UX Boston Book Club
A book club for people interested in user experience design.
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Next meeting 
The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist
When: Thursday, July 29th, 2010 at 7–9PM
Where: Microsoft Cambridge
Buy it on Amazon, or be a pal and buy it from my Amazon Store.
Past meetings
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
When: Wednesday, May 26th, 7–9PM
Where: Microsoft Cambridge
Buy it on Amazon, or be a pal and buy it from my Amazon Store.
Thoughts on Interaction Design
When: Wednesday, April 14th at 7–9PM (Add to Google Calendar)
Where: Microsoft Cambridge
Buy it on Amazon, or be a pal and buy it from my Amazon Store.
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
"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
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