Thursday
Apr172008
Microsoft Surface and The Today Show. Yes, Again.
Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 03:32PM
The Microsoft Surface launched today in New York. I filmed a short video about it for CNET TV, which you can find here. I have to say, the Surface is useful in that it can be customized to any commercial situation but it has to start working a little better. The multitouch does not respond as well as I had hoped. You have to be really purposeful in your movements, unlike the iPhone's multitouch which seems more prepared to work with your hands. I had to repeat a few functions a couple of times before it did what I wanted it to do. Also, I'm looking forward to seeing this used in more ways than just telling me how little coverage AT&T has here in New York.
Today is an especially busy day in the middle of an especially busy week. I filmed the Surface video after today's episode of Loaded and before the Spanish episode of Loaded, which isn't uploaded yet. I still have a ton to do, including preparing for my second appearance on The Today Show, which will be tomorrow. If you are home in the morning, be sure to tune into NBC to watch me talk about ways to save time online. My segment is between 8 and 8:15 a.m. One of my tips to save time online should be to just turn off your instant message client but it isn't. I should do that right now as a matter of fact.
Thanks for your comments on Monday's episode of the Today Shot. I concur that I did not get to speak enough. Our segment was cut short because of the unfortunate guy who flew a plane into a house. I also thought my hair looked a little like a helmet. In case you missed it, you can watch it here. Tomorrow I will ask the stylist to go easier on the eyeliner and hair teasing.
Today is an especially busy day in the middle of an especially busy week. I filmed the Surface video after today's episode of Loaded and before the Spanish episode of Loaded, which isn't uploaded yet. I still have a ton to do, including preparing for my second appearance on The Today Show, which will be tomorrow. If you are home in the morning, be sure to tune into NBC to watch me talk about ways to save time online. My segment is between 8 and 8:15 a.m. One of my tips to save time online should be to just turn off your instant message client but it isn't. I should do that right now as a matter of fact.
Thanks for your comments on Monday's episode of the Today Shot. I concur that I did not get to speak enough. Our segment was cut short because of the unfortunate guy who flew a plane into a house. I also thought my hair looked a little like a helmet. In case you missed it, you can watch it here. Tomorrow I will ask the stylist to go easier on the eyeliner and hair teasing.
Reader Comments (8)
Wow nice video on the Surface. That is a really great use for that especially with showing the coverage maps and being able to zoom in on those. Good luck on the Today show tomorrow. You will be awesome. Hopefully they will not cut you short tomorrow and you will get more screen time. 2 times in 1 week on the Today Show. You really have come a long ways from the beginnings of Textra. Keep up the great work.
You looked fine Natalie and you did a good job, given the little that you had to work with. Good luck on Friday.
Never guessed that ATT would be the first to use it, but their use is practical! I have a feeling we'll relatively quick uptake from other companies for the surface now. BTW loaded podcast is looking a lot better!
MS Surface. Nice! I think gesture and touch is probably the next evolution from the mouse and pointer. By the way everyone's scrambling to create more touch-interface devices, it sure looks that way.
Be great to have a table from where you could read your newspaper, watch TV, and have breakfast too. Unfortunately, unlike the iPhone, I can't clean the finger smudges off the table by wiping it on my pants leg.
You're doing great, Natali. You got to meet and interact with Matt Lauer. Very cool. You're a TV celebrity!
Great segment on the Today Show. Very helpful, especially that openID site. Sorry it's so short, I have to run to work.
Take Care,
Tim
Your segment today actually caught me by surprise. I had no idea you were supposed to be tv at all. I was tuned in trying to get news about the earthquake that rocked me out of my bed in the middle of the night. You did a good job though and your tips were pretty good.
While I don't have a home page set up, I do have all the news sites' rss feeds bookmarked to the bookmarks toolbar of Firefox and I scroll through them whenever I get on the net.
You looked great on the Today Show! (At least you didn't stutter as much as that other guy, :)
Microsoft Surface - at first seems like another idea Microsoft has taken from another company (like Apple), and run with it. Yet I believe I've seen Surface from some keynote address Gates did a long time ago ... Maybe even before the iPhone? Not sure, but when you look at Surface, you can't help but think about the already prevalent iPhone, and it's touch-screen capabilities. Most people will look back and remember that the iPhone, not Surface, introduced the next generation intuitive touch screen input for all tech gadgetry to follow. Regardless, Microsoft can spring broad off of this by developing Surface libraries into their .NET API, and take these capabilities to many different flavors of the Windows platform. Not sure about the hardware requirements for this technology, but it will be interesting to see if it takes off.
(Disclosure) This perspective brought to you by your friendly mid-western .NET/Java developer Dave.
By the way, you look great all the time (for real), and present yourself well in everything I've seen you do (Including the Today Show .. and 'Loaded', and the CrankGeeks appearance, where I discovered your talents !!). Keep up the good work.