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Steve Krug

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New York, The United States

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http://www.sensible.com/

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@skrug

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Steve Krug (pronounced "kroog") is best known as the author of Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, now in its third edition with over 600,000 copies in print.

His second book is the usability testing handbook Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems.

The books were based on the 20+ years he spent as a usability consultant for a wide variety of clients like Apple, Bloomberg.com, Lexus.com, NPR, the International Monetary Fund, and many others.

His consulting firm, Advanced Common Sense ("just me and a few well-placed mirrors") is based in Chestnut Hill, MA.

Steve currently spends most of his time writing, teaching usability workshops, and watching old movies on tv. ...more

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You say “potato,” I say “focus group”

There’s one phenomenon you really should be prepared for when you introduce the idea of usability tests in your organization:

People will think you mean you’re going to be doing focus groups.

Seriously. This really happens. All the time.

The problem is that a lot more people are familiar with focus groups than with usability tests. So sometimes no matter how often you correct them (politely and p

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	Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability 4.24 avg rating — 31,074 ratings — published 2000 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems 4.14 avg rating — 4,390 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forms that Work: Designing Web Forms for Usability (Interactive Technologies) by Caroline Jarrett, Gerry Gaffney, Steve Krug (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.92 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Practice of Creativity: A Manual for Dynamic Group Problem-Solving by George M. Prince, Steve Krug (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ウェブユーザビリティの法則―ストレスを感じさせないナビゲーション作法とは 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Haz facil lo imposible / Rocket Surgery Made Easy: La Guia Practica Para Aficionados Para Encontrar Y Solucionar Problemas De Usabilidad / the ... and Fixing Usability Probl (Spanish Edition) by Steve Krug (2010-06-30) by Steve Krug (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Make Me Think, rev 4: A Common Sense Approach to UX Research and Design 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It doesn’t matter how many times I have to click, as long as each click is a mindless, unambiguous choice.”
― Steve Krug, Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

tags: usability, web-design

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“If there's one thing you learn by working on a lot of different Web sites, it's that almost any design idea--no matter how appallingly bad--can be made usable in the right circumstances, with enough effort.”
― Steve Krug, Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

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“Get rid of half the words on each page, then get rid of half of what’s left.”
― Steve Krug, Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

tags: content, usability, webdesign, writing

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