If you missed our last NUI Camp in DC, we’ll be hosting our second NUI Camp in New York following a new two-day extended version of the camp. For all the details including registration, agenda and directions, check out www.nuicamp.net.
See you there next week! James
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NUI Camp NY – Next Week
NUI Camp DC Recap
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 [...]
ReMIX Atlanta 2010 Follow-up
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 attending, [...]
NUI Camp Tomorrow in DC
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
SurfaceCube Interview: Josh Blake on NUI Concepts
I recently met with Joshua Blake from InfoStrat, and he showed me some cool stuff around NUI concepts and how we as designers and developers really need to change the way we think around interface design, especially moving towards Natural User Interfaces (NUIs).
Microsoft Surface is a prime example of how natural user interfaces can [...]
Gesturecons – FREE icons for prototyping Multi-touch applications
I ran across this resource a couple weeks back, but wanted to share with everyone as these are FREE assets for building multi-touch wireframes.
Gesturecons is a set of wire-framing gestural icons created by Ryan Lee. The icons are available for download made available via a Creative Commons License.
These icons will be very useful when [...]
Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch Now Available
For those of you who want to get your hands on some cool ways to build a NUI, today the Surface Toolkit was announced and is now available. Check out the video below and download the bits!!!
Download the SDK:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=801907a7-b2dd-4e63-9ff3-8a2e63932a74
"Design Outside the Box" Presentation
If you haven’t seen this, it’ll blow your mind on the future of gaming, specific to design.
Xbox 360 Games – E3 2010 – Guitar Hero 5
FREE UX Training – .toolbox
I really wanted to let everyone know about this phenomenal resource that was launched during MIX10 this year….called .toolbox.
So what is it and why should you care?
Here’s the creator’s brief description:
.toolbox is a free online training program from Microsoft for designers and developers that focuses on the design and UX aspects of Silverlight using Expression [...]
First NUI Camp Announced
I’m happy to FINALLY announce the first NUI (Natural User Interface) Camp on April 24th and will be held in Reston Virginia. This is the first of a series of NUI developer & designer events targeted to getting you real, hands-on experience learning and competing with other teams all in a full day of nothing [...]
