| Xenolutions |
Local provider of website hosting and affordable, easy to use web based content management tools that allow non-web developers to maintain their web pages. |
| Software Design Manafesto |
A wonderful and forward thinking view on the role of design in the manufacture of software written by Mitchell Kapor back in 1990. After over a decade it's still an insightful document. |
| The Elements of User Experience |
An excellent one page reference by Jesse James Garrett showing an overview of his efforts to categorize software design concepts as elements of user experience. |
| UPA |
Usability Professionals' Association web site. Tons of information and resources to be found there. |
| Web Design & Review |
Web design tips & tricks, reviews, and critiques of web sites. |
| User Interface Engineering |
UIE is one of the foremost usability research and consulting firms headed by Jared Spool out of Cambridge, MA. |
| Cooper Interaction Design |
Design firm of Alan Cooper, an innovator in the field of interaction design, and author of such books as, "About Face" and, "The Inmates are Running the Asylum." |
| Deborah J. Mayhew & Associates |
Deborah Mayhew is an internationally recognized expert on software usability engineering, and author of, "The Usability Engineering Lifecycle." |
| UseIt.com |
Web site of Jakob Nielsen, one of the original pioneers in software usability. |
| Information Foraging in Information Access Environments |
An interesting paper on how people find information, by Peter Pirolli and Stuart Card of Xerox PARC. |
| IBM: Design principles for tomorrow |
Design research from IBM. |
| Group for UI Research as UC Berkley |
Design research from UC Berkley. |
| The Usability Methods Toolbox |
James Hom's site of usability resources. |
| Bad Human Factors Designs |
For fun, and good info by bad examples. |
| Web Pages That Suck |
Similar to site above. A very humorous look at web design and usability. Good for a few laughs. |
