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NUI Concept Videos: CHI2009
In attempt to visualize a more casual approach to the future of ‘technology’ here are a couple of concept videos recently shown at CHI2009 in the Concept Video segment. These pieces were directed and driven by Microsoft Surface’s own August de los Reyes Read More...
Video Sketching: Designing Beyond the 'Screen'
I’d like to propose an alternative to typical, preliminary design exploration techniques such as wire-framing and interactive prototyping – when designing new Microsoft Surface experiences. In 5 years of brainstorming, visualizing, and creating Microsoft Read More...
Users Users Users!
I was in the middle of an interview for a position with a new Microsoft product called Surface when a manager asked me why I wanted to join the team as a user researcher. I told him that it has been a while since I experienced that infrequent physiological Read More...
Dennis' report from UX Week
So after a somewhat harrowing evening, the “Challenge Behind Emotional Innovation” at UX Week was a success! I have some video of my presentation that I’ll be posting shortly (Thanks Chris), but for now here are some great photos from the day. As always, the crowd couldn’t get enough of Surface. I’ll fill you in more on the day’s events and presentations that I found intriguing when I return. Until then…. Dennis Read More...
Hello from San Francisco!
Dennis Wixon from Microsoft Surface is presenting at UX Week in San Francisco on Friday. We'll be checking in with Dennis for more on emotional innovation after his presentation. Read More...
MIX08
A few of us will be at MIX08 in Vegas next month. August and Daniel from the UX team will be participating in some cool sessions in the UX track (you can search for them by name here to find those sessions). Also, Tasneem and I from the SDK team will Read More...
User Experience Introduction
Hello. My name is Ali Vassigh and I manage Surface's User Experience team. My team of designers and writers are responsible for defining and creating your experience with all the aspects of Surface you can see, hear, touch, and generally interact with Read More...
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