Next meeting: February 24th

UX Boston Book Club

A book club for people interested in user experience design.

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Next meeting

Wednesday, February 24th – Wireframe Articles

Have any suggestions for what we should read? Email jason at jasonrobb dot com.

What’s wrong with wireframes? by Christina Wodtke
Separating the why from the how by David Sherwin
Where wireframes are concerned by Andy Rutledge
Stop showing your wireframes by Joshua Ledwell
Sketchy wireframes by Aaron Travis
Portfolio anxiety by Will Sansbury

Venue: Microsoft Cambridge

Past meetings

"Designing for People" by Henry Dreyfus on Thursday, December 10th @7PM

Venue: Microsoft Cambridge

Assorted Articles on Thursday, November 12th @7PM

Read these articles:

Experience is the product by Peter Merholz
Simplicity is not the answer by Don Norman
Designing time to think by Emma Van Niekerk
Applying curiosity to interaction design: Tell me something I don't know by Stephen Anderson
Can design solve social problems? by Alice Rawsthorn
Whimsical interaction design by Dave Cronin

Venue: Microsoft Cambridge

“Sketching User Experiences,” Part 2 – Wednesday, October 7th @6:30PM

Venue: Microsoft Cambridge

Impromptu dinner Thursday, September 17th @6:30PM

A few of us are getting together for dinner and drinks at the Cambridge Brewing Company. No books necessary!

“Sketching User Experiences,” Part 1 – Wednesday, September 9th @6:30PM

Venue: Microsoft Cambridge

Write down 3 things you liked about Part 1, and 1 thing you didn't like, for conversation kindling.

Online Articles: Thursday, August 6th, 2009 @6:30PM

Venue: Microsoft Cambridge

Read these articles, preferably in this order, for our next meeting:

Investing in Design by Jess McMullin at nForm
Deriving Design Strategy from Market Maturity, Part 1 by Jared M. Spool at UIE
Dear AmericanAirlines by Dustin Curtis
The Response by Dustin Curtis
The Flimsy Doorknob & A Forgettable Receipt by Dustin Curtis
Create the Filter by Dustin Curtis

Please bring one thing you liked, and one thing you didn't like from each of these articles.

I might add a few more, depending on the feedback I receive for choosing these. Thanks!

“Subject to Change” Thursday, July 9th, 2009 @7PM

Brandon Schauer, one of the authors, will be skyping in later in the evening.

Subject to Change

“Don’t Make Me Think” Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 @7PM

Hey you, if you came, fill out this survey, please!

Steve Krug will be attending our humble book club on Wednesday the 6th! We’re reading and discussing his bestselling book “Don’t Make Me Think.”

Book: Don’t Make Me Think

RSVP, please!

Space is limited to 20–30 people, so please RSVP at our Yahoo! Upcoming event page.

Books

Here’s a short list of great User Experience books:


Sketching User Experiences: Getting the De... by Bill Buxton $32.97	Mental Models: Aligning Design Strategy wit... by Indi Young	Subject To Change: Creating Great Products ... by Peter Merholz $16.49

A Project Guide to UX Design: For user expe... by Russ Unger $23.09	Designing Web Navigation: Optimizing the Us... by James Kalbach $31.49	Information Architecture for the World Wide... by Louis Rosenfeld $26.39

Designing Interactions by Bill Moggridge $28.35	The Elements of User Experience: User-Cente... by Jesse James Garrett $23.09	Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approac... by Steve Krug $26.40

Measuring the User Experience: Collecting, ... by Thomas Tullis $44.95	Observing the User Experience: A Practition... by Mike Kuniavsky $37.77	The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman $11.53

Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Eve... by Donald A. Norman $13.22	Designing for the Social Web (Voices That M... by Joshua Porter $26.40	Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks by Luke Wroblewski

Did I miss a good one? Let me know by filling out the survey below.

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