http://lewisgarmston.com/blog interesting thoughts that "you had to be there" to understand Sun, 31 May 2009 12:12:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en …for the medium business downwards, quite likely, here's the current feeling: Mary J Foley: With Wave, did Google jump the (Microsoft) shark? Paul Thurrott: First Look - Google Wave  Twitter: SharePoint and Google Wave Features For the SharePoint ... http://lewisgarmston.com/blog/?p=64 Eye-tracking on a tablet. Why? because no one wants to hunch over the table when writing their shamefully dull memoirs, and neither do they want to sit back and squint to read the screen…Just a little idea from the sketchbook: more images after the break… The ... http://lewisgarmston.com/blog/?p=41 So, nearly 2 years after starting this blog, it seemed like a good idea to write some posts. Over the next few weeks i will be updating the theme and putting together some decent posts. In the spirit of "fail culture" i will make live changes to scripts and design ... http://lewisgarmston.com/blog/?p=35 Ok, a little bit of futurology for you..Every now and then I will put a few company's products together and come up with some predictions about the near future, in terms of what products, services and technology will be needed or might emerge. Today's Equation:Secondlife + PS3 Home + (VirtualEarth * ... http://lewisgarmston.com/blog/?p=27 [digg=http://www.digg.com/apple/The_Death_of_the_mouse_by_Apple/] The Mouse (1972-2008) So, all of the major players (incl MS) are now looking toward making touch devices that interact more like physical objects than computers; i.e. the traditional pen + paper, blackboard or fridge scenario. [googlevideo=http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-8580763517094345645&q=perceptive+pixel] Why is this happening? I think the quick answer is that hardware and software have ... http://lewisgarmston.com/blog/?p=26 Everyone is moaning about Digg not having a Picture section, so I thought I'd weigh-in on the feature request posts. Why Digg should do a debates section? Comments on Digg are nearly always a debate; "I believe this, because…", ... http://lewisgarmston.com/blog/?p=10 Ok, a little bit of futurology for you...Every now and then I will put a few company's products together and come up with some predictions about the near future, in terms of what products, services and technology will be needed or might emerge. Today's Equation: SharpCast + Microsoft HomeServer + Orb Networks ... http://lewisgarmston.com/blog/?p=8 Ok, a little bit of futurology for you.. Every now and then I will put a few company's products together and come up with some predictions about the near future, in terms of what products, services and technology will be needed or might emerge. Today's Equation: Microsoft VirtualEarth + Photosynth + Vexel Inc ... http://lewisgarmston.com/blog/?p=7 thoughts on voice recognition for computers[digg=http://www.digg.com/microsoft/Why_people_think_voice_recognition_sucks] Why Voice? Voice doesn't make sense in so many areas, particularly in the office cube or even the home office. Key to a company's success in this area will be understanding where this is best used, but more importantly, where people are most comfortable with ... http://lewisgarmston.com/blog/?p=6 So i am checking out blogging software, wordpress came up trumps purely because i can mess with the css for a reasonably small amount of cash. This foray into the blogging world was primarily spurned by watching a hideous amount of channel9 and podtech recently. If i continue with this, ... http://lewisgarmston.com/blog/?p=5