Garage project Journal makes your ink more powerful with improved lasso, multi-select, support for different languages, and more

Journal, a Microsoft Garage project, is an ink and touch-first note-taking experience that uses AI to help you stay in the flow of your writing. You can use scratch out to quickly erase something, tap ink to quickly select a word or sentence, and use search to filter to things you’ve written like an item you starred or doodle you….

Microsoft Garage partners with Air Force Officer to grow employee-led innovation

At Microsoft, employees are trying new things and embracing lessons from success – and failure. They’re seeking out diverse perspectives in a culture that practices a growth mindset. The annual company-wide Microsoft Global Hackathon, produced by The Garage, is a big part of that culture. The Garage was honored to work with Major Ryan “Merlin” Middleton of the U.S. Air….

Introducing the Microsoft Garage Gallery “Spirit of Being” exhibit with multidisciplinary artists

New York City has always been home to artists and creative minds who push the boundaries of art, technology, and storytelling. The newly built Microsoft Garage facility in Lower Manhattan is one of many exciting places where The Garage is establishing programs to fuel innovation both within and outside the company. Part of The Garage space in NYC hosts an….

Custom page styles and improved print and export features now available in Garage project Journal

Journal, a Microsoft Garage project, is live with a new update! The project team is excited to deliver one of their most popular feature requests: Page Styles. Journal is an inking incubation exploring how new paradigms and the power of AI can transform the way we ink, and it’s available for download for any pen-capable Windows 10 device. Existing users….

Print, custom ink colors, and more come to Garage project Journal

A short month ago, we released Journal, a Microsoft Garage project, and the Journal team is thrilled with the response so far. Building on user feedback and what the team has learned so far, they have already introduced new features, fine-tuned gestures, and started sketching new modes for the note-taking tool. Windows 10 users with a pen-capable device can try….

A new ink-first experience with Journal, a Microsoft Garage project

There’s something magical when inspiration hits: that moment when a great idea starts to form, where you finally solve a big problem, or you find moments in the day to process your thoughts. For many of us the way to express this inspiration is through writing. We reach for a piece of paper to start capturing our ideas. We sketch….