I bookmark a lot of pages and sites which I find interesting, inspirational and informative every day! I’d like to share some of them with you here. In general they are about user experience, usability, UCD, accessbility and design. In general, but not always!!

  • Triple Dog Dare Media – IBM Usability
    The following software was created by the IBM Ease of Use group. All we are doing is providing links to the software. We use the software in our usability and information architecture engagements, but we don't endorse it, or make any warranties, expressed or implied, blah blah blah. Use at your own risk. Has not been known to cause attention deficit disorder in small children or laboratory mice. Don't operate this equipment if you've had more than 8 martinis in the past hour. If there isn't a lifeguard on duty, then don't go into the pool.
  • Rosenfeld Media – Card Sorting: Card sort analysis spreadsheet
    Over the past few years I have been slowly developing and refining a spreadsheet I use for analysis of card sorts. I have used it on many projects and find it invaluable for helping me manage the data and spot patterns.

    I use it to analyse results from physical (i.e. not software) open card sorts. It could quite easily be used for closed card sorts as well, though I haven't done that as I don't do closed sorts.

  • Usability News – What’s the real value of Unmoderated Remote User Testing?
    URUT is an automated test process whereby a script or series of questions is prepared and packaged into an application. Test subjects may be invited in advance to participate, or intercepted when they enter a website. Hundreds of participants may be involved and all their data is gathered and analysed automatically. URUT can be both simple and quite sophisticated, and Fortune Global 2000 and Internet 200 companies are increasingly using Unmoderated Remote Usability Testing (URUT) as part of their user experience and usability research toolkit.
  • Expert Ratings of Usability Maxims » The UX Bookmark
    Published in the ‘Ergonomics in Design’ journal in 1997. He collected and created this list of 34 thumb rules (given below in order of priority) that were found particularly useful during the design process by colleagues working in the human-computer interface (HCI) design field.

Please do feel free to suggest other related (and unrelated ones)!