Surface business up and running

“The future is here right now; it’s just highly distributed.”

So quipped my friend Bill Buxton, one of the doyens of surface computing here @ Microsoft. In a lot of ways, we’re trying to offer a twist on that with Microsoft Surface, our first product in this exciting category. It represents years of focus and passion by a small legion of really smart people around the globe bent on doing one thing; cherry-picking all of the little features that make technology so cool and delivering a user experience that’s fast, easy and, natural.

Business and Pleasure: The Leisure and Entertainment Sector

Through these posts I’ll be filling you in on the details of how we’re taking Surface from the Lab into your Life. We have a nice squad of bloggers here, each with their own angle on things. My team’s angle is business. That means bravely charting a course where few in our company have gone before. We are creating a new category and putting together the right plan to grow value. We have a lot of “partners” in the value equation; leading brands in leisure and entertainment like Starwood Hotels and Harrah’s Entertainment to name a couple. We’re also partnering with best-in-breed ISV’s from Web 2.0 shops to accomplished game developers.

As we enhance our focus on the Leisure and Entertainment sector, we’d love to hear you think about venues that would be appealing to have your first Surface experience!