Confab 2013 is only a couple of weeks away. Editor and resident content strategist Marli Mesibov discusses the narratives guiding some of this year’s talks and the content strategy discussion at large.

The best resources help change and inform our team’s perspective. This week, editor Marli Mesibov compiles a list of nine resources to aid our design research, content strategy, gamification endeavors.

Increasingly subtle, pervasive interactions require us to return to our roots, to question our assumptions. Thomas Wendt provides perspectives for designers looking to bridge the gap between their intention and user’s interpretation.

Responsive design is all the rage, but many of us aren’t in a position to get started right away. Will Hacker shares three tips that the Cars.com team has used to give their mobile users some much-needed love.

There are a bunch of great books due out this year, covering myriad topics from the psychology of persuasion, to experience strategy, to lean UX, to microinteractions. Paul Seys provides a brief overview of the 10 books about which he’s most excited.

Did you attend this year’s IA Summit? If not, don’t fret! Andrew Maier reflects on this year’s event, sharing five books he’s recently added to his reading list. For those of you who did attend, consider adding books to the list!

Whether they’re designing eLearning courses or onboarding experiences, designers need to act as teachers. There’s just one small problem: users learn differently from one another. Marli Mesibov explains how Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences can help us better communicate our message to our would-be audience.

In the second part of her series on Mobile, Interaction Designer Elaine McVicar builds upon her working definition of mobile Information Architecture. She provides numerous examples of mobile design patterns and explains how they differ when compared to their desktop counterparts.

Information Architecture is one of the cornerstones of our discipline, so it’s no wonder that the yearly IA Summit conference attracts some of the industry’s best and brightest speakers. We capitalized on the opportunity to pose them questions and share their responses.

In the second half of my chat with Bill Gribbons I dig in deep, asking questions related to design education. Dr. Gribbons shares what he feels are necessary components for the continued development our community of practice.