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• XML in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition
• Card Sorting
• Design Is the Problem: The Future of Design Must be Sustainable
• Remote Research: Real Users, Real Time, Real Research
• Mental Models: Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior
• Prototyping: A Practitioner’s Guide

XML in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition Posted: 04 Jun 2011 01:39 PM PDT Book Description If you’re a developer working with XML, you know there’s a lot to know about XML, and the XML space is evolving almost moment by moment. But you don’t need to commit every XML syntax, API, or XSLT transformation to memory; you only need to know where to find it. And if it’s [...]

Card Sorting Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:36 AM PDT Book Description Card sorting helps us understand how people think about content and categories. Armed with this knowledge, we can group information so that people can better find and understand it. In this book, Donna describes how to plan and run a card sort, then analyse the results and apply the outcomes to your project. [...]

Design Is the Problem: The Future of Design Must be Sustainable Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:31 AM PDT Book Description Design makes a tremendous impact on the produced world in terms of usability, resources, understanding, and priorities. What we produce, how we serve customers and other stakeholders, and even how we understand how the world works is all affected by the design of models and solutions. Designers have an unprecedented opportunity to use [...]

Remote Research: Real Users, Real Time, Real Research Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:28 AM PDT Book Description Remote studies allow you to recruit subjects quickly, cheaply, and immediately, and give you the opportunity to observe users as they behave naturally in their on environment. In Remote Research, Nate Bolt and Tony Tulathimutte teach you how to design and conduct remote research studies, top to bottom, with little more than a [...]

Mental Models: Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:26 AM PDT Book Description There is no single methodology for creating the perfect product—but you can increase your odds. One of the best ways is to understand users’ reasons for doing things. Mental Models gives you the tools to help you grasp, and design for, those reasons. Adaptive Path co-founder Indi Young has written a roll-up-your-sleeves book [...]

Prototyping: A Practitioner’s Guide Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:21 AM PDT Book Description Prototyping is a great way to communicate the intent of a design both clearly and effectively. Prototypes help you to flesh out design ideas, test assumptions, and gather real-time feedback from users. With this book, Todd Zaki Warfel shows how prototypes are more than just a design tool by demonstrating how they can [...]

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