Just last year, Bill Gates presented a new technology at the 2008 CEO Summit called the ‘Touch Wall’. Although the technology was still not even close to being complete, Bill decided that he was to anxious to hold it off anymore. From what I see, he might’ve wanted to test and improve a litttle bit more.
“I always like to show something that’s new, because that’s kind of risky,” said Gates before the start of the presentation. The Touch Wall certainly is new. Just presented last year, the Microsoft Touch Wall is a large touch screen that mounts on your wall like a big screen TV. It has similar traits to Microsoft Surface, in the fact that it uses a Natural User Interface.
As Bill Gates walks up to the Wall, he describes how there are “some scanning cameras” and that the software will know when you touch it. Only one thing: it didn’t work. From that point the video is edited to delete out certain parts (who knows what). It picks back up with Gates saying “that makes me a little worried”, and the touch screen finally working.
Now I don’t mean to bash Gates by any means; it isn’t his fault. In fact, It’s nobody’s fault. It’s just a work in progress that the Microsoft team was anxious to get out there to be seen by the world. Lots of times you need that kind of motivation, particularly as a developer, to know that somebody cares.
But next time something goes wrong during your presentation, just remember: Even Bill Gates, the retired Microsoft CEO and one of the most wealthiest man in the world has done the same thing.. in front of the world.
Even Bill Gates has problems once in a while.
Just last year, Bill Gates presented a new technology at the 2008 CEO Summit called the ‘Touch Wall’. Although the technology was still not even close to being complete, Bill decided that he was to anxious to hold it off anymore. From what I see, he might’ve wanted to test and improve a litttle bit more.
“I always like to show something that’s new, because that’s kind of risky,” said Gates before the start of the presentation. The Touch Wall certainly is new. Just presented last year, the Microsoft Touch Wall is a large touch screen that mounts on your wall like a big screen TV. It has similar traits to Microsoft Surface, in the fact that it uses a Natural User Interface.
As Bill Gates walks up to the Wall, he describes how there are “some scanning cameras” and that the software will know when you touch it. Only one thing: it didn’t work. From that point the video is edited to delete out certain parts (who knows what). It picks back up with Gates saying “that makes me a little worried”, and the touch screen finally working.
Now I don’t mean to bash Gates by any means; it isn’t his fault. In fact, It’s nobody’s fault. It’s just a work in progress that the Microsoft team was anxious to get out there to be seen by the world. Lots of times you need that kind of motivation, particularly as a developer, to know that somebody cares.
But next time something goes wrong during your presentation, just remember: Even Bill Gates, the retired Microsoft CEO and one of the most wealthiest man in the world has done the same thing.. in front of the world.
