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Reminder: MIX '09 session on touch this afternoon
Remember, Joe Fletcher has his session this afternoon. Touch and Gesture Computing, What You Haven't...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 03/20/2009
Microsoft Surface officially launches in the UK
Yesterday, the Microsoft UK team introduced the UK launch of Microsoft Surface in central London....
Author: Eric Ha Date: 03/19/2009
MIX '09 Touch and Gesture Computing
Microsoft Surface's Joe Fletcher will be presenting at MIX09 in Vegas on Friday of this week. After...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 03/17/2009
Clearing up the confusion on future Microsoft Surface
There’s been some buzz in the media this week about the next version of Microsoft Surface and I’d...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 03/17/2009
How did WPF become the primary platform for Surface?
When I joined the Surface team at the start of 2004 it was already clear that we were doing...
Author: KevinKennedy Date: 03/13/2009
Friday afternoon chat with Dr. Neil on education
Education is back on the radar (late) this week. Earlier today I had a quick chat with Dr. Neil...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 03/13/2009
Video Sketching: Designing Beyond the 'Screen'
I’d like to propose an alternative to typical, preliminary design exploration techniques such as...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/13/2009
Get your business on Microsoft Surface
Lori Grosland from Channel 10 has posted another video from CeBIT '09 in Hannover. In this video she...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 03/11/2009
Get cruising on Microsoft Surface
Lori Grosland from Channel 10 was at CeBIT in Hannover last week. She spoke with Ralf Kluth from...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 03/10/2009
We're up on Twitter
I've launched an official Microsoft Surface channel on Twitter. I'll continue to cover stories on...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 03/06/2009
Northrop Grumman Innovating for the War Fighter
Just a couple weeks back I was over at the Microsoft Army Symposium and it was clear there were a...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 03/04/2009
Microsoft Surface officially arrives in Europe
We've seen some unboxing reports coming for a little while out on the blogs. Today, at CeBIT in...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 03/02/2009
The revolution's impact on development
With all these changes in computing that Microsoft Surface introduces, what's it like to develop for...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 02/28/2009
Losing touch? Feeling isolated with technology?
How does Microsoft Surface improve the immersion you once felt with your computer? Are you too...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 02/27/2009
Why is Microsoft Surface horizontal?
Let's talk about form factor, and what impact it has on users when working with Microsoft Surface....
Author: Eric Ha Date: 02/26/2009
What is NUI?
When it comes to Microsoft Surface, there is always talk about natural user interface (NUI). I'd...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 02/25/2009
Conversations about Microsoft Surface
A little while back I had the good fortune of visiting Stimulant in San Francisco. The visit...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 02/24/2009
A peek at SecondLight
Microsoft is showing off cool tech from Microsoft Research at the annual TechFest. Microsoft...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 02/24/2009
Could the U.S. Army use Microsoft Surface?
A couple weeks back, Microsoft held an Army Symposium to have a two-way conversation with with Army...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 02/24/2009
What's all that a-boat?
I'll admit it. I am a bit slow picking up and posting on this. So, I'm going to give credit where...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 02/17/2009
Newsreader on Microsoft Surface
I've got a new application to share with you today. It's a news reader that our team just released...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 02/13/2009
Geotagging follow up
Now that you’ve seen my photo geotagging application posted here last December, I am following up...
Author: BogPop Date: 02/04/2009
Stimulant labs mashup with XRay of an iPhone with Microsoft Surface
Want to see something cool? Stimulant, who previously brought us the Wii balance board mashup, shows...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 02/02/2009
Microsoft Surface commands the Superbowl
Three Microsoft partners have worked together to provide a service for the Super Bowl that is like...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 01/29/2009
Exploration in Financial Services
Jason McConnell took me through the "Woodgrove Financial" demo for financial services on Micrososft...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 01/22/2009
Education with nsquared Part Two
We've had great comments on the blog in regards to my previous post about Microsoft Surface in...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 01/20/2009
nsquared Educational Apps Demo
I've received input on the blog that readers would like to hear about Microsoft Surface and...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 01/13/2009
Health care, VitraView by InterKnowlogy
You may have seen the future of computing demo at CES 2009 which featured Microsoft Surface. Today...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 01/12/2009
Al Roker dances live from CES
The ever-entertaining Al Roker appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe this morning live from CES with...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 01/07/2009
Wedding Demo, a WPF developer's story
Planning your big day? Or maybe CES 2010? Brad Cunningham at InterKnowlogy shows us an application...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 01/07/2009
Travel agency prototype for Microsoft Surface
I got this email tip today that a Japanese company, 2ndFactory, had come up with an interesting...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 01/06/2009
XNA Blocks with InterKnowlogy
Here's something fun. Take a developer and a few hours time and you've got the app below from Rodney...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 01/06/2009
Nintendo Wii balance board and Microsoft Surface mashup by Stimulant
Before we bid adieu to 2008, I thought we could take one more look at the Nintendo Wii balance board...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 12/31/2008
Geotagging with Bogdan
In the last days of 2008, we'll look back at a couple things we saw earlier in the year. Today we'll...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 12/30/2008
Holidays and Bubble Wrap
I passed a mall today and thought about how many packages must have exchanged hands in the past few...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 12/26/2008
Spotted: Library with Microsoft Surface
I was just poking around this afternoon and spotted the following video out on Flickr. It's at the...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 12/17/2008
Surface in Day the Earth Stood Still
I'll have to admit, I'm probably a little slow on posting this one because I haven't had a chance to...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 12/16/2008
SplatBox, the VJ app, on Microsoft Surface
Kevin Kennedy will have been with the Microsoft Surface team five years in January. On the blog,...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 12/16/2008
Hotel 1000 and Microsoft Surface
I recently visited Microsoft Surface in Hotel 1000. Hotel 1000 is a luxury hotel in Seattle with an...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 12/15/2008
Discount pricing on Surface in the US extended
At PDC we announced special pricing for Microsoft Surface. We've now extended that pricing through...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 11/19/2008
Stimulant's Tone Grid
I was recently visiting at our Microsoft partner Stimulant. These guys have been working with...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 11/11/2008
TGIF with Holograms
If it wasn't Friday, I don't know what we'd do! We sometimes get a little extra energy and need to...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 11/07/2008
Surface in the Code Magazine podcast
I got to spend a few minutes talking with Markus Egger from Code Magazine during PDC. You can listen...
Author: rlevy Date: 11/07/2008
IdentityMine Surface apps at PDC 2008
While at the PDC 2008 showcase, I stopped by the IdentityMine booth to see what they had cooked up...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 11/05/2008
Bryan & Charles
[This is a guest blog post written by Bryan Beatty about one of his PDC experiences. Bryan is a dev...
Author: rlevy Date: 11/03/2008
Surface on .NET Rocks
Right after our PDC presentation, Doug and I got whisked away by Carl and Richard from .NET Rocks....
Author: rlevy Date: 10/31/2008
Developers, developers, developers
Robert just posted with a link to our PDC session. Check it out here. Here's the next part of my...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 10/28/2008