Author Archives: Thomas Purves

Would you Bing that?

Posted on June 6, 2009 by Thomas Purves

Earlier this week Microsoft Canada invited myself and a few other locals out to take a look at Bing. Here’s what you should know about Bing. Bing is Microsoft’s new search engine. Bing is a re-brand of Microsoft’s old “live” … Continue reading →

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Will QR Codes Save the National Post?

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Thomas Purves

If you are a reader of Canada’s (other) national newspaper the National Post, you may have noticed that they are trying out something neat with 2D barcodes a.k.a QR Codes. They don’t quite look like normal QR codes but this … Continue reading →

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Presentation: Design for an Augment Reality world

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Thomas Purves

For posterity here is the slideshare version of my Augmented Reality talk, which I presented for the first time at Refresh Events in Toronto. As a first cut, this presentation represented more of a shotgun scattershot rather than a linearly … Continue reading →

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