Story mapping is a way of organizing Agile user stories that communicate user experience. Agile expert Jeff Patton will show you how this technique helps you put the big picture of UX and the little pictures of Agile in one place. Users will always have an experience with your product. Story mapping will pull your UX focus into the organization’s process and ensure that experience is a great one.

Attendees at the two Web Design Masterclass workshops list the resources as one of the most valuable parts of the workshop. Here’s a sample of what you’ll get during the workshop. Patterns, textures, PSDs, printable sketch templates and more to help you save time and energy on your visual design. Premium Pixels Pixel Patterns Konigi [...]

We’re celebrating this year’s Web App Masters Tour fantastic program by giving everyone access to last year’s great show. The recordings and slide decks contain great information like dealing with complex navigation, integrating social components, moving away from static forms, and using design patterns. You’ll hear from top web app masters like Luke Wroblewski, Hagan [...]

“We learned that it was all about getting the basics right,” the product manager told me, having just come back from a tour of observing multiple customers. “We can invest in all the nifty new features we want, but if we don’t get the product’s basic features to work right, our users don’t care.” This [...]

Event: UIE Book Club: Kristina Halvorson’s Content Strategy for the Web Date: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 (TODAY!) from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (ET) Location: http://live.5by5.tv Call to ask your question: +1 407 278-4070 This is all very exciting. The first UIE Book Club is almost upon us. I’m so excited you’ll be part of [...]

On July 13 our new conference series, the Web App Masters Tour 2010 made its final stop. It was an ambitious task to organize a 2 day conference in 4 cities with 14 of the best and brightest in web application design. We had to provide more than just inspiration. We needed to make sure [...]

Announcing the first UIE Book Club: Kristina Halvorson’s Content Strategy UIE Book Club: Kristina Halvorson’s Content Strategy August 3, 2010 August 17, 2010 2pm ET / 1pm CT / 11am PT Interested? Sign up here so we get a sense as to how many are joining us. Note: Due to a conflict from an already [...]

This week, Mohammed Alaa calls in from Egypt with questions about convincing stakeholders of the value of UX and about improving his own UX skills. Robert Hoekman and Jared Spool are back with another episode of Userability!

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You’ve just been asked to moderate a usability test. Whether it’s your first or your 199th, do you know how to do it and capture the best results? Will you be able to start it without a lump in your throat, or without being distracted by the thought that your every move is being watched? [...]