Just a quick summary of things I saw, heard and learned at IxD10 in Savannah:
I just got done a great book on building usable forms – Luke Wroblewski’s “Web Form Design – Filling in the Blanks”. It was a really well-done, interesting book on a less than interesting topic (well, to most people) – in fact, it’s one of the best usability books I’ve read in terms of giving quick, easy-to-read, usable information. From my review on Goodreads.com:
“Good or bad, there aren’t many books that I can use for my job that I go through quickly. There’s just something about a limit to my absorption of information from these books that makes me take my time to get through them. However, that was not a problem with this book. Chock full of good information, Wroblewski manages to make it a quick, easy and yet informative read that only took me 2 days cover-to-cover.”
You can see more on Luke’s website, to get a feel for the book.
I wanted to get some more work done on my ID posts, but had to take a quick tangent for a couple of things. I’ve realized lately that I’ve really been getting behind on my reading of blogs in my industry, so I’ve been taking the opportunity to spend some catching up on some of my favorites including 456bereastreet and authentic boredom. Continue reading
I was doing some research for a Usability/Accessibility Guidelines document I’m developing at work, when I stumbled across a peculiar piece of information while searching for reference sources. In general, the body of work that is presented on the Usability.gov website is pretty good; getting a little dated in spots, but overall very good. Continue reading
