Interaction Design Association - Homepage. UXmatters :: Insights and inspiration for the user experience community. 10 Must-Follow Usability Experts on Twitter. Nick Gould is CEO of usability and user experience design firm, Catalyst Group. He is @nickgould on Twitter. The popularity of the “#fail” meme on Twitter is proof positive that the tool is great for pointing out when things are wrong. “Usability” practitioners and those in the related fields of “user experience” or “user interface design” tend to be obsessed with fixing designs that aren't intuitive to use and helping their clients avoid those mistakes. You might be surprised by the range of things that are open to usability critiques: web site designs, ATM interfaces, beta software releases, confusing elevator buttons (all real examples from the Twitter feeds of usability pros).
This is a list of must-follows for anyone interested in usability. 1. Who: Jared Spool deserves a seat in the usability pantheon right alongside Jakob Nielsen. Why: Jared Spool is unequivocally the most prolific and visible usability “guru” in the Twitter universe. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Who: W. 10. TandemSeven: User Experience Experts :: Home. UPA - The Usability Professionals' Association.