Steve Clayton
“THE BEST WAY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IS TO CREATE IT.” - Peter Drucker
Where to get your Clayton fix
Greetings. You may have noticed that things have been rather slow around here for a...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 03/28/2011
I’m up for a Niney
Gosh…I’ve been nominated for a Niney!! Surprised and honored especially with the...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 02/02/2011
AI past and future
A fun cartoon by Tom Gauld Tweet
Author: stevecla01 Date: 01/28/2011
Another year, another business card
My latest official card – this one has my job title as Editor: Next at Microsoft – which...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 01/24/2011
What’s in my sack?
I was inspired by Hugh’s recent post on his portable studio, I got thinking about what I carry...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 01/17/2011
About those Windows Phone ads…
Art imitates life imitates art. Poor girl…but too funny not to share. …remind you of...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 01/15/2011
The Sartorialist is one of my heroes
when your hobby becomes your job, you'll never work another day in your life. I've gotten pretty...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 01/12/2011
The processor is an expression of human potential
spotted in Vegas…one Hugh MacLeod, looking well, drawing brilliantly and quick witted as ever. Hats...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 01/09/2011
What’s Next?
As you may have noticed, things have gotten pretty slow with updates to this blog of late –...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 01/08/2011
Happy Christmas!
Author: stevecla01 Date: 12/24/2010
Wonderful composite video
Lovely work from GE and similar from Nike hat tip to FlowingData Tweet
Author: stevecla01 Date: 12/23/2010
British IT humour
Enfield and Corbett. Classic…and given Google is a verb, ironic that it didn’t make it...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 12/23/2010
Minifig yourself
I got sent a minifig of myself recently and they’re scarily good. Check ‘em out at...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 12/19/2010
The link between ID theft and going green
One thing I’ve been impressed by as I’ve settled in to life in the US is the easy with...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 12/19/2010
Windows Phone 7 and personality
Hugh’s latest seemed entirely appropriate for Windows Phone 7 – this product has more...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 12/12/2010
Dilbert on social media
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Author: stevecla01 Date: 12/12/2010
Simple Wallpaper
Love this…and many more wallpapers from simpledesktops.com Tweet
Author: stevecla01 Date: 12/09/2010
The difference between need and want
Just in case anyone is listening (pun), I absolutely definitely need these headphones. This is not a...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 12/03/2010
13 years at Microsoft. What’s Next
Today is my thirteen year anniversary at Microsoft and though 13 is supposed to be an unlucky...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 12/01/2010
Kinect hits the comics
[image credit – foxtrot.com] Kinect meets popular culture. Tweet
Author: stevecla01 Date: 12/01/2010
Microsoft Store in my Windows Phone
I was searching the Zune Marketplace today and happened across the Microsoft Store app for Windows...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/29/2010
Your mileage may vary
Great to see British Airways have now embraced mobile boarding – alas not on Windows Phone 7. We...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/28/2010
Killer artwork of The Killers
I remember having to do a detention essay back in school when I was 16 on pointillism…it was boring....
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/28/2010
Kinect - Dancing with invisible light
The Kinect redirection continues – Herb Kim pointed me to a Flickr gallery by Audrey Penven who has...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/24/2010
This would make a great Windows Phone 7 ad
….but meantime, check out the latest Windows Phone 7 video of skydivers. via adsoftheworld.comTweet
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/24/2010
Hidden tricks of Windows Phone 7
I thought I’d found most of the tricks Windows Phone 7 has up it’s sleeve but no, this puppy...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/23/2010
What next in the adventures of Kinect?
A very nice find my by my UK pal Rob Margel (though first spotted by the living legend that is...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/22/2010
You're looking at 5 million years of R&D…
My pal Kris Hoet came across the poster below and suggested it was missing one evolution of the...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/22/2010
What does it feel like when Redmond gets Windows Phone 7?
Well for starters, my Facebook feed is seeing a lot of the action shown above…and conversations...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/22/2010
How do you make the worlds best webcam?
You get a bunch of smart people together and tell them to go do what they do. This short video shows...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/19/2010
Softie?
What type of reader are you? I’ve been trying to get a sense lately of the demographic of...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/18/2010
Microsoft lines up
I left the Bellevue mall at 11am and still there were HUGE lines to get in to the Microsoft Store...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/18/2010
Microsoft’s latest social experiment
Does Microsoft “get” social? Many would have you believe we don’t but I’d challenge that. Xbox Live,...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/17/2010
The Future of Technology
our Windows guys are on a roll. I love this video. inspired by Lost Generation of course. Tweet
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/16/2010
What went down?
Do you want to know what went down in history right at the spot you’re stood? That’s what History...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/16/2010
Searching the Windows Phone 7 marketplace
Okay, maybe it’s just me (probably) but I only just realized Windows Phone 7 has the ability to...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/16/2010
Supercomputing from your desktop
When I was back in college, the Cray supercomputer was a mythical thing – not least as it looked...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/16/2010
New Windows cloud ad sports Dell Inspiron Duo
The latest Windows cloud ad includes the forthcoming Dell Inspiron Duo – YouTube version is also up...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/15/2010
Explaining Windows & the cloud
Clean. Elegant. Simple…not words that people typically use when talking about Microsoft but that’s...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/15/2010
Geico on Windows Phone 7
I sure sign that I have been in the US for too long now – I noticed Geico, the ubiquitous car...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/14/2010
LeBron ad
Love the Don Jonhson cameoTweet
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/12/2010
This video was made on a PC
Windows has a sense of humour Tweet
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/12/2010
Vodafone & Windows Phone 7
Nice new ad with subtle use of Windows Phone 7…and Lewis Hamilton via Chris RawlinsonTweet
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/11/2010
New Windows Phone 7 ad
This one is running with Orange in the UK. Likin’ it Tweet
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/09/2010
Your essential Windows Phone 7 apps
Wilson Rothman has a very solid list in his post "The first Windows Phone 7 apps you should...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/08/2010
Brother ad
Just saw this ad on UK TV and thought it was very cool. Reminded me of some tech I have seen around...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/08/2010
Microsoft Tag arrives on Windows Phone 7
I was only asking our Tag team last week when the Windows Phone 7 Tag application would arrive and...
Author: stevecla01 Date: 11/08/2010