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So you wanna be a user experience designer — Step 1: Resources. Want to pursue a career in UX, but don’t know where to start?

So you wanna be a user experience designer — Step 1: Resources

When you Learn the Ropes with Whitney Hess, you get in-depth training on principles, process, methods and techniques you need to excel in User Experience. Learn more > Pretty much every single day I get a tweet, email, or in person request for information on how to get started in the field of user experience. I’ve recently had a few people reach out to me even asking me to mentor them throughout the process. Given that I often find myself repeating the same answers over and over again, I decided to put all of my resources in a single blog post so that folks could easily access a consolidated version of my advice. So you wanna be a user experience designer? The best way to learn a new language is to go to a country where it’s spoken and immerse yourself in the confusion.

If you’re interested in getting to know more about user experience, I recommend doing the same. …as well as any other topics that come up along the way. UX Books. The Main Tap. Pattern Tap Library Pattern Tap 5,470 Patterns Sort By | Type | Style | Device Show Filters Hide Filters Draggable Slideshow from Offroad Studios Funny and Helpful 404 Error Page from Mint.com Dashboard from Chartbeat Creative Team Page with Circle Images from Amazee...

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Creative with Fonts

2.4.0 includes TypeDNA FontEdge for identifying fonts on images. Web Fonts enhanced by TypeDNA.Try our new free addon for Google Chrome. Get a live preview of web fonts on any webpage! TypeDNA goes beyond any traditional font manager by providing tools that assist in choosing the right font. TypeDNA is the only font tool that runs both standalone and extends all its creative and management features inside Adobe© Photoshop CS6, Illustrator CS6, and InDesign CS6. Design Thinking – Business Innovation. “O acirramento da concorrência nos negócios, agora global, requer inovação em alta velocidade.

Design Thinking – Business Innovation

O livro me surpreendeu ao expor um processo coletivo visando a inovação, juntando sistematização do processo e seu exercício prático.” Aldo da Silva Trindade Arquitetura de Canais - Itaú Unibanco. Superintendência Tecnologia, Mobilidade, Multicanal e Inovação “O livro possui uma leitura fácil e agradável além de exemplificar com conteúdos gráficos os conceitos teóricos e práticos do Design Thinking no desenvolvimento de projetos no ambito da inovação brasileira. Como médico infectologista e epidemiologista e pesquisador, já utilizei os conceitos antes e após a leitura do livro.

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Know Thy User: The Role of Research in Great Interactive Design. Logorama. Information aesthetics - Data Visualization & Information Design. Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus - An online thesaurus and dictionary of over 145,000 words that you explore using an interactive map. Welcome to the Visual Thesaurus, an interactive tool that allows you to discover the connections between words in a visually captivating display.

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