Channel 9 - Entries tagged with prototypes

A tour through the features and concept of SketchFlow

Adam Kinney — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:21:00 GMT

Simon Guest walks through the features and expected workflow of SketchFlow, a prototyping tool for WPF or Silverlight applications originally shown at MIX09.

Microsoft’s Tablet PC Prototype

Sarah Perez — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:01:00 GMT

Want to see the tablet PC of the future? I just came across a video where Microsoft’s Jonathan Cluts demonstrates a prototype of new tablet PC technology, designed with the needs of today’s college students in mind. In the video, Cluts, the Director of Strategic Prototyping, is demonstrating how a medical student could access and use the technology to better view parts of the human anatomy. This tablet prototype is also being shown off by Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer, on a tour of U.S. universities this week. Although there are no immediate plans to turn this prototype into a deliverable product at this time, it’s definitely cool technology worth checking out:

ARCast.TV - Christoph Schittko on the Innovation Framework

Bob Familiar — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:46:00 GMT

No matter if you're a developer or an architect, innovation is much more than just writing code for new features. How do you come up with innovative ideas that make your application more competitive and make you stand out as a recognized thought leader? Innovation works best when architects and developers understand how to guide and participate in the process around it and what infrastructure is required to support it. Bob Familiar interviews Christoph Schittko on how successful innovators like Yahoo!, Microsoft, eBay and others implement to build innovation into a company's culture, e.g., brainstorming for new ideas internally or with the user community, planning and executing regular events such as hackdays to create new ideas and prototypes, how to test out viability of ideas through rapid iterations, learning fast through feedback and through failure if necessary to move forward to bring innovations into products.

Microsoft’s Center for Information Work

JD Lewin — Mon, 07 May 2007 18:23:00 GMT

Only at a company this large can you stumble upon extremely cool stuff that would’ve remained entirely off your radar. The Center for Information Work (MSCIW) appears to be a swanky work area concept that includes workspace, hardware, and software concepts for the future of electronic productivity. Killer prototypes around information clusters, mobile workers, and contextual navigation are all drool worthy, though obviously not ready for prime time. Rest assured now that we’ve found out about this little oasis, we won’t rest until we can get a thorough tour of this companies own private Tomorrowland.