Every month I try to give a roundup of useful and important articles happening in the user experience domain. Here are some of the good article roundups for the month of September:
Design for Emotion and Flow – September Issue, 2008, Boxes and Arrows
This article addresses how to appeal to user’s emotion as well as creating better flow on your website.
Using Online Videos to Engage Your Users – September Issue, 2008, WebCredible
From OMS yesterday, I had an in depth conversation about how online videos will shape the future of the web as bandwidth becomes bigger and bigger, as computers move from our desktops into our pockets, and as the web becomes more ubiquitous.
Store Finders and Locators - September 15, 2008, Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox
A good article by Jakob on how users forage for location information. Essentially, users rely on search engines for this task reaffirming my prediction that SEO is becoming more pervasive in Usability.
Look At It Another Way – September 09, 2008, A List Apart
As usability practitioners, this is what we do almost every day- we embrace the user’s life. The only way to really understand a user is to breath the same air s/he breaths, to dig down into the nitty-gritty in order to convey the right messaging and providing the right content. This article hits close to my heart as it really sheds light on how we approach problem solving as usability practitioners.
I hope everyone enjoys these articles and have a great weekend.
