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“Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.” I talk with government customers constantly about the importance of good UX (user experience) when designing and building even mission critical line of business apps. To most public sector audiences I chat with though – often times more than not, I typically get the response that we [...]

I will never look at people sitting on their front porch the same way ever again. Everyone Forever Now – “Stoop Sitting” from Everynone on Vimeo.

Our team is cooking up some events on how to effectively leverage SharePoint without having to sacrifice a great website design. We’ll show the basic fundamental concepts around how SharePoint works (if you’re new to it as a platform), then we’ll walk through what it takes to start from scratch and end up with a [...]

It looks like our Channel 9 video with Tanagram Partners is up and posted! We had the chance to interview their team and discuss Augmented Reality and Gesture Recognition in building NUI-based apps. This was a very interesting talk with thoughts and approaches to effectively building a NUI, walking through a full comic-style storyboard. Check [...]

A couple weeks ago we held our first NUI Camp in the DC area…and let’s just say it was a blast. We had around 40 people in attendance and kicked off the day with a quick and dirty intro to Natural User Interfaces. Josh Blake did an awesome job laying down the framework for how [...]

I had the privilege of being invited to speak at the Re-MIX Atlanta event this past weekend, and was thrilled to be a part of the local design and development community. I enjoyed how the event was split up in three tracks….UX, Windows Phone 7 and Silverlight/Web. The UX Track is what I really enjoyed [...]

If you haven’t seen it yet, NUI Camp is tomorrow. In Reston, VA. And it’s FREE. If you’re a designer or developer and want to learn more about Natural User Interfaces by actually building them – don’t miss out. Drop by www.nuicamp.net to register. James