: There are certain places that people expect text to be rote, boring, and dry. When you come in with some humanity instead, it really stands out. Example: Sönke Johnsen’s “Advice For Potential Graduate Students,” a wonderful piece of writing that is given to lab applicants. : http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1613-on-writing-before-you-apply-to-this-lab

: Bruce MacVarish discusses four fundamental forces of change that are driving the evolution of user experience for the business user in 2009. This insightful articles gives detailed illustrations and information that will affect and UX enthusiast dealing with the business place. : http://www.brucemacvarish.com/2009/01/business-user-experience-in-2009.html

: Each month Dr. Eric Schaffer answers selected questions on usable interface design. : http://www.humanfactors.com/downloads/askericanswers.asp

: This list of 87 tips to improve usability really could be the ultimate web design usability check list! This is a bookmark quality read. : http://stud.cmd.hro.nl/0773253/notusable/blog/the-ultimate-webdesign-usability-checklist/

: Quince app is basically an organized collection of various interface patterns. Each pattern is part of a ‘problem’, and several examples are usually provided as viable solutions. : http://www.usabilitypost.com/2009/02/26/quince-a-user-interface-patterns-explorer/

: In this interview made during Agile 2008, Alan Cooper, the father of Visual Basic and supporter of interaction design, talks about his contact with the Agile movement and the similarities discovered between Agile programmers and interaction designers. : http://www.infoq.com/interviews/Interaction-Design-Alan-Cooper;jsessionid=444207C9CF4244422BA8738702B2E28A

: This article discusses how bad feedback can lead to a negative user experience. : http://www.fatdux.com/blog/2009/02/18/bad-service-disguised-as-good-service/

: Canesta, Inc. is the inventor of revolutionary, low-cost electronic perception technology that enables ordinary electronic devices in consumer, security, industrial, medical, automotive, factory automation, gaming, military, and many other applications to perceive and react to objects or individuals in real time. : http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/2009/03/case-study-gestural-entertainment-center-for-canesta/

: The BBC’s User Experience & Design team shares its usability test results in a simple to read graphic. This way of presenting findings, rather than a long report, is a unique idea that is fun to digest. : http://reportr.net/2008/10/28/bbc-graphic-shows-how-people-use-on-demand-media/

: Craigslist is obviously one of the most popular websites in the world, and each month it serves millions of users who post and view classified ads on the website. At the time this article was written, Craigslist was ranked as the 28th most-visited English-language website in the world by Alexa. Despite the fact that [...]