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• Designing NUI Experiences

  A few months back I posted a collection of Microsoft Surface tips from the Twitter hashtag #Surfacetip . The 140 character limit is somewhat challenging so I'm planning to tackle these tips one-by-one in a tad more detail. I’ll start with a simple tip, Read More... Posted 28 May 2009 17:58 by Richard.Wand | 0 Comments Filed under: user experience, interactive media, microsoft surface, multi touch, intuitive, innovation, natural user interface

• Keep the Gamers Happy

  Last week Hungry Hippo came to Microsoft Surface . As a child I munched my way through many a white plastic marble so I am fascinated to see how this classic children’s board game takes to a digital makeover. A number of puzzles, board games and arcade Read More... Posted 22 May 2009 14:26 by Richard.Wand | 0 Comments Filed under: user experience, interactive media, microsoft surface, multi touch, intuitive, innovation, natural user interface, emc conchango, hungry hippo

• Surface Computers as Interactive Learning Platform for Kinesthetic Learners

  People learn in different ways. We are unique learners with our own learning style. Some learners have a dominant style whilst others display a mix of learning styles which they call upon in different situations. Visual learners digest information by Read More... Posted 05 May 2009 23:10 by Richard.Wand | 3 Comments Filed under: interactive media, digital media, rich media, microsoft surface, multi touch, innovation, natural user interface

• Microsoft Surface causes Tweet-storm

  It’s been a funny old week for Microsoft Surface . A lesser known marketing agency has been catapulted in to the spotlight after they published a post describing their frustrations setting up the Surface device. If Laurel and Hardy had been tasked with Read More... Posted 27 April 2009 10:48 by Richard.Wand | 4 Comments Filed under: blog, interactive media, microsoft surface, multi touch, innovation, twitter, natural user interface, emc conchango

• Microsoft Surface tips

  The usual #Surface suspects have been posting their Microsoft Surface tips on Twitter. To avoid losing these design recommendations for this interaction paradigm in to the twittersphere I have collated the first 20 tips below. If anyone wants to suggest Read More... Posted 12 March 2009 20:32 by Richard.Wand | 2 Comments Filed under: user centred design, interactive media, rich media, microsoft surface, multi touch, innovation, natural user interface

• Sketching User Interfaces

  So often criticised for its crimes against usability, Visio has been a loyal servant to me during the industrial years of the wireframe factory. Yet this tool of choice for the past decade is now at risk of being retired as the shift from Web to Surface Read More... Posted 04 March 2009 21:58 by Richard.Wand | 8 Comments Filed under: interactive media, rich media, microsoft surface, twitter, natural user interface, sketch

• Microsoft Surface: the Master of Digital Ceremonies

  On multi-touch devices like Microsoft Surface and the SMART table multiple users interact with digital content concurrently. These digital social experiences extend beyond a poke and a tweet as users interact face-to-face. The success of these multi-user Read More... Posted 01 March 2009 21:29 by Richard.Wand | 0 Comments Filed under: customer experience, user centred design, interactive media, microsoft surface, multi touch, natural user interface

• Boost Brain Power

  Having read an article on how to increase one's productivity it got me thinking whether there is something missing from our design strategies. We want users to achieve their mental peak when using an application but what are we doing to encourage this? Read More... Posted 20 February 2009 09:22 by Richard.Wand | 2 Comments Filed under: customer experience, user centred design, interactive media, rich media, microsoft surface, natural user interface, brain

• Interaction Revolution

  Imagine a digital utopia where designers are free from grid-based design, and precision mouse control & clicks are replaced by gestural mechanisms. Where imagination is not exclusively for the mavericks to throw a curve ball at what’s achievable. Read More... Posted 12 February 2009 22:18 by Richard.Wand | 3 Comments Filed under: customer experience, user experience, digital media, rich media, microsoft surface, multi touch, natural user interface