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Jul 10

Links 7/1 – 7/10

Seeing Things Differently – It is always best to keep in mind the people that always need a little help.

Designing A Unified Experience – Kim Goodwin gives an outstanding overview of design. Great video to check out.

Todd Zaki Warfel – redUX DC ‘09 – Todd gives us a great run down of the workshop he gave on prototyping at the IA Summit back in March.

Jul 06

What kind of designer do I aspire to be?

Ghost in the Pixel is one of my favorite Interaction Design blogs. Last May, Uday Gajendar posted some insightful questions to guide young designers on the path they want to take professionally. I found this helpful in allowing me to better define the type of designer I want to be when I grow up. Below are my answers.

Jun 26

Links 6/22 – 6/26

10 UI Design Patterns You Should Be Paying Attention To – Great additions to your design pattern library. Smashing Magazine never disappoints.

Four Must Read Pieces on UX Matter – You can never have too much reference material.

Visual Decision Making – Investigation on the importance of visuals and how they encourage people to engage at a deeper levels.

Jun 20

Links for 6/15-6/19

Web Design From The Gut – Web design has a process that’s for sure, but so much still just comes from the gut.

40 Helpful Resource on User Interface Design Patterns – Smashing Magazine serves up this great collection of all the patterns you will ever need.

Feedback. The Creavity Killer – Very nice 12 step program for those that find themselves always on the defensive with their creatations.

Jun 13

Links for 6/8 – 6/12

Writing microcopy – It doesn’t take a memoir in order to help your users get the job done.

What is interaction? – I love a great ‘Defining the damn thing..’ article, and this is one of the best I have read recently.

12 Emerging best practices for adding UX work to an agile environment -  Are you a User Experience Designer, do you work in an Agile Development Environment? This is a great article that can help you make your professional life easier.

Jun 08

Links for 6/1 – 6/5

How to Create A Style Guide With Ease – Great tips on how to great a style guide that is both thorough and understandable.

Oldie but goodie: When I’m asked to design a bridge … – Dave Malouf offers some great starter points for attempting the Mozilla Design Challenge.

Jun 02

Links for 5/25 – 5/29

Wireframe Websites That Wow – I have completely fallen for wireframes. This post highlights some of the best sites out there to help yourself keep on top of them.

Selling What We Do – UX is hard to sell, hands down. This post gives some good pointers that makes it a tad bit easier though.

May 18

Links for 5/11 – 5/22

Twitter’s Most Moronic Change: Removing @ Reply Settings – Twitter community outrage on recent change to their @ Reply system.

About Challenges and Authentic Experiences: An Interview with Bill DeRouchey – Great interview looking at the history of Interaction Design, and where the profession is going. At the end of the interview is a nice piece of advice for young UX Designers.

May 09

Links for 5/4 – 5/8

Web Do’s and Don’ts - Great resource for patterns and anti-patterns.

You Are Not A Designer If – It would be very interesting to see a follow up to this called ‘You Are A Designer If’.

Boxes and Arrows Interactions 09 Recap -  Whitney Hess summarizes all the craziness that occurred at this years Interactions 09 conference.

May 06

Should Interaction Design Control Behavior?

There seems to be two schools of thought in the IxDA community regarding how a design should influence a user behavior. On one side there are designers who simply try to support existing behavior patterns, on the other hand designers attempt to directly influence a users behavior pattern. Some argue that it is unethical to directly try to influence, or change, a users behavior without them knowing it. In my opinion, if you are not causing the user undue harm by modifying their behavior, it is fair game.

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