[IxDA Discuss] notepads and creative tools

[Jason Lee]

The Fly Pen might be of interest to you:

http://www.leapfrog.com/Primary/MiddleHighSchool/PRD_fly_pen/FLY153 
+Pentop+Computer.jsp

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/17/technology/circuits/17pogue.html? 
ex=1183780800&en=7d9b6a8d627060f9&ei=5070

Jason

On Jul 4, 2007, at 5:06 PM, Oleh Kovalchuke wrote:

> On 7/4/07, Jeff Axup <axup at userdesign.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> care to elaborate a bit (either privately or publicly on list)  
>> about how
>> the tablet would interact with the digital whiteboard? I see  
>> potential
>> advantages and problems with doing that.
>
>
> About eight months ago I wrote a proposal for an electronic  
> whiteboard,
> where I have described how several people could interact with the  
> whiteboard
> via laptops. Below are excerpts from the proposal. Replace "laptop"  
> with
> "digital notepad". Now, eight months older, I would replace quite a  
> few
> things (naturally) besides the word 'laptop".
>
> -- 
> Oleh Kovalchuke
> Interaction Design is the Design of Time
> http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm
>
> --------------------------------------------
>
>
> *The Perfect *Brainstorm* (electronic whiteboard)** *
>
> *Technology*: 4x6 feet touch screen, support for multiple inputs,  
> *wireless*
> *connectivity* *to* *multiple* *laptops*, web enabled, electronic  
> pen, USB
> ports.
> *
>
> Possible uses*:
> *
>
> Brainstorming*
> *
>
> visual (drawing wireframes, designs)* *
> **textual (IA, nonvisual ideas)*
>
> Lecture hall presentation *
> *Video games, military video games *
> *Art *
> *Teachers in classroom *
> *Traffic controllers *
> *Interactive TV *
> *CAD *
> *Next generation of computers
> *
>
> Brainstorming goals*
>
> Encourage and support *collaborative* *environment* *
> *Make contributions effortless *
> *Make contribution eclectic *
> *Make *possible* *moderation* of contributions *
> *Make *ideas* *semi*-*anonymous* *
> *Save, *review* *and* *reuse* *ideas*, sessions
> *
>
> Brainstorming tasks*
> *
>
> At the board:
> *
>
> Ability to draw, erase, modify drawing (see Flash for details)  
> [tools on
> demand to reduce fatigue] *
> *Ability to zoom (consider fish eye zoom) *
> *"Scratch" area *
> *Tools area (zoom overview, paint, etc.) *
> *Ability to undo/redo. *
> *Ability to save, restore *
> *Ability to point without writing *
> *Ability to add and hide notes on specific parts of the design. *
> *Ability to stack multiple boards. *
> *Shapes? *
> *Colors *
> *Ability to add video. *
> *Ability to link multiple views (pages) with transitions  
> (PowerPoint, Visio)
> *
> *Ability to add layers (interactivity with active layer only, three  
> layers)
> *
> *Ability to add notes and ability to hide annotations (show note  
> stubs). *
> *Hand writing recognition. *
> *Ability to add sound comments, sound bites associated with specific
> areas/actions (low info density, hard to edit, could be used for  
> prototypes,
> though). Voice recognition software. *
> *Ability to browse web and to take area snapshots. *
> *Ability to browse web and to take area video. *
> *Any enclosed shape with writing can be converted into a note  
> (hover icon in
> the corner of the shape)
> *
>
> Remotely:
> *
>
> Ability to edit remotely (multiple connections from within  
> conference room)
> during brainstorming session (session start/end issues). [two  
> interfaces –
> laptop and board] *
> *Ability to edit and upload changes from the "other coast". *
> *Ability to moderate session input (optional, but important). *
> *Ability to make changes on laptop asynchronously and upload/ 
> synchronize the
> changes during session. *
> *Ability to put pieces of ideas into "master" design, to merge  
> designs *
> *Ability to view contributions from users (motivator to contribute  
> ideas,
> comments, also reduces possibility of sabotage)
> **
>
> User tasks will have to be distributed among three tools:  
> Whiteboard proper,
> whiteboard Pen, laptop(s).
> *
>
> Whiteboard *areas and functionality
>
> History (bottom of the screen, screenshots) *
> *Pages (top of the screen, "Add page" Google IG) *
> *Scratch (for remote submissions, shapes - right) *
> *Tools (layers - left)
> Zoom and overview (top right corner)
> Session, remote connections – top
> Select entire screen and drag it to Scratch area *
> *DVD backup *
> *Print with collated output *
> *Save as PDF, PNG, JPG in addition to native format. Export to  
> PowerPoint.
> *
>
> Pen *functionality
>
> Draw – push button to reveal tip. Pressure – line thickness. Or  
> zoom widget
> as thickness *
> *Point – drawing tip is retracted *
> *Select – touch object once – side, twice entire object selected,  
> click and
> drag for group *
> *Drag – if object is selected *
> *Edit – edit button on pen (hold to drag/transform the shape) or edit
> handles on the screen once object is selected *
> *Erase – opposite end from drawing tip *
> *Wipe – pen on the side, drag across the area to be wiped *
> *Zoom in/out – spring loaded widget (see camcorders) Thumb  
> operated. Zooms
> selection. Zoom affects line thickness in nonlinear fashion (lines  
> remain
> thick longer than areas for zoom out). *
> *Sound paging (to locate when it is misplaced) *
> *Microphone (for sound bites and for annotations)
> *
>
> Laptop *functionality
>
> Real time brainstorming session *
> *Ability to drive the whiteboard from a laptop (if pen is lost/ 
> broken) *
> *Multiple simultaneous contributions to main area of whiteboard  
> from several
> laptops *
> *Contribution to scrap area *
> *Contributing notes to main area of white board: Appear on submit and
> dissolve leaving stub, which can be re-open from the whiteboard or  
> from
> laptop. Once reopen – explicit minimization. *
> *Asynchronous brainstorming *
> *Compatibility with MS Office products. *
> *Ability to sketch ideas and upload them to Scrap area of ongoing  
> session *
> *Ability to download session for review, editing, adding comments *
> *Create designs on laptop and upload them during session to scrap area
> *
>
> Core functionality *(bare bones functionality):
> *
>
> Must haves *(support Venecia and clumsily Dave):
> *
>
> Nice ideas to consider *(future releases, if there is time in the  
> current
> release):
> *
>
> Frequent tasks*:
>
> *Whiteboard wireframe (the draft of the first draft):*
>
> * **Prototype interface for laptop (remote contribution)* – will  
> not be
> included in the first release due to severe time constraints.
>
>
>
> On 7/4/07, Oleh Kovalchuke <tangospring at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> *suggested enhancement* for the digital notepad: multiple devices  
>> should
>> be able to connect to digital whiteboard, some of them remotely - San
>> Francisco to ongoing prototyping session in Boston
>>
>> <whiteboard pen wireframe.jpg>
>> <whiteboard wireframe.jpg>
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