TightWind is written by Kyle Baxter. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Video concept for Microsoft’s new tablet device, Courier.

It’s an interesting design. It isn’t a tablet at all — rather, it has two screens like an open Moleskine.

It works with both a finger and stylus, but the UI looks quite stylus-dependent.

The video demonstrates it functioning just like a Moleskine notebook (just look at the cover when a new journal is created), with the disembodied hand flicking photos from the left screen (the browsing screen) onto the right screen, which is just a blank page, and writing down ideas.

Having a small notebook like this sounds great. I’d love to have all of my notes and ideas in my Moleskine in a tablet device. But I’m skeptical of the experience. I just don’t think writing on a screen will provide the same sensation and idea stimulation as writing on a page.

I’m obsessive about keeping my iPhone’s screen free of skin oil, and I only touch it with a fingertip. But if I’m writing on a screen with a stylus, the side of my hand will lie down on it, leaving a lot more oil. Maybe I am just a little too compulsive about keeping my screen clean, but this would freak me out. I’d be more concerned about keeping oil off of my screen than thinking through whatever the idea is, and that isn’t a good thing for a notebook.

That’s likely something I just need to get over, however. A mixed, stylus and touch, UI may be a great for a tablet device, because it let’s you do a lot more than touch alone does. The concept here looks quite good, but at this point, that’s all it is. Gizmodo says it’s in late-stage prototyping, which doesn’t mean much. Until there are actual devices for us to play with, we really have no idea.