Designing people-friendly systems
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
At the University of Toronto in the 1970s, Bill Buxton made a point of choosing a very technical name for his computer science initiative -- the Structured Sound Synthesis Project.
Now, he'll be applying his expertise to projects at Microsoft, where he was named a senior researcher last week. The company, which has lost some key talent to Google and others during the past year, trumpeted the hiring of Buxton as an important addition to its research unit.
Buxton said he had opportunities to work for other companies -- "some of the obvious candidates" -- but decided that Microsoft was the right place.