[Sigia-l] Another brand of sugar: Apple multi-touch

[Will Parker]

On Jan 9, 2007, at 7:55 PM, Ziya Oz wrote:

> What I thought was funny is that Gates will soon remain the only  
> guy still talking about
> "partners." Bach, Ozzie, Zune and XBox people have moved on and now  
> realize
> that the UX demands an integrated/systems approach, as opposed to a  
> "partners patchwork" one.

Well, I suppose that could happen. Has anyone seen signs that  
Microsoft is hiring hardware experts to support a broad integrated  
systems initiative?

I live in Seattle and I've been looking for work, so I have kept an  
eye on Microsoft. They do seem to be bulking up on senior UI  
designers (not so much on the lower end, unfortunately), but I  
haven't seen any openings similar to Apple's frequent and well-known  
calls for materials experts and industrial designers.

The thing is, an integrated approach requires, as Alan Kay pointed  
out, a central crystalizing vision of what you're attempting to  
create. That's hard to come by in Microsoft culture as it currently  
stands.

- Will
Will Parker
wparker at ChannelingDesign.com

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