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Since you transitioned into full-time UX starting as a developer originally, I am curious as to what resources you utilized to improve your knowledge of good UX
by mheathr 14y ago
Since you transitioned into full-time UX starting as a developer originally, I am curious as to what resources you utilized to improve your knowledge of good UX principles.
- jeremyt 14y agoI've been meaning to write a blog post on it, but you know how it goes. Never enough time. Basically, it comes down to study + experience. But study is absolutely a necessary prerequisite; otherwise you have no criteria to decide what went wrong when something fails. I did a post here about some books that I found useful http://www.jeremytunnell.com/posts/books-on-user-experience-and-user-interface-design http://www.jeremytunnell.com/posts/books-on-user-experience-... I basically spent a year working part-time and studying part-time. I read every UX book, article, and website that I could find, and then I got experience by offering to do a heuristic analysis for startups on the Washington DC hacker news list for $20 per hour. This kind of thing: http://www.jeremytunnell.com/posts/watchparty-tv-a-usability-analysis http://www.jeremytunnell.com/posts/watchparty-tv-a-usability...