Nigel Simpson

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 Nigel Simpson

Nigel Simpson
Research Technologist
Collaborative Environments Project
Sun Microsystems Laboratories


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Nigel Simpson is a Research Technologist in Sun Labs working on Project Wonderland a collaborative 3D virtual world.

His research interests include collaborative computing, mobile devices and ubiquitous computing.

Nigel has worn many hats in the 20 years he's spent in the computer industry, including end-user/customer, system administrator, software developer, quality assurance engineer, support engineer, chief architect, architect and researcher. Through all of these roles he's been an advocate for users and product usability. He strongly believes that products should start with "who?", "why?" and "what?" but not "how?" which is usually the engineer's first thought. Nigel constantly strives to improve existing solutions and to find ways to solve "impossible" problems in ways that are human friendly.

Nigel hails from England.

Latest Sun Patents

  • Computer implemented system and method for predictive management of electronic messages
    (Dec 23, 2008)
  • Method and system for voice control of software applications
    (Sep 2, 2008)
  • System and method of using presence information to delay dialing phone calls initiated by a caller to a callee
    (Jul 11, 2006)
  • Methods and apparatus for site wide monitoring of electronic mail systems
    (Apr 29, 2003)

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