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How We Stay Informed

A List Apart "For People Who Make Websites"
Brightly Colored Food "I'm a Usability Specialist and User Experience Generalist" (Chad Thornton)
Computer Gripes "...focusing exclusively on what's bad about a product..." (Michael Horowitz)
Flazoom "Flash Usability and More!" (Chris MacGregor)
For Use "The Web site for practitioners of usage-centered design." (Larry Constantine and Lucy Lockwood)
Frontend "Usability InfoCentre" (Frontend.com)
iaslash "...a news site for information architects." (Michael Angeles)
IDblog "an information design weblog" (Beth Mazur)
LucDesk "Information Design ~ Web Usability ~ User Experience" (Lucian Millis)
Elegant Hack "Tools for Information Architects" (Christina Wodtke)
InfoDesign "...up-to-date information...on aspects of the growing field of Information Design" (Peter J. Bogaards)
Makovision "Hand-picked Internet news for web developers. . ." (Don Makoviney)
Nooface "...exchange of ideas about next-generation user interfaces..."
NUblog "...a Weblog on online content and everything that entails." (Joe Clark)
Observations "News & observations about high-quality user experiences." (Kristoffer Bohmann)
peterme  usability and information architecture blog (Peter Merholz)
TaskZ "Executive resource for user-centered design" (Charles L. Mauro)
Tomalak's Realm "Daily Links to Strategic Web Design News" (Lawrence Lee)
uiweb "Essays on web design interaction usability experience architecture etc." (Scott Berkun)
useit.com "usable information technology" (Jakob Nielsen)
usability.gov   "your resource for designing usable, useful and accessible web sites..."
Usable Web   "links about web usability" (Keith Instone)
WebWord   "Industrial Strength Usability" (John S. Rhodes)
xblog   "Visual thinking linking" (xplane)

 

Hot Web Sites

Usability

WebWord.com the voice of Internet usability and human factors
Usable Web: Guide to Web usability resources a robust collection of usability resources
useit.com Jakob Nielsen's popular usability site (see his Alertbox
CIO.COM's usability research center nice collection of usability resources
GVU's WWW User Surveys useful for understanding Internet users, and more
Web Pages That Suck a zany and off-the-wall Web design site (see the book)
Web Review's articles on usability
Microsoft Usability Home Page
Site Usability Evaluation explains how you can test your users using heuristic evaluations
Usability and the Future of the Web an interesting Netscape DevEdge editorial
Factors and Principles Affecting the Usability of Four E-commerce Sites


Content Articles and Content Ezines

The Scent of Information an article about how users utilize and navigate your site's content
Writing for the Web (column from Nielsen's Alertbox)
Microcontent: How to Write Headlines, Page Titles, and Subject Lines (another great column from Nielsen's Alertbox)
Contentious a Web zine for editors and writers of material for online media
Inkspot writing resources (mainly for print, but still applicable) - including, articles and interviews
E-WRITE "training writers for the cyberage" (also includes good information about online writing)


Web Marketing and Site Promotion

Marketing Terms.com -- e-marketing terminology explained (excellent, no-hype information)
Marketing North America Resource Directory -- 400 previewed links, includes searchable directory
Secrets To Making Money On The Information Super-Highway (the next best!)
CyberAtlas excellent Web marketing reference information
Promotion World learn how to promote and advertise your site
Preparing for the launch of your site a publicity primer


General Web and Interface Design

The HCI Bibliography a truly excellent directory of Human-Computer Interaction publications and resources
W3C HTML Validation Service
HTML Writer's Guild (AWARE Center) accessible web authoring resources and education center
All Things Web a very nice collection of usability and webmastering information
Ten Design-less Rules for Successful Web Design a bit wordy, but good otherwise
Seven Deadly Sins of Information Design
Interface Hall of Shame nice collection of examples of common interface design mistakes
Building a Better Interface good builder.com article
Five Most Serious Web Design Errors good article, but the page tends to load slowly
WEB techniques and Web Review sister online magazines about developing for the Internet


Relevant Professional Organizations

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
Usability Professionals Association
ACM SIGCHI for people who design, evaluate, and implement, computing systems for humans
The Ergonomics Society of the United Kingdom
IEEE Computer Society


Miscellaneous Human Factors Directories

Human-Computer Interaction Resources on the Net an excellent HCI resource maintained by Mikael Ericsson
Biomechanics World Wide all about, you guessed it, Biomechanics
Ergonomics & Computer Injury: FAQs


Miscellaneous

BigNoseBird -- tons of great free stuff: CGI scripts, how-to's, and more! 
Cool Homepages.com interesting site focused on well-designed (cool) homepages
QWK.net offer various Web services and Web hosting (these folks are very friendly)
WebKnowHow.net an easy-to-use Web site development directory
HostReview.com  search for Web hosts according to price and features
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) programs educational programs HCI (160 K)
A Brief History of Human Computer Interaction Technology
Bad Human Factors Designs everyday things that have design flaws
BUBL Journals search through online computer and information technology periodicals
Unified Web Site Accessibility Guidelines get the scoop on Web site accessibility
Resources in Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering (from Carnegie Mellon University)
Webgrrls Unite! for women interested in the Internet
Danny Goodman's Site He is THE JavaScript guru; read the interview!  



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