It's About Learning

http://youtu.be/a6cNdhOKwi0

In the Tech Sanity Check post Microsoft conjures up the future of mobile productivity, Jason Hiner rightly points out:

As entertaining as it is to watch these videos, it’s hard to take them very seriously until Microsoft can start connecting some of these ideas with steps that it’s actually taking in real world products.

While it is frustrating to see such potential not being realized by Microsoft we can be consoled by fact that Apple and many other companies are working to create this future. This perspective is confirmed in the Geekwire post The future is amazing, and Microsoft has video to prove it which offers an analysis of the Microsoft’s latest video and points to the likelihood that many other companies may use Microsoft’s ideas to create this future. For example the Geekwire post refers to Microsoft’s inability to deliver and points to Microsoft’s failed tablet strategy that was ultimately realized by Apple. An account of this failure is handled by Hiner in the 2010 Tech Sanity Check post Microsoft’s misguided tablet strategy is the apotheosis of the company

In 2009 Microsoft put out this earlier video that introduced many of the concepts further developed in this years video:

http://youtu.be/t5X2PxtvMsU

The following is the 2009 Microsoft “Courier” secret tablet that held so much promise but failed to materialize

While it may be unfortunate for Microsoft to not be able to realize the potential of the video vision-casts they create, they must still be commended for releasing these videos that are inspiring others to work towards this exciting future.