: Whether you’re designing a user interface for a website or an iPhone app, it’s always a good idea to start with a wireframe. It can be a big time saver if you’re able to nail down the placement of major layout elements early on in a project. : http://webdesignledger.com/inspiration/18-great-examples-of-sketched-ui-wireframes-and-mockups

: A story on Hacker News yesterday kicked off a discussion about purposefully adding a delay to a service to increase perceived value. It started off with a link to Dan Ariely’s recent article on locksmiths: how they can open most doors in seconds, but how they typically go through a slow, theatrical act of [...]

: You’ve been at your local coffee shop working feverishly on the design for your next project. You like the shape your design is taking, but you really need to gather feedback. Here’s how to have an impromptu usability session. : http://madeforpeople.net/user-experience-blog/2010/12/7/how-to-use-your-ipad-to-conduct-a-spontaneous-usability-stud.html

: This video discusses the idea of how we as designers can get caught up in working towards building a perception of ourselves that we want others to have. We can often get caught up in gauging our successes of others in our community, especially those who write books, speak, and are regarded highly in [...]

: Students are multitaskers who move through websites rapidly, often missing the item they come to find. They’re enraptured by social media but reserve it for private conversations and thus visit company sites from search engines. : http://www.useit.com/alertbox/students.html

: Words are the soul of user experience. More than any other design element, words communicate the bulk of the messages we communicate to others. Whether they are spoken or written, there’s a fine line between lazily sending generic, expected messages and taking a few minutes to say something truly special. : http://52weeksofux.com/post/2304229527/words-are-the-soul-of-ux

: I was going through my bookmarks looking for a problemsolver I needed for my latest webdesign project and I found myself doing exactly the same thing of which I warned you all before, badly tagging in delicious. : http://www.paulolyslager.com/inspirational-blogs-books-articles-user-interface-patterns

: A key goal of user experience design is to keep things simple. Unfortunately websites and applications create problems for users by employing interfaces that are too complex. : http://completeusability.com/simple-user-interfaces-the-snowplow-principle/

: A great overview of how to build a persona by LUXi. : http://luxr.posterous.com/persona-cheat-sheet-0

: Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending my first unconference—Book Camp NY. Even though I’ve been a publisher for a few years now, this was the first publishing event I’d ever attended. : http://louisrosenfeld.com/home/bloug_archive/2010/12/ux_and_publishing.html