A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design
Bret Victor on Microsoft’s Future Vision video:
Pictures Under Glass is old news. Let’s start using our hands.
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Productivity Future Vision by Microsoft
I like Microsoft’s vision of the future: interconnected devices designed with good taste. They stay out of your way while helping you do more.
The thing is, five years ago, I saw an awesome Microsoft video like this one. It featured people using interactive business cards to schedule meetings and find their way to a building.
“This is the future”, they said.
“I can’t wait for the future”, I thought.
But few months later, I didn’t buy a concept, I bought an iPhone.
(Source: youtube.com)
I’m surprised Microsoft sells Visual Studio to developers who want to create Windows app.
And that developers need a page to compare the four different editions.
And that it took me a Google request to find out there are four free editions of Visual Studio Express 2010. And another product comparison chart.
Actually, I’m not surprised.
The 7 different cursors I’ve found in a 300-pixel wide space using Office 2008 for Mac.
Someone approved this idea. Think about that.
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Basecamp is the first product I have seen that is truly project management for everyone.
Jim Dunnigan, former Product Manager for Microsoft Project
