📚 UX Links
Recommended reading/listening/watching on all things UX/Product design and strategy, and user research.
Books
Design
- The Design Of Everyday Things | Don Norman
- Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience | Jeff Gothelf, Josh Seiden
- Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability | Steve Krug
- Design Is Storytelling | Ellen Lupton
- Articulating Design Decisions: Communicate with Stakeholders, Keep Your Sanity, and Deliver the Best User Experience | Tom Greever
- Project Guide to UX Design, A: For user experience designers in the field or in the making | Russ Unger, Carolyn Chandler
- The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web and Beyond | Jesse James Garrett
- 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People | Susan Weinschenk
- Evil by Design: Interaction Design to Lead Us into Temptation | Chris Nodder
- Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design | William Lidwell
- Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services | Jon Yablonski
- Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days | Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, Braden Kowitz
- Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products | Nir Eyal
- UX Strategy: Product Strategy Techniques for Devising Innovative Digital Solutions | Jaime Levy
- Strategic Writing for UX: Drive Engagement, Conversion, and Retention with Every Word | Torrey Podmajersky
- The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses | Eric Ries
- Mapping Experiences: A Complete Guide to Customer Alignment Through Journeys, Blueprints, and Diagrams | James Kalbach
- 101 Design Methods: A Structured Approach for Driving Innovation in Your Organization | Vijay Kumar
- The Design Thinking Toolbox: A Guide to Mastering the Most Popular and Valuable Innovation Methods | Michael Lewrick, Patrick Link, Larry Leifer
- The User Experience Team of One: A Research and Design Survival Guide | Leah Buley
- Design for How People Think: Using Brain Science to Build Better Products | John Whalen
- Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want | Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Gregory Bernanda, Alan Smith
Research
- Just Enough Research | Erika Hall
- Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights | Steve Portigal
- The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you | Rob Fitzpatrick
- Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems | Steve Krug
- UX Research: Practical Techniques for Designing Better Products | Brad Nunnally, David Farkas
- Think Like a UX Researcher: How to Observe Users, Influence Design, and Shape Business Strategy | David Travis, Philip Hodgson
- UX Methods: A Quick Guide to User Experience Research Methods | James Pannafino, Patrick McNeil
- Validating Product Ideas: Through Lean User Research | Tomer Sharon
- Testing Business Ideas: A Field Guide for Rapid Experimentation | David Bland, Alexander Osterwalder
Interviewing
- Solving Product Design Exercises: Questions & Answers | Artiom Dashinsky
- Get Into UX: A Foolproof Guide to Getting Your First User Experience Job | Vy Alechnavicius
Newsletters
- Kirill V Journal | Kirill Vechtomov 😎
- #DesignInTech
- Alertbox
- The UX Collective
- HeyDesigner
- Inside Design
- UX Design Weekly
- Muz.li Weekly Inspiration
- Smashing Magazine
- Lean User Research
- User Experience Database
- Tim Whalin's Newsletter
- Pixels of the Week
- Growth.design
- Agile & Lean UX News
- Another Design Newsletter
Podcasts
- Kirill V Podcast
- The Crazy One
- Wireframe (inactive)
- User Defenders (inactive)
- UX Podcast
- UI Breakfast
- Method Podcast (inactive)
- Design Better
- Design Untangled (inactive)
- Design Details
- What is Wrong with UX (inactive)
- Design MBA
- The Futur
- 99% Invisible
- NN/g UX Podcast
- Design Life
- UXpod (inactive)
- Jake and Jonathan (inactive)
- Technically Speaking
- Honest UX Talk
- Product Design Report (inactive)
- Design Mind frogcast
Video channels
- Kirill V
- Mike Locke
- Hello, I’m Alexa
- femke.design
- NNGroup
- Howard Pinsky
- Flux Academy
- AJ&Smart
- CharliMarieTV
- Jesse Showalter
- Maex (inactive)
- InVision
- Sarah Doody
- High Resolution
- CareerFoundry
- Figma
- vaexperience
- UX Tools
Communities
Design leaders to follow
- Steve Krug
- Dan Mall
- Mike Monteiro
- Joe Natoli
- Don Norman
- Julie Zhuo
- Zeldman
- Nick Finck
- Andy Budd
- Tobias van Schneider
- Patrick Neeman
- Bill Buxton
- Irene Au
- Jared Spool
- Pablo Stanley
Courses
Free
- Product Design | Udacity
- Intro to UX Design | General Assembly
- Intro to Customer Journey Mapping | General Assembly
- Intro to User Research | General Assembly
Paid
- Learn UX
- Google UX Design | Coursera
- Exploring a Career in UX Design | LinkedIn
- UX & Web Design Master Course | Udemy
- UX Design Fundamentals | Udemy
Job boards
- Ideate Labs
- UX Jobs Board
- Authentic Jobs
- If You Could Jobs
- Smashing Magazine
- Coroflot
- Dribbble
- Krop
- Behance
- DesignX
- Femke
- Jobs With Pride
- Built In
- Hyper Island
- Ladders
- Design Jobs Board
- Wellfound
- Remote OK
- Just Remote
- Working Nomads
- We Work Remotely
- Design Remotely
- Remotive
- NoDesk
- Power to Fly
- Remote.co
- TrueUp
- Glassdoor
- Indeed
Websites
- Inside Design
- UX Collective
- Design Better
- User Onboard
- Smashing Magazine
- Luke Wrobleski
- A List Apart
- UX Mastery
- Growth.design
- Airbnb Design
- Meta Design
- Frog
- UX Myths
- Shopify Design
- CX Report
- Dear Designer
- Adobe Ideas
- 52 Weeks of UX
- Nielsen Norman Group
Events
- All Design Conferences — inactive, but has a good list to check.
- Design Leadership
Inspiration
- Muzli
- Mobbin
- Collect UI
- Dribbble
- UI Sources
- Behance
- Awwwards
- Inspirationde
- Screenlane
- UI Jar
- UI Garage
- Site Inspire
- Pttrns
- Refero
- Page Collective
- Landing Folio
- Land-book
- Lapa
- Godly
- SaaS Inspiration
- Best Website Gallery
- SaaS UI Design
- Dark Mode Design
- Nicely Done
- Webframe
- Page Flows
- Appshots
- UX Archive
- Design Vault
Stock photos and icons
Tools
UX Design Tools
📌 Every company will have their own suite of tools depending on multiple factors. The most popular one you will likely need to learn is Figma, it's all the rage these days.
- UX Database — a directory of tools.
- Design Tools Database — a directory of tools.
- Color.review — my favourite tool for checking colour contrast.
- Tally — my favourite surveys/polls tool.
Portfolio Tools
📌 There are 2 different schools of thought: web vs PDF format, both with their own pros and cons. I prefer the web for the online presence but often use a PDF-tailored version for a particular interview/company.
Resume Tools
Templates
- Coming later…