Julian Harty
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@julianharty
Julian finds and applies ways to make technology useful and adapt to the needs of users, rather than expecting people to cope with poorly designed software or technology. His specialities are:-
Software Testing including testing by humans and "automated tests"
Design of Software and User Experience that includes wide ranges of users, including people with disabilities and impairments.
Presenting, sharing and mentoring people
Opensource development see http://code.google.com/u/julianharty/ for some examples
Julian previously worked at Google for more than 3 years, as a Senior Test Engineer on Mobile applications, and more recently as the test lead for AdSense. Julian is developing practical tests and techniques to help improve the accessibility of web applications, and promotes the eyes-free Android open-source projects. One of Julian’s goals is to help make computers adapt and enable people to use them, rather than the other way around.
Over the years Julian has presented at a wide range of conferences and workshops on software testing, and written papers and articles on similar topics. Julian has written a book on Mobile Wireless Test Automation, draft versions of the material is freely available online at sites.google.com/site/mobilewirelesstestautomation/ .
Julian has had a diverse past, including as a plc company director, and a RAF apprenticeship in Avionics. His main academic degree is in Computer Science.
