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Undercover User Experience Design (Voices That Matter)
Once you catch the user experience bug, the world changes. Doors open the wrong way, websites don't work, and companies don't seem to care. And while anyone can learn the UX remedies usability testing, personas, prototyping and so on unless your organization 'gets it', putting them into practice is trickier. Undercover User Experience is a pragmatic guide from the front li...more
Paperback, 183 pages
Published
September 17th 2010
by New Riders Publishing
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I read this for the Copenhagen UX Book Club. I liked the practical approach of the book. This makes it a book that you don't just read once, but refer to again and again.
I recommend it to anyone in a place where there is no usability or user experience person in place. That may mean that no one knows much about UX, so this book can be your guide to teaching them the purpose of usability and the need to think about usability. I think technical communicators will also find it quite valuable for m...more
I recommend it to anyone in a place where there is no usability or user experience person in place. That may mean that no one knows much about UX, so this book can be your guide to teaching them the purpose of usability and the need to think about usability. I think technical communicators will also find it quite valuable for m...more
‘Undercover User Experience Design’ by Cennydd Bowles and James Box is a great thorough starter manual for a broad audience of junior to regular UX practitioners and those shifting into this field. The manual covers not only the undercover techniques, but the whole range of UX methods and approaches, following through all of the design stages, taking the perspective of both the ‘innie’ and an ‘outie’.
I think that Cennydd and James went a little too broad and got too much info into the book witho...more
I think that Cennydd and James went a little too broad and got too much info into the book witho...more
Great content, but really dry writing. Unless you are a beginner to UX, you will already know a good deal of this info. So even though it is solid content, a little humor and some storytelling in the writing would make this book a lot easier & enjoyable to digest. I went in hoping for something like Krug's "Don't Make Me Think" - that boiled down version with just the necessary points, delivered with wit. This is more textbook.
Great for practical advice, but not very deep in regards to theory. It had a lot of basics that are wonderful for its intended audience (someone just starting out in UX). The value in this book for me was its list of "further reading" material at the end of each chapter and the plethora of online resources and tools it mentioned throughout.
Practical, pragmatic, concise and well illustrated approach to UX under real world constraints. If you've ever been in an environment hostile to 'wasting time' with usability testing, this book is perfect.
If you want more theory, I'd recommend "Elements of UX", by Garrett.
If you want more theory, I'd recommend "Elements of UX", by Garrett.
This is an excellent and above all practical guide to user experience design. The book concentrates on the low hanging UX fruit that most products and companies just don't bother to do. Great book for anyone who builds products or touches user experience.
Very focused on user experience as classically defined (and pretty basic user input), but useful ways about thinking how to interface with different people in an organization.
This a great book for anyone new to the field of UX or looking to move into it. It not only goes over the prerequisite processes and deliverables, but provides the sort of infiltration tips and career guidance just not found in other books - This isn't just a book, it's your very own UX mentor.
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Marvellous book, as with Krug's 'Don't Make Me Think' this is a key book for anyone new to User Experience design and even for old hands as well. Essential.
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Este livro é tão bom quanto "Não me faça pensar" Simples e bem objetivo no propósito de fazer UX design de verdade.
Very useful with good overview of process and resources.
One of the best UX books I've read, and I've read a few of 'em. It's full of practical advice for how to become a better UX practitioner, covering diverse areas like user reasearch, design games, and even just how to sketch better.
While some of the info wasn't new to me, I found it served as a bit of a kick to start doing some of the things I'm not currently doing, but *should* be.
While some of the info wasn't new to me, I found it served as a bit of a kick to start doing some of the things I'm not currently doing, but *should* be.
Really excellent primer for anyone wanting to understand more about UX and wanting some practical applications.
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