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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• The Microsoft Research Codex: Are Dual Screens the Future of Mobile Devices?

  Never buy one of anything . That's advice you should stand by when you're buying unusual gadgets. The advice was good when Randy Pausch offered it to me some 15 years ago, and it's still good now. Of course, with 18 month old twin girls at... Posted Oct 01 2008, 05:17 AM by Ken Hinckley with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: InkSeine, Pen, Tablet PC, Hardware, E-Book, OQO Model 02

• JasonJ's InkSanitorium

  GottaBeMobile.com forum member JasonJ is a prolific inker. He’s been at the avant-garde of InkSeine for some time now. He’s offered us lots of great feedback and has a flair for illustrating his points. For example, he’d like us to add a sizing tab to... Posted Jun 04 2008, 05:07 AM by Ken Hinckley with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: InkSeine, Pen, Tablet PC, Fun, Art, Design

• Rough Winter

  I spent the weekend at Snoqualmie pass. Winter has certainly not yet relinquished its grip on the Cascade Crest. Here's some of the sights done AlpineInker style. - Here's a car that someone left parked for the winter. That probably wasn't a good idea... Posted May 12 2008, 09:35 PM by Ken Hinckley with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: InkSeine, Pen, Alpine, OQO Model 02

• 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... Posted Apr 29 2008, 02:30 PM by Ken Hinckley with | with no comments Filed under: InkSeine, Pen, Tablet PC, OQO Model 02

• 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... Posted Apr 28 2008, 07:05 AM by Ken Hinckley with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: InkSeine, Pen, Tablet PC, Software, OneNote

• 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... Posted Apr 24 2008, 11:01 PM by Ken Hinckley with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: InkSeine, Pen, Tablet PC, Software

• 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

• 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... Posted Apr 17 2008, 05:28 AM by Ken Hinckley with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: InkSeine, Pen, Tablet PC, Touch, Fun

• Flick that Tool Ring!

  GottaBeMobile.com forum member moneyburninhole conceived an ingenious InkSeine Tool Ring hack for flicking your way around on your Vista Tablet PC. It is so brilliant and useful that I just have to share it. moneyburninhole posted this comment in the... Posted Mar 27 2008, 05:30 AM by Ken Hinckley with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: InkSeine, Pen, Tablet PC, Software, OneNote

• Jump Start your Creativity with Custom InkSeine Notebooks

  Distressed books from forgotten decades, documents battered by time, and postcards from the distant past hold a deep charm for me. Perhaps it was because my grandfather was an insatiable reader and his shelves were always brimming with volumes dating... Posted Mar 18 2008, 05:18 AM by Ken Hinckley with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: InkSeine, Pen, Tablet PC, Fun, Art, UMPC

• Kick Start that Tool Ring!

  From the early returns, people seem to be excited about InkSeine's floating Tool Ring . This semi-transparent palette floats on top of all your windows. It lets you scroll by circling the pen, or take a snapshot by tapping the camera icon: For example... Posted Feb 26 2008, 05:01 AM by Ken Hinckley with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: InkSeine, Pen, Tablet PC

• InkSeine has its Limitations!

  I'm happy to see that InkSeine is generating some fresh Tablet PC buzz in the blogosphere . Apparently, offering a new inking application to a crowd of pen computing enthusiasts is like tossing a fish into a crate full of starving cats! But seriously... Posted Feb 13 2008, 04:43 AM by Ken Hinckley with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: InkSeine, Pen, Tablet PC, Software

• ...and on Day #13? I use OneNote!

  It would be criminal of me to do this 12-day series without out also confessing that, like many Tablet PC users out there, I am also a big fan of OneNote. InkSeine is not, and will never be, a replacement for it. I still remember a meeting a few years... Posted Feb 03 2008, 05:45 AM by Ken Hinckley with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: InkSeine, Pen, Tablet PC, Software, Design, OneNote

• Twelve Days of InkSeine, Day #12: Tabula Rasa

  The joy of a blank page ready to hold my thoughts is tough to beat. A blank page is also a great way to start your own list of ideas and projects. Many of the things I've shown in this series can be done with other Tablet PC software as well; I've... Posted Feb 02 2008, 05:28 AM by Ken Hinckley with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: InkSeine, Pen, Tablet PC

• Twelve Days of InkSeine, Day #11: Dish out a Little UMPC Love

  I have a Samsung Q1 Ultra-Mobile PC. Originally I borrowed this to see if InkSeine would work correctly on the device, but I have more or less inherited it on a permanent basis. So I have started using it to play around from time to time. Here's a... Posted Feb 01 2008, 05:26 AM by Ken Hinckley with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: InkSeine, Pen, Touch, UMPC