Fishing for Information

InkSeine is a tool for thought that lets you fish for useful information directly from your ink notes.

Fishermen catching salmon on the Columbia River using a seine.

Ink• Ink: Capture freeform thoughts & ideas

Ink + Search• Ink: Capture freeform thoughts & ideas• Search: Access supporting materials &

documents

Ink + Search + Gather• Ink: Capture freeform thoughts & ideas• Search: Access supporting materials &

documents • Gather: Integrate what you find with your notes.

Ink + Search + Gather• InkSeine is Ink + Search + Gather – A virtuous cycle that unifies these elements in a

fluid user experience uniquely suited to pen interaction

A few pengestures give quick access to rich search functionality.

A few pengestures give quick access to rich search functionality.

A few pengestures give quick access to rich search functionality.

A few pengestures give quick access to rich search functionality.

Some ways I use InkSeine

Collaborate• I gathered some initial

information and then my colleague Ravin and Iused my large tabletto jot notes about ourdiscussion.

Project “Folder”

• On this page, I’ve collected links to all the documents that a student and I needed to refer to when we were preparing an article.

– We also discussed the iPhone accelerometer; I’ve captured a few snippets that my web searches about that turned up.

Web Launch Pad + Note Pad• An easy and fun

visual way to keep shortcuts to web pages, interesting blogposts, etc. with your own notes and annotations.

Mock up w/ Clippings• I love to use my Tablet PC

to quickly sketch up ideas.• I’ll grab screen clippings

from existing appliations or documents, or drag pictures into InkSeine from the web or my project folders

• Then I can really go crazy: I throw them together, mark them up, and try out variations to explore my design ideas.

Track Progress• Here I’m using a

snapshot from a spreadsheet to keep track of all the thingsI need to resolve aboutthis part of my project.

• I check off things as they’re completed andadd notes about more stuff that comes up as I’m working.

Review & Mark up

Compile

• In this example I am gathering key info from lots of emailswe received about people’s experiences with InkSeine…

Informal Presentations

Send us your feedback!

• Let us know how it goes for you!–What do you find awkward or difficult?–What works well for you?–What missing features do you most want?– Please report any bugs you find.• Snapshot / copy of error information• Details of what you were doing when a bug

struck helps a lot!– inkseine@microsoft.com