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For all the talk about building cars that are more connected, what concerns Windows Embedded Automotive more than anything else is making them safer. It’s really all that experience designer David Walker focuses on. Before coming to Microsoft, David was a captain for Air Canada, and the airline...

One of the more noteworthy accomplishments of the Windows Embedded Automotive team has been the ability to match its software development process to the development and manufacturing cycles of the auto industry. The fact that cars and trucks can run for as long as they do is in no small part due to the...

One thing we’re never in short supply of around here is unsung heroes—individuals or teams who are doing some pretty amazing things that you've rarely or never heard of. Perhaps one of the most prolific groups that falls in this category is the Windows Embedded Business Group, which creates...

A friend just posted this video on Facebook and I had to share here – this is why I love this industry. Code can (and does) change the world. Please share this high and wide and send people to code.org

I’ve been fortunate enough to spend a good amount of time with Alex Kipman over the last two years. I enjoyed a career highlight lunch with him and two luminaries from Hollywood last year – he had them in raptures with his view of where technology would take the storytelling art form. ...

During last year we ran two successful “ People Weeks ” here on Next at Microsoft where we dedicate the entire week to focusing on employees at Microsoft. They are after all what makes Microsoft tick. People Week 2 focused on the design community and the first People Week was a real mix from...

Following on from yesterday’s post about the future of programming, I thought it’d be worth a look back on a post titled Machine learning for dummies . It’s proven to be one of the most popular posts on Next since we launched and one of the better titled posts I’ve made –...

Back in May , I dedicated a whole week of posts on this blog to people at Microsoft. Well, we have a lot of people, so I decided it was time for People Week v2. There will no doubt be a v3 and v4 but I’m excited about this week’s series of people as they’re almost all from the design...

Video Game - E3 2012 - AOTS Exclusive I’ve spent most of the week on camera at our Worldwide Partner Conference – the poor souls in the arena had to deal with a 15ft version of me looming above their heads. On a much smaller scale, a spot aired on G4’s Attack of the Show last night...

Katrika Woodcock has been at Microsoft for three and a half years but in a strange way, her lineage goes back much further than that. After studying Industrial Design at Carleton University in Ottawa, she decided she needed an adventure. That took her to the UK where she worked for Symbol Technologies...

Last week on Next was dedicated to PLACES – this week we switch our focus to PEOPLE. As I’ve mentioned before, I continue to be amazed by the people I meet as I travel around Microsoft. The depth of brainpower has always impressed me (Turning Award winners, Fields Medal Winners, Dave Cutler...

We had two master storyellers here on Microsoft Campus last week – Ron Howard and Brian Grazer . Neither of them really need an introduction but if you need the background, click on their names and I’ll see you back here in about an hour. They’re responsible for movies like Apollo...

MIX is probably my favorite Microsoft conference but the folks in Microsoft Advertising had a pretty stellar lineup today at their Imagine 2011 conference . I can’t imagine what the folks here thought about the opening act – The Sancho Plan were a definite cure for anyone nursing a hangover...

Alex Kipman is one of the most fun (and smartest) guys I have met since arriving in Redmond. Despite being in huge demand as one of the visionaries behind Kinect, he’s generous with his time and is peerless at telling the story behind Kinect. The Project Natal codename? Kipman is the reason for...

A quick confession – one of the things I expect to post more of on this blog is “original content” – i.e. stuff that isn’t culled or curated (that’s the new cool term to use) from other Microsoft sites. However, it turns out that everywhere I look there is a great...