Bradley L. Jones

Microsoft had announced at MIX that they were doing it. Now they’ve done it. The Kinect SDK Beta is now available. I’ve blogged about the Kinect as an input device, and I’ve spoken about its potential impact on computing at local .NET user group meetings. With an official SDK now being available, we can begin […]

In a previous blog entry,Computer Interactions Are Going to Change, I mentioned doctors using Microsoft Kinect technology as a keyboard and mouse free way of interacting with a computer — of a way to interact using gestures. In that blog post, I mentioned that Microsoft showed a video of this at the Microsoft TechEd conference. […]

Earlier this week I posted on Windows 8 and included a YouTube video showing some of the features.  One of the questions that wasn’t really addressed in the demos was the look and feel of “classic” Windows applications. The new interface is a long way from the existing Windows 7 interface.  Below is another video […]

Microsoft has started unveiling the details of Windows 8! This includes a video demoing some of the features. I’ve embedded the YouTube video showing some of the features at the end of this blog entry. In addition to showing off more of the Windows 8 features and interface, Microsoft also officially named this fall’s developer […]

The mouse caused huge changes in how people interacted with computers. It has been said that voice input could change interaction as well; however, we’ve seen limited impact from voice input in mainstream applications. The advent of what appears to be a solid gesture system shows promise to have an impact greater than voice, and […]

This headline is two quotes from the Apple’s response to the allegations that they are tracking people’s location. They go on to say, “Apple has never done so and has no plans to ever do so.” Simply put, they state, “Users are confused.” You can find their full comments in their response titled Apple Q&A […]

We do a lot of business with Microsoft on our sites. There are two things we have happening with Microsoft that I thought I should pass along. Firstly, we have a Cloud Computing Showcase that has been created where we have a number of resources on Windows Azure. The second is that we have a […]

Microsoft released a public beta o/f Office 365 for the Cloud today. This allows you to get up and running with Office, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and Lync.The official release is slated for later this year, but the public beta gives you a chance to check it out now. You can find out more at http://www.Office365.com. […]

Many movies today show futuristic computing systems. This includes screens that can materialize in the air in front of the user and then be controlled with the appearance of touch and gestures. While displaying a screen in thin air is not available yet, the ability to recognize gestures is pretty close and getting better thanks […]

I receive a large number of press releases about events happening in the industry. This week I was sent an initial result from last Fall’s Gartner’s Application Architecture, Development, & Integration Summit. At this summit, Serena Software polled hundreds of attendees to get a sense of the top priorities. What is interesting is this year’s […]

My team was involved with a great project this week. That project was to stream a live event on one of our sites. In fact, the event is streaming live at www.DevX.com/RIA as I write this blog entry. Streaming this event was neat for a variety of reasons. First, we first started talking about streaming […]

You might think this headline is a joke, but it’s not. Microsoft presented what equates to a forty inch tablet PC at the CES convention last week. Many have commented on Microsoft entering the tablet market with Windows 7 Tablets. There have been questions on whether Microsoft can deliver a computing device that doesn’t have […]