Wondering where Microsoft might go in the future? Alexander Gounares might have a say in it. For the last couple years he has been Bill Gates’ technical assistant. He wades through various technologies and provides his insights on how Microsoft might fit into them. Robert Scoble has this excellent Channel9 interview with him.
On a Tablet PC side of the story, it’s interesting to note that Alexander came from the Tablet PC team and among several roles was also involved in the handwriting recognition research team.
Yes, Alexander has a Tablet in his office, which is good, although it looks like he uses a desktop with three monitors as his primary daytime system.
A couple things he said resonated strongly with me. First, that communication and collaboration are already important but are becoming even more important in “computing.” And, second, that we’re only at the beginning of what the Internet will become. I wholeheartedly agree with both.