UX Resources

It always happens. When I give a talk or teach a class, people want links to check out. So in lieu of telling people, “I'll email it to you!” I've chosen to set up this page of UX-related things you need to check out.

BOOKS

The links below will take you to Amazon, and I'm an affiliate. But I encourage you to check your local library, independent bookstore, or the publisher's site as well.

Titles from A Book Apart or Rosenfeld Media are highly recommended.

Skills you will likely need

  • Active listening

  • Empathy

  • Writing

  • Presentation/public speaking (even in small doses)

  • Critiquing and providing feedback

  • Analysis and synthesis of qualitative & quantitative data

  • Drawing, sketching, conveying ideas visually

Tools you may use

These aren't hard and fast rules. You don't have to code; you do have to know the medium you're working in.

  • Something to make flows, prototypes, wireframes: OmniGraffle, InVision, Axure RP, Keynote, Photoshop, Sketch.

  • Something to present: Keynote, PowerPoint, Paper (for iPad)

  • Something to write with: Word, Pages, TextWrangler/BBEdit

  • Something to code with, if that's your thing

  • Something to draw with: Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign (maybe)