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Defensive Design for the Web: How to improve error messages, help, forms, and other crisis points (VOICES)
37signals
New Riders Press, 2004
Common sense distilled
This book is a nice collection of what should be common sense rules (obviously common sense is not so common, as the examples of actual web sites in the book prove). I would assume that it would be most beneficial to a beginning designer, although it's a book everyone involved with web design or ...
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The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
Seth Godin
Portfolio Hardcover, 2007
When the going gets tough - read the Dip
+ A Must Read!
+ The obvious needs saying
+ This Book Doesn't Deserve Negative Reviews...
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Thoughts on Interaction Design
Jon Kolko
Brown Bear LLC, 2007
Chicken Soup for the Designer's Soul
+ heavy at the start, but better after chapter 3
+ Just tought it through the history lesson and then... WOW
+ Thoughts on
+ Compelling & Empowering
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Universal Principles of Design
William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, ...
Rockport Publishers, 2003
EXCELENT!
+ good
+ Tremendous value
+ One Design Book You'll Use Over and Over
+ Universal Principles of Design
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Bulletproof Web Design: Improving flexibility and protecting against worst-case scenarios with XHTML and CSS ...
Dan Cederholm
New Riders Press, 2007
Great book
+ Useful techniques for everyday development
+ A good book but...
+ Very practical and offers excellent practices
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Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices (VOICES)
Dan Saffer
Peachpit Press, 2006
Excellent for Aspiring Interaction Designers
+ Interesting
+ Designing for Interaction
I am an aspiring interaction designer and this book by Dan Saffer really nails it for me in terms of laying down a coherent and well-written overview and framework.
This book is essential to the interaction design community in that it defines clearly what interaction design is (and is not) in ...
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HTML Mastery: Semantics, Standards, and Styling
Paul Haine
friends of ED, 2006
HTML in its entirety
+ All you need to know about (x)html, in one handy book
+ Oh just get it! You will learn something new
HTML Mastery by Paul Haine was definitely not your average `HTML for Dummies` type book. Paul did a great job of covering HTML thoroughly and ended on a note that inspired you to think beyond the basics. Some might be turned off by another HTML book, but this book is far from that - this book is ...
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Paper Prototyping: The Fast and Easy Way to Design and Refine User Interfaces (Interactive Technologies)
Carolyn Snyder
Morgan Kaufmann, 2003
Great book packed with sensible advice
+ Usability and paper prototyping
+ Everything you needed to know about paper prototyping and more!
+ Everything you wanted to know about paper prototyping
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Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design (Interactive Technologies)
Bill Buxton
Morgan Kaufmann, 2007
The value of design
+ But one can sketch in code too
+ If you're involved in design, read this book
+ Outstanding Book
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The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web (VOICES)
Jesse James Garrett
New Riders Press, 2002
Fundamental, yet comprehensive
+ The Elements of User Experience
Although very basic, this book is great for getting the fundamentals of experience design. Garret creates a model that describes the web design process through five distinct stages. Then he breaks down each stage to identify the differences and overlapping areas between the web as a software ...
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The Design of Sites: Patterns for Creating Winning Web Sites (2nd Edition)
Douglas K. van Duyne, James A. Landay, ...
Prentice Hall PTR, 2006
By Far the best Book on Designing winning web sites available
+ Patterns for web interface design
+ Effectively tackles all aspects of website design
+ Well laid out and explained
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About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design
Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann, ...
Wiley, 2007
Nearly a complete course in the "Cooper Method"
+ If it was all obvious, there wouldn't be a book about it!
+ Essential Reading
I read (and still have) the previous two editions of this book. Unlike the usual "complete revised and updated" hype for new editions, this one has had some serious re-work and expansion.
The whole structure of the book is new and very close to being a complete course/textbook in the Cooper ...
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CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions
Andy Budd, Simon Collison, ...
friends of ED, 2006
EXCELLENT!!!
+ Awesome
+ You will learn CSS and learn it WELL!
Love this book!! I use it so much pages are falling out. Great book!
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The Design of Everyday Things
Donald A. Norman
Basic Books, 2002
A Must Read for every Designer
+ One of the best books any designer could read
+ Vey fast delivery very prompt service
As a human being we think we know other people and how they see and use products. This book tells many amusing anecdotes about products that were not successful because the designer made the things is a way he would have liked and not in the way real users use it. The book is written full of humor ...
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Meatball Sundae: Is Your Marketing out of Sync?
Seth Godin
Portfolio Hardcover, 2007
Essential Reading for Nonprofit Execs
+ Thinking Through Your Decisions
+ New Marketing vs. Old Marketing ( Do not miss it!)
+ Same Song -- But It's a Good One
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