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	<title>Alex Nichol</title>
	<link>http://www.alexnichol.com</link>
	<description>Designer &#124; Filmmaker &#124; Photographer &#124; Biker</description>
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		<title>Those clever folks at Microsoft have done it again!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, that&#8217;s one C-word I never thought I&#8217;d use to describe the company who brought us Vista, but whilst leaving the office juniors to plot the next thrilling episode of Internet Explorer, Microsoft have been beavering away on something I find genuinely exciting.

Chris Harrison, Dan Morris and Desney Tan, of Microsoft Research have come up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alexnichol.com/design/those-clever-folks-at-microsoft-have-done-it-again/</link>
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		<title>Adobe to Bring (Smart/i)Phone App Development to the Masses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I heard about this, I was filled with two overwhelming (and yet conflicting) emotions. The announcement that Adobe AIR is to support Smartphone platforms (Blackberry and Android for starters), along with support for publishing iPhone applications came as a breath of fresh air in an arena fraught with difficulty and unnecessary repetition of effort. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alexnichol.com/the-web/adobe-to-bring-smartiphone-app-development-to-the-masses/</link>
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		<title>The Paradox of Innovative User Experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a User Experience designer, I face an impossible catch-22 on a daily basis. On one hand, I have an obligation to my stockholders and clients to create experiences that actually, genuinely work. Every time I craft a proposal, I commit myself indelibly to the delivery of a piece of work that will generate more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alexnichol.com/design/the-paradox-of-innovative-user-experience/</link>
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		<title>Mourning the Demise of XHTML2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The W3C announced last week that the XHTML2 working group would discontinue work on the specification and future resources would be focussed on pushing HTML5 forward towards a proper working draft. I&#8217;ve heard lots of knee-jerk reactions to this, and thought it was time for me to weigh up how this affects me and my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alexnichol.com/the-web/mourning-the-demise-of-xhtml2/</link>
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		<title>Universal Principles of Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I often come across the assumption that because daily business revolves around a specific medium, one&#8217;s design expertise is limited only to that discipline. By day, my primary focus is on designing engaging user experiences for the web, but I don&#8217;t consider myself to be a web designer. In my mind, design is far, far broader than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alexnichol.com/design/universal-principles-of-design/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a dirty job, but somebody&#8217;s got to do it</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve come across a number of conflicting opinions when it comes to where Javascript belongs in the website production workflow. Personally, I find working with Javascript both infuriating and rewarding, but is it a developer&#8217;s job, or is it a design thing?
At first, I thought it was a web developer&#8217;s responsibility. Afterall, it&#8217;s a scripting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alexnichol.com/the-web/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebodys-got-to-do-it/</link>
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		<title>A Born-again Petrolhead?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I've been riding motorcycles for about 4 years now, and love my Ducati Monster dearly. It's my pride and joy; I thought that would never change. But then I learned to drive...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alexnichol.com/life/a-born-again-petrolhead/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;One More Day&#8221;</title>
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One More Day [director]
Based on a comic strip by Nicholas Gurewitch, One More Day was my fourth attempt at directing, and despite being a comedy, was the perfect opportunity for me to work on my straight drama.
Starring young Mitchell Smith, the film was shot over a period of two days on a budget of less than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alexnichol.com/filum/one-more-day/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;The Last Temptation of Jeff&#8221;</title>
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The Last Temptation of Jeff [director]
Written, shot and edited (including original musical score) in only a weekend as part of the 48hr Film Challenge, The Last Temptation of Jeff was a pretty accomplished filum, all things considered!
We had prepared, with the help of www.saxonviolence.co.uk a van full of anglo-saxon costumes and weaponry, so whatever theme we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alexnichol.com/filum/the-last-temptation-of-jeff/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Death &amp; Mrs Brady&#8221;</title>
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Death &#38; Mrs Brady [writer/director]
This was my graduation filum, shot on 16mm film and earned me my First. I wrote and directed it, with Ellie Land producing and Emma Dalesman as DoP.
I knew that once I had graduated, it wouldn&#8217;t be quite so easy to experiment, so I wrote a script that contained all of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alexnichol.com/filum/death-mrs-brady/</link>
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