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One for the folks in the 10K challenge.

Instead of working on my 10K SMart coding challenge, like I should be.  I instead took about 20 minutes and banged out a couple of wallpapers for my iPhone in honor of MIX 09 using Expression Design using the art from the MIXtify section.  If you want them, just grab them.  Enjoy. One for the MIX 09 foks... And one for the 10K ...

A iPhone wallpaper for you for MIX09.

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 it. Surface brings a larger space to interact with, and more options.  ...

After watching this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FJHYqE0RDg on the Android Demo, I have to say that the touch portion of the demo is nice.  Who knows, maybe I could create a ''copy and paste'' program for the touch device and win some of that 10 million dollar prize money.  But what I'd really like is to work ...

  I recently returned from a vacation to one of the pioneers of UX, Walt Disney World.  And the thing that impressed me was the experience that Disney wanted you to have.  They want it immersive, consistent, friendly, themed, thrilling yet safe, familiar, and helpful.  They succeed pretty much 100% of the time.  And the ...

OK, it's not really new.  I've had it for about a month.  So far I like it.  I like having Internet access, albeit slow, but 3G isn't everywhere so I don't want to have to pay ''everywhere'' prices per month.  The screen size is great.  That makes a big difference.  The form factor is just right (Apple does great ...

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'' on a Fingerworks keyboard become ''zoom in and zoom out'' on the ...