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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!!

• Enhancing User Interaction With First Person User Interface « Smashing Magazine
  Though many computer applications and operating systems make use of real-world metaphors like the desktop, most software interface design has little to do with how we actually experience the real world. In lots of cases, there are great reasons not to directly mimic reality. Not doing so allows us to create interfaces that enable people to be more productive, communicate in new ways, or manage an increasing amount of information. In other words, to do things we can’t otherwise do in real life.
• We are Colorblind » Patterns for the Color Blind
  About 8% of the male population has some sort of color blindness. The color blind have the inability to clearly distinguish different colors of the spectrum, they tend to see colors in a limited range of hues. Because of this, the color blind have trouble with a lot of websites.
• Agile Card Wall – the process itself made UX design a more inclusive activity – Agile Experience Design
  Here is a list of reasons why it think this simple method of placing cards on a wall is so essential to team collaboration, trust, personal empowerment and ownership. The process itself made design a more inclusive activity.
• UX in the Boardroom: A Solid Case for Investing in UX :: UXmatters
  “I discovered what really matters to executives, learned how finances and budgets work, and realized the true value of user experience lies not in cost savings at all, but in intangibles.”
• Audience Segmentation Models :: UXmatters
  “Understanding the people who will ultimately engage with a product or service provides the foundation for user experience design.”

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