Microsoft Pivot is an experimental new platform from Microsoft Labs that allows users to interact and visualize massive amounts of data.

Pivot garnered quite a bit of attention at the 2010 MIX conference, and attendees were apparently wowed by the elegant and engaging interaction model.

I can see numerous applications for this technology in my field of healthcare technology. Pivot could be used to track symptoms across thousands of patients, identifying trends, common side-effects, and adverse events. The application could also have use for processing and analyzing electronic medical records.

Check out the demo video here:

The Microsoft Pivot platform is a free download from Microsoft Labs. Worth a look!

You may also want to check out Mike Demopoulos’ write up on healthcare applications of technologies promoted at the 2010 MIX Conference at Cambridge BioMarketing’s Biorhythms blog. Mike also hosts two great blogs on Silverlight and WPF development.

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I was quoted on Boston.com today in a q/a piece about job opportunities for recently minted marketing majors.

Finding a job in marketing right out of school is tough, but there are a number of smart strategies recent grads can use to get their foot in the door. Internships are a great idea…but nothing beats networking and referrals.

It’s never too soon to start building your network, whether it’s through friends, family, or professors.

Also, the digital field is booming and it can’t hurt to consider options for specialization–whether by industry or discipline.

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This amazing demo of a interactive, 3-D magazine spread designed for iPad shows some of the real promise of the platform.

Read about the development approach and how the interactions, photography, and text were all composited.

VIV Mag Interactive Feature Spread – iPad Demo from Alexx Henry on Vimeo.

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Perfect – who doesn’t want one of these?

Built for students but probably better for wage slaves! Via the design blog.

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