ux bookclub
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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
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
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
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
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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