User experience, information architecture, and interaction design

David Ramos (ramos@american.edu)

Resources about what you make, why, and for whom.

Interaction, information architecture, and user experience

• Norman, Don. The Design of Everyday Things.
• Kolko, Jon. Thoughts on Interaction Design.
• Hall, Erika. Just Enough Research.
• Wroblewski, Luke. Mobile First.
• Unger, Russ, and Chandler, Carolyn. A Project Guide to UX Design.
• Morville, Peter, and Rosenfeld, Louis. Information Architecture for the World Wide Web.
• Krug, Steve. Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability.
• IDEO. The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design (free download)

• Moggridge, Bill. Designing Interactions.

• usability.gov, a compendium of resources, maintained by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• DesignKit, a human-centered design toolkit from IDEO
• Visual Design is Not a Thing by Mark Boulton
• A Dao of Web Design
• Userium usability checklist
• Mobile screen Sizes
• Why not to use “click here” text
• 52 Weeks of UX
• Summary of touch target sizes
• What Screens Want by Frank Chimero
• The Devil at 37,000 Feet by William Langewiesche
• Content Modelling: A Master Skill
• The Interventionist’s Toolkit (tracking guerrilla and DIY practice and urbanism)

Writing for interfaces

• The Grammar of Interactivity
• Good Call-to-Action Buttons
• Writing instructions that voters understand (a good guide to writing for interfaces)

Accessibility

• Dive into Accessibility
• WebAIM (articles, accessibility checkers, simulators)
• Accessible Colors checker