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.
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
Interactions (AMC): http://www.acm.org.interactions
Voice (UPA, on web): http://www.upassoc.org/voice/
User Experience (UPA): http://www.upassoc.org/
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
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