Tag Archives: surface

Accessing WordPress Blog Content from Other Applications

Posted on February 21, 2011 by TimC

We are testing the potential to use Wordpress as a simple method for mobile information input and management across distributed devices (see cratos.open.ac.uk/wordpress ). Whilst we have previously used Drupal for this purpose, Wordpress is easy to set up and use, and requires less development time to do the basics. It also has a lot of plugins available to do things that might be useful as we expand the activities the OTIH system is used in… Continue reading →

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OTIH Surface Application – Work in Progress

Posted on July 28, 2010 by TimC

Development of the application that students will use on the Surface is progressing well. Here are a few screenshots showing the different modes and functionality: The first pilot study of the whole OTIH system ran successfully today, with this Surface … Continue reading →

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Design Workshop

Posted on April 29, 2010 by TimC

We have spent the first part of this week working as a group to design the OTIH system, particularly focusing on the ‘In Here’ sub-system and the use of the Microsoft Surface within this. This has really helped to firm … Continue reading →

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First ‘Hands On’ with the Microsoft Surface

Posted on March 31, 2010 by John san

The new Surface has arrived, and  it’s a compelling experience. As you can see from the following pictures, people can’t keep their hands off it.

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GIS and Surface

Posted on March 23, 2010 by TimC

This post demonstrates some of the possibilities for GIS interfaces on the Surface: There are several frameworks out there for integrating mapping in to WPF Surface apps: The above system used the ArcGIS API for Silverlight/WPF . I’ve also been … Continue reading →

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Surface Links

Posted on March 12, 2010 by TimC

I’ve been doing a fair amount of research on Microsoft Surface development and applications recently, here are a few interesting links: http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/PC17/ – A long but very worthwhile presentation covering a lot of aspects of surface including development examples and … Continue reading →

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