Sergi Jorda, researcher, musician and lecturer, explores why music performance is a good area for tabletop applications and why tabletops make good instruments. He also discusses the Reactable project. (November 21, 2008)

Jaroslaw Kapuscinski, an intermedia composer, pianist and Stanford faculty member, presents both the process of composition and audiovisual performance. (December 5, 2008)

Merrie Morris, a researcher with Microsoft, reveals the challenges users face when attempting to collaborate on Web search. She then presents two systems, SearchTogether and CoSearch, that address these challenges. (November 7, 2008)