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  • NUI, XUI, TUI ?

    No, this is not the name of the latest song i have been teaching to my 3 1/2 year old daughter. I am just going completely crazy these days about touch-driven devices, and found some new acronyms in this space: NUI: Natural User Interface. Examples are Surface and Jeff Han’s touch interfaces XUI: XML User… Read more

  • Smart Data go mainstream

    Smart Data are the promise of the Semantic Web. And yes, i heard the pitches from Tim-Berners Lee. But that sounded all so far away and abstract, and i could not imagine what it would give me as added value. But the video & site below put this into a competitive advantage context and that’s… Read more

  • Jing

    Looking for a nice free tool to capture parts of screens, make a screen video tutorial, share this via the web, integrated with Facebook, YouTube, etc ? Go Jing. And the tutorials are super. This is how software always should be. Read more

  • My new desktop: touch and 3D of course

    There are so many things going on in desktop space. In a previous blog, i already pointed to some examples on how touch, screen, and gestures are coming together. I am an ex-Microsoft employee and still have some Redmond blood in my veins – so I am biased. At home, I am currently on a… Read more

  • Solar or Human/Kinetic Phone: a “k-Phone” ?

    This is one for gadget people. Below LG’s Solar Phone. Does look a bit industrial, no ? Then i prefer Samsumg’s latest solar power eco-mobile phone that really has the looks:   But what about the latest concept from Kyocera: a kinetic energy-powered phone that is capable of folding up like a wallet. The phone… Read more

  • Fasten your Seatbelts for a trip to AlloSphere

      Stunning data visualization. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin demos the AlloSphere, an entirely new way to see and interpret scientific data, in full color and surround sound inside a massive metal sphere. Dive into the brain, feel electron spin, hear the music of the elements … Read more