:: jeffmacintyre.com ::Jeffrey MacIntyre is a New York-based freelance journalist and interactive media specialist. His writing appears in publications such as the New York Times, Wired, Slate, Boston Globe and San Francisco Chronicle. He also consults in interactive content strategy for leading media companies.Microsoft's Shiny New Toy MIT Technology Review- February 24, 2008 MIT Technology Review; MarchApril, 2008 Microsoft's Shiny New Toy Photosynth is dazzling, but what is it for At last March's Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) conference in Monterey, CA, a summit that's been described as "Davos for the digerati," the calm-voiced software architect from Microsoft began his demonstration abruptly, navigating rapidly across a sea of images displayed on a large screen. Using Seadragon, a technology that enables smooth, speedy exploration of large sets of...http://www.jeffmacintyre.com/archives/2008/02/microsofts_shiny_new_toy_mit_technology_revi... The Tao of Screen Slate- February 10, 2008 Slate; January 24, 2008 The Tao of Screen: In search of the distraction-free desktop. If your computer desktop is anything like mineand, brother, it isyou've paved over every spare pixel in an iconistan of clutter. Desktop design originated in a wistful visual metaphor, the clean, still work surface, encouraging users to productive ends. Leaps forward in computing horsepower and the rise of constant Internet use has transformed the tabletop terra firma into a cockpit, an antic terminal for...http://www.jeffmacintyre.com/archives/2008/02/the_tao_of_screen_slate.htm |