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GDUSA American Inhouse Design Awards

Deadline Extended — March 31

The American Inhouse Design Awards is the original and the premier showcase for outstanding work by inhouse designers. It is a unique opportunity for inhouse design, marketing and communications departments — within corporations, non-profits, publishers and media companies, associations, government, education and other institutions — to be recognized for their talent, for the special challenges they face, and for their contributions to their businesses and institutions.

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Mon Mar 22 18:45:09 2010

User Interface and User Experience (UX) Resources

A friend recently started working more heavily with interfaces and user experience. To help her get started I complied a list of resources and thought I’d share them with you as well! — Amber

This is the very FIRST resource that popped into my head so I’ll go ahead and embed it here. Well worth a watch:

Videos

• http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/01/05/25-user-experience-videos-that-are-worth-your-time/

RSS Resources

• http://www.alistapart.com/articles/
• http://carsonified.com/
• http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
• http://www.uxbooth.com/
• http://37signals.com/svn/posts
• http://uxmag.com/
• http://www.boxesandarrows.com/
• http://www.everydayux.com/

General Resource & Tools

• http://design-newz.com/ — use this and search for whatever – UX, buttons, footers, headers, forms, etc (search form is at the bottom of the page).
• https://browserlab.adobe.com/ — see your website in a multitude of browsers for cross-testing
• http://cacoo.com/ — my favorite new tool! like omnigraffle but easier and online for sharing
• http://www.typetester.org/
• http://www.abtests.com/ — you should get all up on this idea and the site helps a lot
• http://ajaxload.info/ — for when you need a little GIF

Individual Articles

• http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/12/08/principles-of-effective-e-commerce-search/
• http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/09/24/10-useful-usability-findings-and-guidelines/
• http://www.uxbydesign.org/2009/06/24/20-user-experience-books-you-should-own/
• http://pelfusion.com/inspiration/30-best-examples-of-blog-post-footer-designs/
• http://www.alistapart.com/articles/indefenseofeyecandy
• http://www.gurtle.com/ppov/2009/06/03/is-ux-an-art-or-a-science
• http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/tutorials/tutorials/16-crucial-webdesign-and-usability-best-practice-compilations-and-tools.html
• http://www.uxbooth.com/blog/complete-beginners-guide-to-information-architecture/
• http://www.inspiredm.com/2009/05/15/ux-madness-20-fantastic-resources-for-user-experience-know-how/
• http://www.usabilitypost.com/2009/04/15/8-characteristics-of-successful-user-interfaces/
• http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2009/03/evangelizing-ux-across-an-entire-organization.php

Fri Jan 22 09:16:10 2010

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