Journal
Nov 12, 2011
Must Reads for User Experience Design
Here a list of essential readings (books and blogs) about user experience design and usability. This list was collected at the Usability BarCamp Vienna 2011. So all the usability folks of vienna are recommending these books and website!
The Books: (affiliate links)
- Steve Krug - Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-it-yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems (Voices That Matter)
- Susan Weinschenk - 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People: What Makes Them Tick? (Voices That Matter)
- Don Norman - The Design of Everyday Things
- Steve Krug - Don't Make Me Think!: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
- Torsten Stapelkamp - Interaction- und Interfacedesign: Web-, Game-, Produkt- und Servicedesign Usability und Interface als Corporate Identity (X.media.press)
- Alan Cooper - The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity (2nd Edition)
- Dan Saffer - Designing for Interaction: Creating Innovative Applications and Devices (Voices That Matter)
- Alan Cooper - About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design
- Wilbert O. Galitz - The Essential Guide to User Interface Design: An Introduction to GUI Design Principles and Techniques (Coursesmart)
Websites and Blogs:
- Hongkiat - http://www.hongkiat.com/
- Wireframe Wednesday - http://www.wireframewednesday.com/
- Web Design Ledger - http://webdesignledger.com/
- Modny73 - http://modny73.com/
- Signal vs Noise - http://37signals.com/svn
- Creaffective - http://www.creaffective.de/
- Boxes & Arrows - http://www.boxesandarrows.com/
(by anton pirker)