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		<title>#HCI Capability in CompSci here at Manchester</title>
		<link>http://simon.harper.name/2012/01/31/hci-capability-in-compsci-here-at-manchester/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Harper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other week I was asked to prepare a one page overview of HCI in CS here at Manchester (for the EPSRC) - it seems to have evolved into the beginnings of a manifesto in part. You may find it interesting.. <a href="http://simon.harper.name/2012/01/31/hci-capability-in-compsci-here-at-manchester/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simon.harper.name&amp;blog=12221900&amp;post=1342&amp;subd=harpic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Personality Principle [#ux]</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Harper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your interface has personality, good or bad aesthetics, quality, flow, satisfaction, or fulfilment are not important; I’d probably even go as far as saying that usability is not important either. Personality trumps all the rest because it is the only one that can give the user an emotionally valuable engagement with the software engineering artefact. There are no tests for this principle, if it has personality you’ll know it! <a href="http://simon.harper.name/2012/01/24/the-personality-principle-ux/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simon.harper.name&amp;blog=12221900&amp;post=1332&amp;subd=harpic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SIGWEB Interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Harper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I1 was interviewed by Claus Atzenbeck for the SIGWEB Newsletter (http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2073244). While it isn't appropriate to reproduce the while thing - you can read the full interview it in the ACM DL, I was asked the question 'If you had the choice, would you dis-invent any technological advancement?' - the answer came as a bit of a shock even to me... <a href="http://simon.harper.name/2012/01/17/sigweb-interview/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simon.harper.name&amp;blog=12221900&amp;post=1327&amp;subd=harpic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Designing the Star User Interface [#UX]</title>
		<link>http://simon.harper.name/2012/01/10/designing-the-star-user-interface-ux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Harper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Usability]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Star system (circa 1980, and as described in Byte) gave rise to five principles, which in my opinion, are so important and timeless that their formulation and practical application as part of the Xerox Star user interface was without doubt revolutionary.
It is my opinion that these five principles are so important and timeless that their formulation and practical application as part of the Xerox Star user interface was without doubt revolutionary. <a href="http://simon.harper.name/2012/01/10/designing-the-star-user-interface-ux/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simon.harper.name&amp;blog=12221900&amp;post=1313&amp;subd=harpic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dynamics &#8211; Principles Collated by Source [#UX] and Welcome Back to the Working Week!</title>
		<link>http://simon.harper.name/2012/01/03/dynamics-principles-collated-by-source-ux-and-welcome-back-to-the-working-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Harper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Behaviour]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may know, I've been working on my UX notes for the new unit, and as part of this I've been collating some principles. Last week we looked at affective (Emotional) computing, and the week before at usability, but as it's `Back to Work', I'm adding those for Dynamics / Funology / and Gamification, just in case they may be of interest. <a href="http://simon.harper.name/2012/01/03/dynamics-principles-collated-by-source-ux-and-welcome-back-to-the-working-week/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simon.harper.name&amp;blog=12221900&amp;post=1304&amp;subd=harpic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Affective (Emotional) Principles Collated by Source [#UX] and a Happy New Year!</title>
		<link>http://simon.harper.name/2011/12/27/affective-emotional-principles-collated-by-source-ux-and-a-happy-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Harper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may know, I've been working on my UX notes for the new unit, and as part of this I've been collating some principles. Last week we looked at usability, but as it's New Year,, I'm adding those for affective (Emotional) computing just in case they may be of interest. <a href="http://simon.harper.name/2011/12/27/affective-emotional-principles-collated-by-source-ux-and-a-happy-new-year/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simon.harper.name&amp;blog=12221900&amp;post=1289&amp;subd=harpic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Usability Principles Collated by Source [#UX] and a Happy Christmas!</title>
		<link>http://simon.harper.name/2011/12/20/usability-principles-collated-by-source-ux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Harper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I've been working on my UX notes for the new unit, and as part of this I've been collating some principles. As it's Christmas, I'm adding those for usability just in case they may be of interest. <a href="http://simon.harper.name/2011/12/20/usability-principles-collated-by-source-ux/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simon.harper.name&amp;blog=12221900&amp;post=1278&amp;subd=harpic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RDWG Transcript for Web Accessibility Metrics #rdwg #accessibility</title>
		<link>http://simon.harper.name/2011/12/13/rdwg-transcript-for-web-accessibility-metrics-rdwg-accessibility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Harper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Accessibility]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I discussed the first RDWG Symposium on Web Accessibility Metrics last week, here as discussed is the full and un-edited transcript! <a href="http://simon.harper.name/2011/12/13/rdwg-transcript-for-web-accessibility-metrics-rdwg-accessibility/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simon.harper.name&amp;blog=12221900&amp;post=1273&amp;subd=harpic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Website Accessibility Metrics &#8211; Online Symposium #rdwg #a11y #accessibility</title>
		<link>http://simon.harper.name/2011/12/06/website-accessibility-metrics-online-symposium-rdwg-a11y-accessibility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Harper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we had the first (of what are planned to be many) W3C WAI Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) Website Accessibility Metrics Online Symposium. <a href="http://simon.harper.name/2011/12/06/website-accessibility-metrics-online-symposium-rdwg-a11y-accessibility/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simon.harper.name&amp;blog=12221900&amp;post=1257&amp;subd=harpic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UX Syllabus [#ux]</title>
		<link>http://simon.harper.name/2011/11/29/comp33512/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Harper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m writing a final year undergraduate unit on UX – it will be the first that that they have seen being that we are a hardcore engineering School – and I’d like your thoughts! Ignore the administrative stuff associated with work her in Manchester, but what about the unit content (both at the bottom)? Any suggestions for units that have already proved effective will be greatly appreciated! <a href="http://simon.harper.name/2011/11/29/comp33512/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simon.harper.name&amp;blog=12221900&amp;post=1006&amp;subd=harpic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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