Developing with Microsoft Surface – a few lessons learnt

Developing with Microsoft Surface isn’t quite like any other rich interface development. Here are some practical learning points that can help to ease commercial development on Surface.

Posted on February 20th, 2010

Forget the Kindle and iPad: Paper remains a superior technology

Despite the predictions that Apple’s tablet computer will be a game-changer I wouldn’t be writing off paper-based media for a while yet…

Posted on January 19th, 2010

Golan Levin: interacting with the machine

Golan’s work focuses on our relationship with machines and the way that we interact with each other.

Posted on December 12th, 2009

What’s wrong with the Digital Economy Bill?

The intention of the Digital Economy Bill is a noble one. However, it’s been undermined by a lack of ambition, vague definition and muddled thinking.

Posted on November 29th, 2009

Silverlight 4 beta: First impressions for rich application development

It’s only a few months since Microsoft launched Silverlight 3, but a beta build of the next version of Silverlight is already with us.

Posted on November 19th, 2009

Lies, damned lies and Adobe’s penetration statistics for Flash

Another quarter, another set of statistics from Adobe claiming “worldwide ubiquity” for the Flash plug-in. As with many vendor-commissioned surveys, the results of the Flash penetration survey are based on a truth that is spun out to an absurd degree.

Posted on October 7th, 2009