAS. Check out the
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