Additional User-Centered Design Resources

 

There are many resources available, depending on your focus. Don’t limit yourself to just one source; utilize all available sources, including organizations, journals, Web sites, and books.  There are also conferences, speakers, and program reviews offered in many areas of the country.

 

Organizations

CHIFOO. Local speakers, programs and networking. http://www.chifoo.org

Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI) (CHIFOO’s parent organization).  Sponsors annual conference (SIGCHI) with many good tutorials.  ACM offers many other conferences on specialized topics. http://www.acm.org/sigchi/

Usability Professionals Association. Sponsors annual conferences with tutorials.  Somewhat more practical (vs. academic) compared to SIGCHI. http://upassoc.org

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. http://hfes.org

Journals

Interactions (AMC): http://www.acm.org.interactions

Voice (UPA, on web): http://www.upassoc.org/voice/

User Experience (UPA): http://www.upassoc.org/

Good Web Sites

IBM’s Ease of Use site: http://www-3.ibm.com/ibm/easy/eou_ext.nsf/publish/558

Useit.com (Jakob Neilson – web site usability): http://www.useit.com/alertbox/

Human Factors International articles: http://www.humanfactors.com/downloads/default.asp

Web pages that suck (what NOT to do): http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com

Recommended Authors

Alan Cooper, Jakob Neilson, Donald Norman, Jenny Preece, Deborah J. Mayhew, Jeffery Rubin, Kevin Mullet and Darrel Sano, Brenda Laurel, Edward Tufte, Jef Raskin, Ben Shneiderman, Hugh Beyer, Karen Holtzblatt, Joseph S. Dumas, Janice C. Redish, Steve Krug, and JoAnn Hackos.

 

Source:

 

Jenny Greenleaf

Greenleaf Agency, LLC

jenny@greenleafagency.com