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		<title>If you don&#8217;t know the past, you don&#8217;t know the future &#8212; some thoughts semi related to mobile healthcare</title>
		<link>http://www.softwarehumanfactors.com/2012/02/17/if-you-dont-know-the-past-you-dont-know-the-future-some-thoughts-semi-related-to-mobile-healthcare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you don’t know that past, you don’t know the future. I’ve been working on creating set of best practices for mobile healthcare solutions during the past few months, and it has made me think about the evolution of user experiences and their underlying technology. Back “in the old days” at the beginning of my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare usability?  Not!</title>
		<link>http://www.softwarehumanfactors.com/2012/02/03/healthcare-usability-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[User UnFriendly I just read a very interesting article about the lack of usability in the HIT field.  See http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/issues/20_2/user-unfriendly-43946-1.html?zkPrintable=true Key points: Poor EHR design might be a patient safety issue. Lack of understanding of what clinicians need is at the heart of problem. There&#8217;s also no mechanism for publicizing problems with EHR interfaces. Lack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now this is a nice error message!</title>
		<link>http://www.softwarehumanfactors.com/2012/02/02/now-this-is-a-nice-error-message/</link>
		<comments>http://www.softwarehumanfactors.com/2012/02/02/now-this-is-a-nice-error-message/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bennett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Messaging]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was getting ready to listen to some Syd Barrett on Last.fm when this message came on the screen. Nice Job! &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>7 +/- 2 Things the Software Industry should Know About Cognitive Psychology</title>
		<link>http://www.softwarehumanfactors.com/2011/12/02/7-2-things-the-software-industry-should-know-about-cognitive-psychology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.softwarehumanfactors.com/2011/12/02/7-2-things-the-software-industry-should-know-about-cognitive-psychology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bennett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cognitive Psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[usability]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.softwarehumanfactors.com/?p=50</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The capacity of the human brain to process information has remained the same—even as the number of type of users for software-based Internet connected devices has increased at an exponential rate. The field of psychology, especially cognitive psychology has, among other things, focused on understanding the processes by which we store information, make decisions, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internationalization (I18n) and usability</title>
		<link>http://www.softwarehumanfactors.com/2011/11/03/internationalization-i18n-and-usability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.softwarehumanfactors.com/2011/11/03/internationalization-i18n-and-usability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some US companies or agencies internationalization of their User Interface may just seem like a lot of unnecessary extra work. They may believe that because they have no current plans to expand beyond the United States they have no reason to internationalize their web-based application. I have found that one of the easiest ways [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Angry Birds is so successful and popular: a cognitive teardown of the user experience</title>
		<link>http://www.softwarehumanfactors.com/2011/10/19/why-angry-birds-is-so-successful-and-popular-a-cognitive-teardown-of-the-user-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.softwarehumanfactors.com/2011/10/19/why-angry-birds-is-so-successful-and-popular-a-cognitive-teardown-of-the-user-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bennett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gamification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UPA-DC User Focus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.mauronewmedia.com/blog/2011/02/why-angry-birds-is-so-successful-a-cognitive-teardown-of-the-user-experience/ I remember attending a session at the recent UPA/DC conference on &#8221; Gamification as a Method for User Engagement?&#8221; by Theresa Smith ( see http://upadc.org/Resources/Documents/conference/2011/Presentations/SmithTheresa-UserFocus1011.pdf ) and was intrigued about her application of games to productive user experiences. My son is addicted to angry birds and we often spend time singing the theme song [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gimme Some Feedback!</title>
		<link>http://www.softwarehumanfactors.com/2011/10/18/gimme-some-feedback/</link>
		<comments>http://www.softwarehumanfactors.com/2011/10/18/gimme-some-feedback/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bennett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Messaging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For me, one of the most annoying things about many web-based applications is that they do not give the information that I need when I need it. Did my action “take?” Did I &#8220;do it right?&#8221;  In the 21st century “real-time” world users expect information presented to them that is timely, updated and accurate.   In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to write (and file) a usability bug</title>
		<link>http://www.softwarehumanfactors.com/2011/09/22/how-to-write-and-file-a-usability-bug/</link>
		<comments>http://www.softwarehumanfactors.com/2011/09/22/how-to-write-and-file-a-usability-bug/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Helpful Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#uxfail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Usability Bugs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of the #UXFAILs that I had in my &#8220;back pocket&#8221; when we were giving our panel #UXFAIL at the recent UPADC User Focus meeting. Enjoy: How to file Usability Bugs: I once worked for an organization that created server software that had very little interested in creating a usable interface.  Following a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPA User Focus</title>
		<link>http://www.softwarehumanfactors.com/2011/09/19/upa-user-focus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.softwarehumanfactors.com/2011/09/19/upa-user-focus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bennett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[UPA-DC User Focus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I really enjoyed attending, presenting and volunteering at the UPA-DC User focus event this past Friday. I learned a bit and was able to &#8220;schmooze&#8221; at bit with some new colleagues and friends. Looking forward to another great year of User Experience experience.]]></description>
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		<title>The new Gizmodo</title>
		<link>http://www.softwarehumanfactors.com/2011/02/09/the-new-gizmodo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.softwarehumanfactors.com/2011/02/09/the-new-gizmodo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bennett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[redesign]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Talk about a poor redesign! Take a look at the &#8220;new and improved&#8221; http://www.gizmodo.com &#8212; Yuck. From now on I think Ill get my gadget fix from http://arstechnica.com/]]></description>
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