Development Introduction

Hello! I’m Kevin Kennedy and I’m a software developer on the Surface Team. I’ve been on this project since Jan ‘04. I primarily do applications development and even got to write some of the demo apps that we’ve been showing. In addition to development I’ve also been able to take on short-term roles like demonstrator, trainer, Surface technician, user research assistant, “ideator”, person to help lift heavy things, and now blogger. Other products I’ve worked on at Microsoft include Windows 95, Outlook, and Smartphone/PPC.

My posts here will be related to Surface software development. I hope to talk about interesting parts of the system from the cameras up through the applications. There will also be some trips down memory lane to share how we got where we are.

I’ve seen this project through a lot of twists and turns. The thing that has really impressed me is the faith that upper management has had in this technology and the user experience we want to provide. I think a lot of that is the magic you experience when you first interact with the Surface. After having to keep quiet about this project for such a long time, I’m psyched that we can now involve more people in the Surface community.

Comments

• Anonymous
  November 02, 2007
  The comment has been removed
• Anonymous
  November 02, 2007
  I've got some posts about the SDK in the queue for this blog - stay tuned :)