Microsoft Technology, a trip through recent history and a glimpse of the future

Here’s some links from the talk I gave today. Out of context of the presentation and without the narrative, they are still fun to explore. World Wide Telescope – http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/ pptPlex – http://www.officelabs.com/projects/pptPlex/Pages/default.aspx Seadragon example – http://www.nli.ie/discover/ Photosynth – http://photosynth.net/…

Social flying revolution by @planely

I’m not sure that i get this, but then I don’t get Facebook either. However, I do use Facebook (occasionally) and I’m going to use this on the next few flights I’ll be on. something tells me this will be…

Chem4Word – something for the chemist in you. Chemistry Add-in for Word

Wondering what alternative storytelling use this could have:

Amnesia Connect. An unexpected marriage of Microsoft Surface and IOS devices.

Following months of research and development, Amnesia Razorfish has replaced the typical 'send and receive' interface with a more natural 'gesture-based' interface. A smartphone owner can now move their content freely between two devices by simply dragging content off their…

Got woken up by my boss rimin me at 737

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Love cooking? Check Super Marmite. Social home cooking experiment.

Ok, the first video is in French but you'll get the idea, just imagine that you're watching an episode of Allo Allo and it seems to make more sense. Failing that, check out vidfeo #2, bit longer, but in English….

BendDesk vs LightSpace. 2 videos from tech research labs.

BendDesk. Surely the worst product name in history, second only to the name of the game shown in the video, Bend Invaders. Probably something lost in translation. BendDesk reminds me of the Nintendo Donkey Kong double screen gaming device, that was…

Arrington vs Facebook? THAT interview from Le Web

I was in Paris for Le Web last week and one of my standout sessions was the uncomfortable interview between Michael Arrington (Techcrunch) and Ethan Beard (Facebook). I wasn’t sure if this was funny or embarrassing, watching it was a…