: If you haven’t had a chance to read these articles from 90 percent then now is the time. : http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2010/12/27/top-posts-of-2010-on-90percentofeverything-com

: By combining scientific studies on color with some design principles, you can create a great call-to-action button for your website and improve its conversion rate drastically. : http://www.paulolyslager.com/call-to-action-buttons-psychology-color

: In the past, we discussed at length Why Designers Can’t Ignore Marketing. For the most part, commenters agreed with idea that designers should familiarize themselves with basic marketing principles. : http://designshack.co.uk/articles/business-articles/design-meets-psychology-putting-maslows-hierarchy-of-needs-to-work

: Though often under-appreciated well written help documentation can improve the user experience and get people back on track when they stumble in complicated workflows. : http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/good-help-content-improves-the-user-experience/

: Great tips on producing an expert review for an in-development iPhone app. : http://thomasdavi.es/2010/09/shoulderystocia/

: Many years ago, I did a little research on the term “user experience,” and shared my findings on my personal site. Don Norman claimed to have invented the term back at Apple around 1993. : http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2011/01/07/the-earliest-use-of-user-experience-as-we-now-think-of-it/

: 8 out of 10 the test subjects imagined multi-step forms as a straight path with discernible steps. During a sign-up process, people would imagine the next page before actually seeing it. Even though the concept of physical space doesn’t technically exist online, people seem to invent it. : http://baymard.com/blog/ux-illusion-of-space

: I sometimes chat with people in the book- and magazine-publishing industries. They complain to me about the web. They worry about what is being lost. : http://www.ftrain.com/wwic.html

: As a designer, one of my favorite activities is complaining about poor design. Websites are my first victims, but even mundane objects such as microwaves and electric kettle are not immune from my piercing criticism. : http://www.attackofdesign.com/skype-beta-for-macs-usability-failings/

: The new Twitter for Mac is somewhat polarizing, what with its almost entirely custom UI. I used to have a fervor for uniform consistency in Mac UI design. : http://daringfireball.net/2011/01/uniformity_vs_individuality_in_mac_ui_design