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!!

  • interactions magazine | Solving complex problems through design
    What is it about design that makes it so well suited to solving complex problems? Why is design thinking such a promising avenue for business and government tackling seemingly intractable problems?
  • Ten Things Your Employees Wish You Knew About Them | Fast Company
    If you think it's tough being a manager these days, try being an employee. Most are in the position of having to go with the flow because of the current economic conditions. But that doesn't necessarily mean they do so with a smile on their face. Here are ten things your employees wish you knew about them:
  • Perception and the design of forms – Part 5: Proximity – Formulate Information Design
    This is the fifth article in our series about visual perception and the design of forms. We're focusing on 6 relevant principles of human perception, namely:<br />
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    Characteristics (things that are an aspect of a single object)<br />
    Shape<br />
    Size<br />
    Colour<br />
    Relationships (things that are about how multiple objects relate)<br />
    Figure/ground<br />
    Proximity<br />
    Similarity
  • Why Users Fill Out Forms Faster With Top Aligned Labels | UXMovement.com
    Imag ine a user who is really excited about your prod uct or ser vice. They’re ready to sign up, so they go to your form page and start fill ing out their infor ma tion. The way you align your labels with your form fields can affect how easy it is for users to fill out the form. Do you want to give users a quick, easy and pain less expe ri ence or do you want to give them a has sle? If you want to make their expe­ri ence quick, easy and pain less, con sider using top aligned labels for your form fields.
  • Use the 80-20 Rule to Increase Your Website’s Effectiveness
    80-20 rule proponent and analytics wizard Tim Ferriss has a website optimization case study of how an 80-20-optimized website received a 20%+ higher conversion rate.
  • Ocado: Delivering on User Experience | UX Booth
    Good user experience design is about ensuring that at each point of engagement with your product, company, or service, you are crafting positive interactions. It is goal-oriented and outcome-focused because at each stage you are ensuring that users can easily achieve their objectives.

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