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	<title>David Farbey&#039;s Marginal Notes &#187; user-focus</title>
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		<title>What is &#8220;user focus&#8221; really about?</title>
		<link>http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2011/02/what-is-user-focus-really-about/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 17:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best instructions are always written from the user’s point of view. But what does that mean? What is that point of view, and how do you reconcile that point of view with the widespread expectation amongst people who employ &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2011/02/what-is-user-focus-really-about/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Please release me from release notes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have an admission to make. I detest software release notes. Let me be clear: I am all in favour of keeping customers informed about the latest enhancements to a product, and understand that a new software release is a &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2011/01/please-release-me-from-release-notes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mind the gap</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 11:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I commute to work every day on the London Underground, known familiarly to Londoners and visitors alike as &#8220;the tube&#8221;. The tube network doesn&#8217;t always work as well as it could, and recently there was a very disruptive strike (with &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2010/09/mind-the-gap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is there such a thing as a &#8220;Programmer/Writer&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2009/09/what-is-a-programmerwriter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent discussion thread on LinkedIn, someone asked for opinions about the job description for a vacancy for a &#8220;Programmer/Writer&#8221;. Was it possible they asked, for someone to be both a software programmer and a technical writer? Was it &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2009/09/what-is-a-programmerwriter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Beware the Default Manual</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thomas Barker, in his book Writing Software Documentation, uses the term “the default manual” to describe a user’s guide that is organised according to features, rather than tasks. This sort of user’s guide has a chapter for each menu in &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2008/08/beware-the-default-manual/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>At last, some consideration for users</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I work extensively with companies developing computer software and hardware, I am proud to be a member of the British Computer Society (the BCS). I receive regular emails and magazines and occasionally attend local meetings. This week an email &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2008/04/at-last-some-consideration-for-users/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Usability from the trenches</title>
		<link>http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2007/08/usability-from-the-trenches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2007/08/usability-from-the-trenches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Farbey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Liberman is a linguist and mathematician at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also has some responsibilities for student accommodation.He has written a wonderful article about an example of poor usability for a new computer application which was supposed &#8230; <a href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2007/08/usability-from-the-trenches/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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