I'm glad all the MSFT research initiatives are getting attention and/or the development stage. There's so much new amazing things to make the future so shiny and great.
As Steve Jobs pointed out, MSFT's overall design and communications have and are still... astoundingly nerdy. Yet this new MSFT, one that notes they made something with WUV!, is such a departure from Micro$oft of yore.
This is almost... dare I say, embryonic of an earnest attempt at something new? Almost as if this new MSFT is a startup of a corporation in a landscape dominated by the most valuable corporation on earth (AAPL) and the most useful corporation on earth (GOOG) and the most cutthroat corporation on earth (AMZN).
I imagine in another year or two there will be a major overhaul of Microsoft's design process to bring about cohesion. I'm hoping the likes of hiring Andrew Kim (http://www.minimallyminimal.com/blog/2012/7/3/the-next-micro...) and other young talents will greatly influence that as it is sorely needed, much like how Google invested much into Matías Duarte and Material design.
Wow, imagine that. When the old question was can Apple be Google faster than Google can be Apple and now it's can Microsoft be Google faster?
Which is true, but I've been thinking for a while there's a very interesting company trying to get out from under the dead weight of the old 90s and 2000s era MS.
A single product won't change the culture, but it's obvious the ship is being steered in a different direction. Even if it takes a while to change course, it's obvious cool new stuff is happening.
I only hope MS can sort out its management culture to take full advantage of the cool new stuff.
As Steve Jobs pointed out, MSFT's overall design and communications have and are still... astoundingly nerdy. Yet this new MSFT, one that notes they made something with WUV!, is such a departure from Micro$oft of yore.
This is almost... dare I say, embryonic of an earnest attempt at something new? Almost as if this new MSFT is a startup of a corporation in a landscape dominated by the most valuable corporation on earth (AAPL) and the most useful corporation on earth (GOOG) and the most cutthroat corporation on earth (AMZN).
I imagine in another year or two there will be a major overhaul of Microsoft's design process to bring about cohesion. I'm hoping the likes of hiring Andrew Kim (http://www.minimallyminimal.com/blog/2012/7/3/the-next-micro...) and other young talents will greatly influence that as it is sorely needed, much like how Google invested much into Matías Duarte and Material design.
Wow, imagine that. When the old question was can Apple be Google faster than Google can be Apple and now it's can Microsoft be Google faster?