{"id":282,"date":"2016-06-03T16:03:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T15:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/industry\/2016\/06\/03\/from-doodles-to-digital-storytelling\/"},"modified":"2016-06-03T16:03:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T15:03:13","slug":"from-doodles-to-digital-storytelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/retail\/2016\/06\/03\/from-doodles-to-digital-storytelling\/","title":{"rendered":"From Doodles to Digital Storytelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em>How natural interfaces changed the way I work<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-37475 size-full\" src=\"\/\/az370354.vo.msecnd.net\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/Surface-cartoon-strip-1of5.jpg\" alt=\"I\u2019m a corporate blogger. I come from a long line of hard-boiled newsmen and investigative reporters\u2026(sort of). Well, I write stories with words, okay? \" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-37484 size-full\" src=\"\/\/az370354.vo.msecnd.net\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/Surface-cartoon-strip-2of5.jpg\" alt=\"So when the Surface team asked me to write a story with a very different interface, I was naturally a bit sceptical. I\u2019m certainly no artist. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-37494 size-full\" src=\"\/\/az370354.vo.msecnd.net\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/Surface-cartoon-strip-3of5.jpg\" alt=\"But as I started gathering notes and ideas in OneNote, I began to see the benefit of being able to move between text and images in a natural interface to tell my story. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37504\" src=\"\/\/az370354.vo.msecnd.net\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/Surface-cartoon-strip-4of5.jpg\" alt=\"Surface-cartoon-strip-4of5\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37514\" src=\"\/\/az370354.vo.msecnd.net\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/Surface-cartoon-strip-5of5.jpg\" alt=\"This natural interface extends well beyond doodling notes, to include hardcore computer processing and group collaboration with Surface. \" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/info.microsoft.com\/UK-EMS-CNTNT-FY17-08Aug-23-Download-the-Innovator-Guide-to-Modern-Note-Taking-249195_Registration.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37515\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37515\" src=\"\/\/az370354.vo.msecnd.net\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/Surface-cartoon-strip-6-CTA.jpg\" alt=\"Surface-cartoon-strip-6-CTA\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"wp-footer-link\" href=\"https:\/\/info.microsoft.com\/UK-EMS-CNTNT-FY17-08Aug-23-Download-the-Innovator-Guide-to-Modern-Note-Taking-249195_Registration.html\" target=\"_blank\">Download <em>The Innovator&#8217;s Guide to Modern Note Taking<\/em> here<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Future Decoded 2016<\/h2>\n<p>Come and join us at Future Decoded, where you\u2019ll be able to visit our Surface Stand and enter a competition to win a Surface Pro 4 or Surface Book. 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