The AlpineInker

Ken Hinckley's blog exploring the savage frontiers of pen, touch, and mobile devices

The official blog of the InkSeine project at Microsoft Research

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• Some Thoughts on Automatic Screen Rotation

  Automatic screen rotation has been popularized by the iPhone but is also available on the OQO Model 02 thanks to Kenrick's Automatic Screen Rotator Utility ( executable download ). Just hold the device the way you want to use it. The screen flips to the... Posted May 08 2008, 03:41 AM by Ken Hinckley with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Tablet PC, Hardware, Accelerometers, OQO Model 02

• 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... Posted Apr 21 2008, 05:19 AM by Ken Hinckley with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: InkSeine, Pen, Hardware, 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... Posted Apr 18 2008, 05:38 AM by Ken Hinckley with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Pen, Tablet PC, Hardware, Fun

• 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... Posted Apr 04 2008, 05:17 AM by Ken Hinckley with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Hardware, Fun, UMPC, OQO Model 02

• Soup Up Your Tablet PC to be Ultra Productive

  I am having some great fun this week modding up one of my slate Tablet PC's. I have a nutty little idea that I am working towards, but mums the word on that for now... Either it will take the Tablet PC world by storm, or I will prove once and for... Posted Mar 06 2008, 04:47 AM by Ken Hinckley with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Pen, Tablet PC, Hardware, UMPC

• IOGear Mobile Digital Scribe – Yet Another Digitizer Pen?

  I just stumbled across the IOGEAR Mobile Digital Scribe GPEN200N announced today, which strikes me as yet another digital pen capture technology. But I’d love to be proven wrong and discover that it is that perfect magical solution that everyone seems... Posted Mar 04 2008, 02:33 AM by Ken Hinckley with | with no comments Filed under: Pen, Hardware

• A 30-second Hardware Hack to Make You Ultra-Productive on Your Tablet

  A while back I came up with a hardware invention to make me more productive with my tablet when I'm using it on a desk. I figured why not give a boost to the sagging global economy by unleashing this little gem on the world now, even though it's... Posted Feb 07 2008, 06:03 AM by Ken Hinckley with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Pen, Tablet PC, Hardware, Fun

• Research Frontiers: New Stuff Coming in Pen & Multi-Touch Interfaces

  The annual Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) conference is fast approaching (April 5) and the advance program has been published. That means AlpineInker can scan the list of accepted papers and see what looks cool - but the actual papers aren't available... Posted Jan 05 2008, 03:53 AM by Ken Hinckley with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Pen, Tablet PC, Multi-Touch, Surface, Hardware, E-Book, Accelerometers

• The Inaugural AlpineInker Post

  I’m Ken Hinckley, a senior researcher at Microsoft Research in Redmond , Washington , where I conduct research on new techniques and approaches to human-computer interaction. This is a longwinded way to say that I try out cool new stuff, throw it at the... Posted Dec 29 2007, 04:20 AM by Ken Hinckley with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: InkSeine, Pen, Tablet PC, Touch, Multi-Touch, Surface, Hardware, Software