Welcome Visitor Top Art Schools & Design Colleges in USA IIT Institute of Design Virginia Tech Georgia Institute of Technology Rochester Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Stanford University ...more   User Experience & Usability blogs The Battle Between Usability and User-Experience UIE - Jared Spool IXDA blog Usability Blog Good Experience Blog ...more   Upcoming Conferences MX 2011: Managing Experience Across the Web & Beyond– Presented by Adaptive Path, March 6-7-2011, San Francisco, California, USA SXSW Interactive –Presented by SXSW, March 11-15, 2011, Austin, Texas, USA UX events in UIE (User Interface Engineering): Mobile Design with Josh Clark, Virtual – Presented by UIE, March 17, 2011 UIE’s Web App Masters Tour – Presented by UIE, March 21-22, 2011, Philadelphia, PA, USA IA Summit 2011 – Presented by Information Architecture Institute, March 30 – April 3, 2011, Denver, Colorado, USA UX events in UIE : User Research Analysis Techniques with Steve Portigal, Virtual – Presented by UIE, April 7, 2011 Healthcare Experience Design Conference – Presented by Healthcare Experience Design Conference, April 11, 2011, Boston, MA, USA Gel 2011 – Presented by Gel Conference, April 28 – 29, 2011, New York, NY, USA An Event Apart Boston 2011 – Presented by An Event Apart, May 2- 4, 2011, Boston, MA, USA CHI 2011 – Presented by ACM SIGCHI, May 7-12, 2011, Vancouver, Canada Confab 2011 – Presented by Brain Traffic, May 9-11, 2011, Minneapolis, MN, USA UIE’s Web AppMastersTour – Presented by UIE, May 23-24, 2011 Seattle, WA, USA UPA International Conference – Presented by UPA, June 21-24, 2011, Atlanta, GA, USA UIE’s Web App Masters Tour – Presented by UIE, June 27-28 Minneapolis, MN, USA Big Design Conference 2011 – Presented by Big Design Conference, July 14-16, 2011, Dallas, TX, USA ...more   News IT staffing firm finds its niche in user-friendly arena In just four years, Harvinder Singh has grown his small IT staffing firm, working mostly in the local market, into a multimillion-dollar company with clients across the nation. http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2009/09/07/story6.html     Latest Donald Norman essay started a big debate needs first, technology last I have just finished reading Donald Norman’s article ‘Technology First, needs Last’. The premise of his essay is that design research is useless when it comes to ‘revolutionary innovation’ while it can be useful when applying incremental improvements to existing products. It also helps, wait for this, to make products ‘ever more attractive [!!!]’. http://aplo.typepad.com/aplo/2009/12/needs-first-technology-last.html     Designing the Intel Reader Printed text is a default form of communication in the developed world. Beginning in early elementary school, reading is a central component of education and is the foundation for building independent, analytical skills http://www.ddj.com/architect/222000377     Smart tools to reduce our impact on the environment Some people believe that making people consume less and more carefully — whether it be energy, food, clothes, consumer durables etc. — is not a user-centred approach because it is based on forcing people to give up things. http://www.experientia.com/blog/uploads/2009/12/live_more_sustainably.pdf     Four key principles of mobile user experience design PRINCIPLE #1: There is an intimate relationship between a user and their mobile device. http://boxesandarrows.com/view/four-key-principles     Website Optimization Usability Study Discovers "Men Need Speed" Website Optimization is announcing that the importance of download speed, for most Web users, has long been established (King 2008). Fast response times foster higher flow states (Skadberg & Kimmel 2004), higher conversion rates (Akamai 2007), higher perceived trustworthiness (Nielsen 1999), and lower user frustration (Ceaparu et al. 2004). But, previous research has also found that differences in gender, age and computer self-efficacy can moderate user priorities. http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/usability-criteria/     Articles New Smashing eBook: Mobile Design For iPhone And iPad [PDF, ePUB, Mobi] When Twittering Gets in the Way of Real Life E-TRADE's Digital Customer Experience 10 Jobs That Didn't Exist 10 Years Ago Users Want Speed over Social Features How To Prototype And Influence People Six Interview Tips for Career Changers Do Your Research Before a Job Interview 10 Interface Design Tips to Improve Your Business Application Brilliant Examples of Sketched UI Wireframes and Mock-Ups So you wanna be a user experience designer How to develop your career as a User Experience Practitioner Patterns in Interaction DEsign Yahoo! Design Pattern Library Design patterns in Quince Fresh and Illustrative User Interface Design Patterns User Interface Design Pattern Library Finding a UX Job – In a Recession User experience over usability How To Design for the Mobile Web Recession Proof Usability National Salary trend from indeed.com The Impact of Ajax on User Experience The iPhone User Experience: A First Look 10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design Brand Experience in User Experience Design 10 Creative & Rich UI & How to Create Them Comprehensive UI Design Process Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn to Find a Job 10 useful web application interface techniques Best Careers 2009: Usability Experience Specialist 10 Useful Techniques To Improve Your User Interface Designs Potential interview questions for interaction designers The 3 Q's for Great Experience Design Information Architecture Defined 8 guidelines for usability testing The Difference Between Usability and User Experience Five Usability Challenges of Web-Based Applications ...more   Books on Usability Design by people for people: Essays on Usability Sketching User Experiences Try "Designing the User Interface" 4th Edition (2005), Ben Schneiderman & Catherine Plaisant. Alan Fletchers "The Art of Looking Sideways" The Design of Everyday Things By Donald A. Norman About Face 3 from Alan Cooper Interaction Designer at Ministerie van Justitie (DJI) Prioritizing Web Usability by Nielsen and his colleague Hoa Loranger ...more Copyright © 2010 Bestica Inc. All Rights Reserved.   Website designed by ConceptsRock.