Maz & Kilgore

The Pocket Put-Down Generator
Never be caught tongue-tied again. Humorless jerks beware - this insult generator give the power of the put-down.

We’ve been getting some comments that this version only works with OS 3.1.3. We have updated SpinSult to work with iPhone, and iPod Touch system 2.2. The update is currently in review and should be available shortly. Hang in there.

For technical assistance with SpinSult, contact: spinsult@mazandkilgore.com
Thanks - The SpinSult Team

Over the years, we’ve had the opportunity to consult on user experience and interface design for a number of companies in the software world. (more…)

Beginning in 1995, Maz and I worked as Creative Directors of the Social Interface Group at Microsoft. We had been working under Karen Fries and Barry Linnett on an application codenamed Utopia back in ‘93. They had assembled a team of programmers and artists to work on a radical new interface inspired by the emerging body of research into so called “social interfaces”. Much of this landmark research was performed by Stanford professors, Cliff Nass and Byron Reeves. (more…)

The Rotator: A Realtime Harmonic MIDI Processor

“Boure” Mac | Win

Back in the mid eighties, Maz & I decided to combine our two studios into one massive keyboard/programming room which came to be known as “The Lab”.

As we were both keyboard players, our combined arsenal at one point reached close to 30 synthesizers! Somewhere in that pile of gear was a six voice digitally controlled analog synthesizer made by Oberheim known as the Xpander.
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