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“UX is the intangible design of a strategy that brings us to a solution.” UX has become a neologism. When something has “good UX” it is an implied meaning of having the core components of UX (research, maybe a persona, IA, interaction, interface, etc etc…). It’s not really necessary or desirable to tack the word design onto the end anymore. It’s a distraction and leads people down a parallel but misguided path… the path to thinking that UX = User Interface Design. I was inspired to write this post after viewing Elisabeth Hubert’s (@lishubert) presentation at the Future of Web Design 2012 conference in Prague. The interface is not the solution. That’s the true heart of the battle between UX and those who only want UI – or don’t know the difference. How UX people see UX UX is an acronym for “user experience.” Many UX designers have started to re-label themselves as UX Architects, UX Engineers, or UX Strategists. So what does UX actually mean? What we want them to see What they typically see

Imagination and logic of user experience design - Inspiroidu UX & Design Resources - Shaun's Blog Shaun's Blog Ask me anything Dec 3, 2012 UX & Design Resources A colleague asked me today for some resources for learning UX and CSS things, which caused me to compile this list. If you have any great resources to add, please let me know! Reference CSS Course at Code School HTML5 and CSS3 at Code School CSS Tricks - Lots of useful tricks here. Dive into HTML5 - The example code here is very readable. Utilities A great icon font Balsamiq - A brilliant mockup tool. Golden Ratio Calculator Colour Scheme Generator - Give it a colour and it gives you a whole complementary colour scheme. Background Generator - Works with CSS3 gradients and textured backgrounds. Subtle Patterns - This is great for background images. Design Guidelines Android Design - Lots of handy best practices here that don’t just apply to mobile development. Apple iOS Human Interface Guidelines - Long, but worth reading. Bootstrap - Their example code is great. About

UX Crash Course: 31 Fundamentals My New Year’s Resolution for 2014 was to get more people started in User Experience (UX) Design. I posted one lesson every day in January, and hundreds of thousands of people came to learn! Below you will find links to all 31 daily lessons. Basic UX Principles: How to get started The following list isn’t everything you can learn in UX. It’s a quick overview, so you can go from zero-to-hero as quickly as possible. Introduction & Key Ideas #01 — What is UX? #02 — User Goals & Business Goals #03 — The 5 Main Ingredients of UX How to Understand Users #04 — What is User Research? #05 — How to Ask People Questions #06 — Creating User Profiles #07 — Designing for Devices #08 — Design Patterns Information Architecture #09 — What is Information Architecture? #10 — User Stories & Types of Information Architecture #11 — What is a Wireframe? Visual Design Principles #12 — Visual Weight, Contrast & Depth #13 — Colour #14 — Repetition & Pattern-Breaking #15 — Line Tension & Edge Tension #16 — Alignment & Proximity

8 Must-see UX Diagrams If you’re new to the field of user experience design, welcome! There’s plenty to see and do around here. And although many brilliant contributors have come before us, there’s actually not too much to catch up on—if you know where to look. Because pictures are worth so much, illustrated diagrams have served a critical role in our community. Our community is filled with thought leaders, those among us that conjure up entirely new ways to look at difficult design problems. In this post, I’ll share eight diagrams essential to the understanding of user experience design. The diagrams The UX Honeycomb Despite its age (2004!) Finally, one of the freshest takes on illustrating user-centered design comes from Pascal Raabe, a multi-disciplinary designer hailing from the United Kingdom. More to Share? These eight diagrams are only those that I find most useful; what are yours?

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