April 2008 - The AlpineInker - Microsoft Research Community

Portrait Inking on the OQO Model 02

The OQO Model 02 is almost the same size as my Moleskine Pocket Sketchbook. I suspect this is no accident. To illustrate the point, I scanned them side-by-side. The OQO is slightly narrower, which is necessary to make it fit in my shirt pocket given its...

Published 04-21-2008 5:19 AM by Ken Hinckley

Filed under: InkSeine, Pen, Hardware, UMPC, OQO Model 02

Faux-OQO with origami

It's been a very busy couple of weeks for me, so I haven't had time to attend to the blog, or much of anything else for that matter. But one thing that has been on my mind from time to time is the OQO Model 02 Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC). It's...

Published 04-04-2008 5:17 AM by Ken Hinckley

Filed under: Hardware, Fun, UMPC, OQO Model 02

InkSeine doesn't work with the Windows Search 4.0 Preview... via the Best Bug Report Ever!

One way to think of InkSeine is that it is nothing but a glorified pen-computing-on-steroids interface to Windows Desktop Search. We rely on Windows Search to deliver some of the most innovative and useful functionality that we have to offer in InkSeine...

Published 04-06-2008 3:35 AM by Ken Hinckley

Filed under: InkSeine

Randy Pausch's Last Lecture

I mostly write this blog for fun, but today I have something important to share. To the extent that I am a good researcher, I owe a tremendous debt to Randy Pausch. Randy advised my PhD studies at the University of Virginia. Randy is a great guy, always...

Published 04-07-2008 5:14 AM by Ken Hinckley

Filed under: Randy Pausch, Pancreatic Cancer

Great Visit with Tablet PC MVP's

Sometimes great connections and friendships are forged over the internet without ever getting a chance to meet that person behind the keyboard. Well, I had great fun this week getting to meet Rob Bushway and Warner Crocker from the GottaBeMobile.com site...

Published 04-17-2008 5:28 AM by Ken Hinckley

Filed under: InkSeine, Pen, Tablet PC, Touch, Fun

The OQO Model 02 Has Arrived

The cat dragged in an exciting new gadget today. Of course, my shiny new OQO Model 02 showed up on a day where I was pretty much booked solid with meetings, so I was able to do little more than turn the thing on. But I did take a moment to snap a couple...

Published 04-18-2008 1:49 AM by Ken Hinckley

Filed under: UMPC, OQO Model 02

Dig for Tablet PC Ultra-Productivity with the INTELLIMOLE

A conversation with the Tablet PC MVP's this week reminded me of a productivity hack I constructed for my tablet a while back. I guarantee that you will either absolutely love this hack, or think it is the stupidest thing you've ever heard. In...

Published 04-18-2008 5:38 AM by Ken Hinckley

Filed under: Pen, Tablet PC, Hardware, Fun

A Review done InkSeine-style

An InkSeine user, Anthony Chan, posted up a thoughtful review of InkSeine on his blog , written in InkSeine itself! With his permission, I'm reproducing it here. He has a lot of great comments and ideas for features. Let's discuss the points he...

Published 04-24-2008 11:01 PM by Ken Hinckley

Filed under: InkSeine, Pen, Tablet PC, Software

InkSeine Update, InkSeine Featured on OfficeLabs.com!

InkSeine is one of the projects featured on the new Microsoft Office Labs web site . There are some cool prototypes available there, so I recommend you swing by to check them out, and to learn more about Office Labs. We're honored that Office Labs...

Published 04-28-2008 7:05 AM by Ken Hinckley

Filed under: InkSeine, Pen, Tablet PC, Software, OneNote

Zoom that Tool Ring!

I received another cool email about InkSeine's Tool Ring this week. This user not only had one of his precious tablet hardware buttons programmed to open the Tool Ring, but he also sketched up a neat idea for a new feature: _____________________________________________________________________...

Published 04-06-2008 5:39 AM by Ken Hinckley

Filed under: InkSeine

A Reminiscence of Randy - Eating Like Kings

My PhD advisor Randy Pausch continues to be on my mind a lot this week. His book " The Last Lecture " came out last Tuesday. It's already the #1 bestseller on Amazon . I was a bit tardy ordering my copy, but it's supposed to arrive on...

Published 04-15-2008 5:12 AM by Ken Hinckley

Filed under: Randy Pausch

Photographic Interlude #1

I snapped this photo years ago near Shaefer Lake in the glorious Cascade Range. The needles of the larch incandesce with the sunlight of an entire alpine summer in the days before they must fall dead to the ground.

Published 04-24-2008 5:23 AM by Ken Hinckley

Filed under: Art, Alpine

My New Favorite Flick Pad

I just received an OQO-style moleskine in the mail! When I opened it up, it was full of arcane tricks for using InkSeine's Tool Ring as a flick pad. This topic has come up before but now it seems that perfect combination of custom flicks has been...

Published 04-29-2008 2:30 PM by Ken Hinckley

Filed under: InkSeine, Pen, Tablet PC, OQO Model 02

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