: Chances are you’ve come in contact with a piece of flat-pack furniture from Ikea. You may even have put a shelf or desk together with the help of an allen wrench and a single-sheet instruction manual. Ikea has successfully innovated in pricing, logistics, packaging, and store layout to become a global phenomenon. : http://uxmag.com/features/lessons-from-ikea

: I’ve had this question put to me in the past month about 20 times or so. It’s a tough question to answer in a nutshell, as it has a lot to do with “How do I retrain my skills to focus on User Experience” which is really what i think is the right question [...]

: In this article we focus on the use of scenarios and paper prototypes to support a rapid and collaborative exploration of potential implementation approaches (how). : http://johnnyholland.org/2009/11/10/a-ux-strategy-through-stories-scenarios-and-sketches/

: MrTweet’s comprehensive list of active UX folks on twitter. : http://mrtweet.com/community/user_experience

: A collection of videos from the 2009 UX Week conference. : http://www.uxweek.com/videos

: *Hype: Jared Spool called it a “Really nice discussion of Search Suggestion patterns from Tyler Tate.” Peter Morville says “Looks like a great blog post, Tyler!” And we declined an offer to publish it on Smashing Magazine.* User experience designer Tyler Tate unpacks three different approaches to as-you-type search suggestions – completion, query suggestion, [...]

: Here is some big news: UX strategy is not UI strategy. This must be big news since the two seem identical in how they are practiced. There seems to be a fundamental flaw in our ability to make a difference between UX practice and UI practice. : http://arnoland.blogspot.com/2010/02/ux-strategy-is-different-than-ui.html

: Explores how designers can measure success for user experiences and how Key Performance Indicators can be leveraged for this purpose. Presented at the Interaction 10 conference in Savannah, GA on February 6, 2010. : http://www.slideshare.net/livlab/ceci-nest-pas-une-kpi-interaction-10

: Few would disagree that fundamental economic change is upon us. Business models are crumbling daily. From the auto industry to the banking industry, it is clear that old ways of doing things are no longer working. The market research industry is just as vulnerable to this shift, yet, like the auto industry before it, [...]

: If you think about watching a video online, it may seem pretty easy. A player, a play/pause button and some content. Done. But what about if the video is being played on a mobile phone? : http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2009/10/inside-user-research-at-youtube.html