ux bookclub

Bryony HallUser experience design

All images used in this presentation are from the authors books unless otherwise specified

So…

books…

UX bookclub

1. Design of Everyday Things2. The Laws of Simplicity3. The Inmates are running the Asylum4. Understanding Comics 5. Designing Interactions6. The Elements of User Experience7. Don’t make me think8. The Back of the Napkin9. Emotional design10. Sketching User Experiences11. Web Form Design12. Content Strategy for the Web13. Rocket Surgery made easy

First meeting 26 August 2009

Next meeting 30 August 2011

• Held on the last Tuesday of the month (every other

month)

• Books are chosen by:

UX bookclub continued…

o Size

o Availability

o Popularity

o General awesomeness

o What’s in my bookshelf that I

haven’t read

Design of Everyday ThingsDon Norman

Design of Everyday ThingsDon Norman

• Use both knowledge in the world

and knowledge in the head

• Simplify the structure of tasks.

• Make things visible: bridge the

gulfs of Execution and Evaluation.

• Get the mappings right.

• Exploit the power of constraints,

both natural and artificial.

• Design for error.

• When all else fails, standardize.

Laws of SimplicityJohn Maeda

Laws of SimplicityJohn Maeda

1. Reduce

2. Organise

3. Time

Image source: http://lawsofsimplicity.com/tag/laws

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/172

The first 3 laws

http://lawsofsimplicity.com/tag/laws

Inmates are Running the AsylumAlan Cooper

Inmates are Running the AsylumAlan Cooper

http://books.google.com/books?id=04cFCVXC_AUC&lpg=PP1&pg=PR23#v=onepage&q&f=false

Understanding comicsScott McCloud

Understanding comicsScott McCloud

Designing Interactions Bill Moggridge

Designing Interactions Bill Moggridge

Elements of User ExperienceJesse James Garrett

Elements of User ExperienceJesse James Garrett

Don’t make me thinkSteve Krug

Don't Make Me Think, Steve Krug

• Back to basics usability testing – the why

On the Back of the NapkinDan Roam

On the Back of a NapkinDan Roam

http://www.thebackofthenapkin.com/tools.php

Emotional DesignDon Norman

Emotional DesignDon Norman

Sketching User ExperiencesBill Buxton

Book review on UX Mattershttp://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2007/10/book-review-sketching-user-experiences.php

Sketching User ExperiencesBill Buxton

Web Form DesignLuke Wroblewski

Web Form DesignLuke Wroblewski

Content Strategy for the WebKristina Halvorson

Content Strategy for the WebKristina Halvorson

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/thedisciplineofcontentstrategy/

Braintraffic.com

Rocket Surgery Made EasySteve Krug

Rocket Surgery Made EasySteve Krug

Books are great

Next UX Book club - 30th August

• August 30th 5:30(ish)pm

• Southern Cross hotel

• Reading – About Face by Alan Cooper (or at least some of it)

And after that? What book shall we read?

?

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Email me! bryony.hall@provoke.co.nz

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