Saturday 27 November 2010

Notion Ink Adam - Secret Feature - Hint II

My thoughts about Rohan's most latest post onthe Notion Ink Blog!

The first Hint “Meeting with Nikolas Tesla in Missouri on 10th July 1856 : High Priority” confirming that indeed the clue on the homepage does relate to Tesla and his birthday! I got as far is seeing it as a timestamp but never considered that it could be a date of birth.

The key to this post "(but not rushing by releasing sub-standard products, we are here to stay for centuries)"
I agree with Rohan, This is about building a long term business and not rushing out a product in order to capitalise on one holiday season when you have many many more. I'm very proud of the fact that you are sticking to your guns and not giving in to the pressure.

People need to understand that with Investors involved this is just as much about ensuring they are happy and continue to back you and at the same time providing your users with what they want. It is a tough balancing act.

The thought behind the Calendar seems sound and initially it seems very simple + optimised for the touch experience, but to me it seems too crowded, with that much information on screen? It maybe an idea to seperate it in to two dialogues, One detailing the event and the seccond detailing the time/reminders you would like to set.

The second hint is a good one. Apple's 3d Touch can be seen here! "http://www.macrumors.com/2010/01/05/apple-patent-application-points-to-3d-multi-touch-manipulation/" It combines well with the IR Theory and using the Camera for depth perception. Love the thought if it and can't wait to see the implementation.

Finally, I'm with Prakhyat Singh on this, I'm in awe of NI, how far out of the box their thinking is and how much imagination this device is using. I would like to encourage them to keep going! The Adam was originally my addiction and now its the story. The story of Notion Ink.

1 comment:

  1. Apple's 3D environment reminds me of a desktop environment called BumpTop. I just went to check their website and it looks like they have been bought by Google. That could be an interesting development, if they are in fact similar.

    http://bumptop.com/

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BumpTop

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