: We make use of layers of abstraction every day and yet it allows us to better understand the world in which we work. Let’s have a closer look. : http://spyrestudios.com/layers-of-abstraction/

: 3 eventful days for UX Professionals in sunny Lisbon, Portugal. 11 to 13 May 2011. 10 talks, 16 workshops and 16 lightning sessions (open for submission). Speakers include: Don Norman, Lou Rosenfeld, Jeffrey Veen, Kristina Halvorson, Todd Zaki Warfel, Russ Unger, Dan Brown, Christian Crumlish, Stephen Anderson, Steve Mulder, Josh Clark, Whitney Quesenbery and [...]

: Is it merely an opinion, or is there something more to it? Breaking design down seems like such an abstract thing. Even the designers who are able to create thought-provoking work seem purely talented and have natural abilities that can’t really be nailed down to a process. But what if there were principles that [...]

: In response to questions from Amy Knox regarding US.UX and EU.UX, Søren Muus (creative director at FatDUX and co-initiator of ECUX) recently posted on the mail list of the Information Architecture Institute some interesting ideas in this matter. We are happy to republish his piece, because we find it food for debate. : http://www.ecux.org/?p=55

: Websites are designed to be used by people of varying backgrounds, educations and technical levels. One of the challenges we face when designing for the Web is finding a way to create sites and applications that can be accessed by a widely disparate audience while avoiding the pitfall of sacrificing the quality of our [...]

: Websites and Web applications have become progressively more complex as our industry’s technologies and methodologies advance. What used to be a one-way static medium has evolved into a very rich and interactive experience. : http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/10/05/what-is-user-experience-design-overview-tools-and-resources/

: Great design ideas should always be sketched out to be better formulated and somewhat finalized before brought to the digital world. This helps us develop on our design idea, which actually helps us provide a better end result or product, than that of whom did not sketch the idea. : http://spyrestudios.com/why-sketching-and-wireframing-ideas-strengthens-designs/

: Today IDEO released a five-minute video exploring the future of digital books. Their illustrated concepts highlight some interesting opportunity areas in the publishing industry through three distinct reading experiences: : http://www.core77.com/blog/technology/ideos_future_of_the_book_17449.asp

: The design pattern we are going to tackle is a list with functions. Think of a list of five names. The primary function of this list is to click the names. The secondary function of the list is that the list needs to be manageable. There needs to be some kind of functionality to [...]

: Help text: either it’s there when you don’t need it, or you can’t find it when you do need it. Let’s take a look at 3 different ways Google, Amazon and 37signals solve this problem. : http://baymard.com/blog/inline-help