Richard Sprague WebLogThe future, and why I'm at MicrosoftDigital pen and paper- April 29, 2008 Philipp Schmid, former API developer in the speech team (and my fellow Mercer Island resident), is now working at a Seattle company, Adapx, that's in the news today for their work on new new applications for digital pens and paper. The cool part of their software is that it allows you to use normal paper (with special codes printed on an ordinary printer), making it good for field work for scientists, firefighters, or others. They also make a version that works well with OneNote.http://blogs.msdn.com/sprague/archive/2008/04/29/digital-pen-and-paper.aspx Speech macros are here- April 27, 2008 I'm no longer in the SR group, but of course I still keep track of my friends there, and last week at lunch with the team I heard a bunch of updates. The most exciting one to publicly announce is the availability of speech macros. It's a free download for Vista that lets you automate just about any Vista task using voice. Rob Chambers (the new GPM for the speech team) started this project a couple years ago and I bet would have released it long ago except that it was so cool I think.http://blogs.msdn.com/sprague/archive/2008/04/27/speech-macros-are-here.aspx Brainchild- April 21, 2008 At work on Friday everyone was teasing me about the new posting by David Greenfield at ZDNet, which among many flattering comments about our new release, referred to Response Point as the "brainchild of senior director Richard Sprague, a former Apple engineer". David's a very fun guy to talk with -- full of lots of new ideas, up-to-speed on lots of the latest technologies -- and I really enjoyed my conversation with him a few months ago when he visited us. He's one of those rare technologists...http://blogs.msdn.com/sprague/archive/2008/04/21/brainchild.aspx Snow showers in April- April 19, 2008 Unbelievable what I saw as I left the office tonight: This is the parking lot for our office, Building 99. Here it is, heading into late April and we are getting snow! It's not fair!http://blogs.msdn.com/sprague/archive/2008/04/18/snow-showers-in-april.aspx |