: The first step most companies take when trying to build a new site is to create some sort of rough site map or wireframe to depict their information architecture. They do this to help figure out how the site will function and where different sections and pages will be located. : http://www.newfangled.com/website_planning_information_architecture

: Taking a look at how you present the first steps of user experience to a client depending on their priorities. : http://blog.amadeusconsulting.com/mobile-app-ux-priorities-budget-vs-innovation/

: While most children and teens still rely on feature phones, college students have graduated to the world of mobile internet devices—including smartphones, tablets and mobile game consoles. : http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1008032

: Why should you test? One simple reason: You are not your customer. This is not a situation specific to SaaS – from novelists to hi-rise architects, it’s common for the end user to not be the creator. NASA space station engineers, for example, are not astronauts, yet it is imperative that the space station [...]

: Change is in the air, or perhaps more accurately, in the airwaves. It’s visible every time a child presses a finger to a laptop screen, expecting it to respond, and in business meetings where projectors are left unused in favor of the more intimate, shared visual experience of an iPad. : http://uxmag.com/technology/mobile-user-experience-trends-on-the-horizon

: I have a passion for design patterns. I like to understand the reasons why certain patterns work and dislike using conventions without knowing why they have become successful. : http://shortboredsurfer.com/2010/09/understanding-the-power-of-the-goldilocks-effect/

: Restaurants are great test labs for testing neuromarketing techniques. It’s easy to change offerings, menus, and pricing, and one gets immediate feedback on what’s working and what’s not. One technique I’ve written about from a product standpoint but which is also used by restaurants is decoy pricing. : http://www.neurosciencemarketing.com/blog/articles/neuro-menus-and-restaurant-psychology.htm

: Back in October, a community member submitted Audible.com to darkpatterns.org for using a variant of the Forced Continuity dark pattern. When a user adds monthly billed items to their basket and proceeds into the checkout process, Audible fails to show that the items listed are not a one-off fees, and will in fact reoccur [...]

: As part of a tradition over the last two years (2008 and 2009) it is once again time for the gifts for user experience geeks post for the 2010 holiday season. This list is a collection of items I have come across over the last year that would make the ideal gifts for UX [...]

: I’ve written a lot of stuff over the last few years about information architecture. And I’m working on writing more. But recently I’ve realized there are some things I’ve not actually posted publicly in a straightforward, condensed manner. (And yes, the post below is, for me, condensed.) : http://www.inkblurt.com/2010/11/10/lets-get-something-straight-about-ia/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter