User experience books of the year
We spend a great deal on user experience design books here at iQ Content, so most of the titles worth buying on the subject are sitting on someone's desk or on the shelf here. That being the case, we thought we should provide a roundup of personal favourites and must-read books from 2007.
— Published December 19th, 2007 | by Des Traynor, John Wood and David Moore
Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning
by Dan M. Brown. New Riders, �44.06
Everything you wanted to know about wireframes, personas and design specifications but were afraid to ask. An essential title for any user experience designer's bookshelf.
The User Is Always Right: A Practical Guide to Creating and Using Personas for the Web
by Steve Mulder and Ziv Yaar. New Riders, �44.06
The best introduction to creating and using personas that we have ever seen, and we have practically everything on the subject here at iQ Content. Not only is this easy to read, it is also a very practical guide to using personas in the design process.
About Face 3.0
by Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann, David Cronin, $29.70
The latest version of About Face is updated to include examples from modern applications such as Basecamp, MS Office 2007 and more. Coopers seminal book on Interaction Design is a must-read for anyone working in the area.
Ambient Findability
by Peter Morville. O'Reilly, £14.67
A more conceptual and speculative book than Morville's classic 'Information Architecture for the World Wide Web', this very interesting read looks at what happens when findability becomes crucial amid ever-increasing amounts of information that is always accessible. Some good insights on the present and pointers to the future.
Web Analytics: An Hour a Day
by Avinash Kaushik. Sybex, £12.99
The man who blogged his way into the role of 'Analytics Evangelist' at Google (just a part-time gig, mind you) has written what is probably the best introduction to web analytics out there. It's all about context, and Avinash's strength is in making boring old numbers relevant and meaningful. And Avinash is even donating all his proceeds to charity.
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