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It encompasses a huge range of issues, theories, technologies, designs, tools, environments and human experiences in knowledge work, recreation and leisure activity, teaching and learning, and the potpourri of everyday life. The series will publish state-of-the-art syntheses, case studies, and tutorials in key areas. It will share the focus of leading international conferences in HCI. Activity Theory in HCI: Fundamentals and Reflections Victor Kaptelinin and Bonnie Nardi 2012 Conceptual Models: Core to Good Design Jeff Johnson and Austin Henderson 2011 Geographical Design: Spatial Cognition and Geographical Information Science Stephen C. Hirtle 2011 User-Centered Agile Methods Hugh Beyer 2010 Experience-Centered Design: Designers, Users, and Communities in Dialogue Peter Wright and John McCarthy 2010 Experience Design: Technology for All the Right Reasons Marc Hassenzahl 2010 iii Designing and Evaluating Usable Technology in Industrial Research: Three Case Studies Clare-Marie Karat and John Karat 2010 Interacting with Information Ann Blandford and Simon Attfield 2010 Designing for User Engagement: Aesthetic and Attractive User Interfaces Alistair Sutcliffe 2009 Context-Aware Mobile Computing: Affordances of Space, Social Awareness, and Social Influence Geri Gay 2009 Studies of Work and the Workplace in HCI: Concepts and Techniques Graham Button and Wes Sharrock 2009 Semiotic Engineering Methods for Scientific Research in HCI Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza and Carla Faria Leitão 2009 Common Ground in Electronically Mediated Conversation Andrew Monk 2008 Copyright © 2012 by Morgan & Claypool All rights reserved. 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