More resources for user experience
I didn't get a chance to cover all the external resources I count on for good user experience design in our BP101 presentation, so I'll try to offer some ideas here on stuff that encourages me to think differently about application design.
Creating Passionate Users - Kathy Sierra
Don't tell my wife... I have a huge crush on Kathy Sierra. And don't think that the cerebral nature of most of her articles means they aren't applicable in your stodgy, corporate project environment. Remember that while she talks about engaging users with a piece of software, you can apply those same principles to your entire development cycle!
Web Pages That Sucks - Vincent Flanders
Because what to avoid can often be as important as learning what you ought to be doing in the first place.
UX Matters
Lots of great stuff here, including possibly the most comprehensive article on use of color on digital displays I've seen.
Information Design
Simply putting together this list, I came across this article on designing simplicity from the Nov 2005 issue of Fast Company, which includes interviews with designers from Google and Intuit. Great stuff.
Easy RGB - for color palette generation.
Colourlovers - for color palettes by keyword search, which I think is simply AMAZING.
VirtualLNK - for an incredible collection of icon/graphics. You have to pay for them, yeah. They're worth every penny. (Now if the Notes client would just support PNGs!!!!!)
That's a few off the top of my head. I'm sure there's more I reference all the time, but don't remember yet that I do.
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Posted by Tony Palmer At 06:10:04 AM On 02/07/2007 |