http://williampower.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Thoughts on designing software around users en Vox Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:57:46 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/repurposing-the-blog.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(williampower) http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/repurposing-the-blog.html?_c=feed-rss http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/repurposing-the-blog.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:57:46 -0700 I haven't blogged in quite a while. I changed my focus from straight UX to software engineering, and consequently haven't made the time to focus on UX as I'd hoped. I'm repurposing this blog. 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