# UX/UI Design

## Because we all know how sexy using PGP is.

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#### ToC
* [General](#general)
* [Books](#books)
* [Talks/Presentations](#talks)
* [Websites/Organizations](#web)


UX Strategy: How to Devise Innovative Digital Products that People Want 
Mapping Experiences: A Complete Guide to Creating Value through Journeys, Blueprints, and Diagrams
How to Make Sense of Any Mess: Information Architecture for Everybody
The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web and Beyond (2nd Edition) (Voices That Matter)
Articulating Design Decisions: Communicate with Stakeholders, Keep Your Sanity, and Deliver the Best User Experience
UX Research: Practical Techniques for Designing Better Products
Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience
Information Architecture: For the Web and Beyond

* [Welcome to The HTML Hell Page - catb.org](http://www.catb.org/~esr/html-hell.html)

* [Re-approaching Color - Kevyn Arnott](https://design.lyft.com/re-approaching-color-9e604ba22c88)




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### General User Interface/User Experience Design
* **Articles**
	* [How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist](http://www.tristanharris.com/2016/05/how-technology-hijacks-peoples-minds%E2%80%8A-%E2%80%8Afrom-a-magician-and-googles-design-ethicist/)
	* [The Complete Moral Bankruptcy of Manipulating Human Psychology To Turn Users Into Addicts](https://hackernoon.com/the-complete-moral-bankruptcy-of-manipulating-human-psychology-to-turn-users-into-addicts-d09b98281ef)
	* [abovethefold.fyi](http://abovethefold.fyi/)
* **Style Critiques**
	* [TurboTax: a critical analysis & UX design teardown - Brandon Read](https://uxdesign.cc/turbotax-design-1a37356adc61)
	* [How to Design for the Modern Web](https://medium.com/s/silicon-satire/how-to-design-for-the-modern-web-52eaa926bae2)
* **General**
	* [User Interface - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_interface)
	* [User Interface Design - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_interface_design)
	* [UI Patterns](http://ui-patterns.com/)
	* [Principals of User Interface Design](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principles_of_user_interface_design)
	* [User Interface Design Basics - usability.gov](https://www.usability.gov/what-and-why/user-interface-design.html)
	* [Devour The Pie(chart)](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56713bf4dc5cb41142f28d1f/t/5694d249d82d5e959757455f/1452593763812/devourThePie3.gif?format=1500w)
* **Books**
	* [The Design of Everyday Things](http://www.jnd.org/books/design-of-everyday-things-revised.html)
		* This book is extraordinary not only in the fact that its a crash course on UI/UX design but also for the fact that almost anyone can read it and understand the principles it talks about.
	* Emotional Design
	* Don't Make me think
	* [The Visual Display of Quantitative Information](https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi)
	* [Field Guide for Designing Human Interaction With Intelligent Systems - Carroll G. Thronesbery and Jane T. Malin - NASA](https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19980210012/downloads/19980210012.pdf)
* **Talks & Presentations**
	* [UI Fundamentals for Programmers by Ryan Singer](https://vimeo.com/6702766)
* **Websites/Organizations**
	* [Dark Patterns: fighting user deception worldwide](http://darkpatterns.org/)
		* A Dark Pattern is a user interface that has been carefully crafted to trick users into doing things, such as buying insurance with their purchase or signing up for recurring bills.
	* [Nielsen Norman Group](http://www.nngroup.com)
		* Evidence-Based User Experience Research, Training, and Consulting; check articles and guidelines, ignore other sections
