Links to resources

A selection of interesting sites to explore further.



Articles and guides

Usability.gov Usability resources for web design
UX Matters "Insights and inspiration for the user experience community"
Usability Geek Blog articles on UX and Usability
UX Planet Articles relating to User Experience
UX Booth Articles from the UX and interaction design community
UX Podcast A twice-monthly podcast that has been running since 2011
Design for Android Design guidelines for Android devices
Human Interface guidelines (Apple)
Windows Design and UI guidelines (Microsoft Windows Dev Center)
Web Accessibility Initiative With guidelines for making web sites accessible
Usability Net Resources compiled as part of an EU-funded project
HCI Bibliography An index to a wide range of resources and suggested readings
Google News on "Usability"


Associations & Societies

ACM SIGCHI The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction --- provides links to local special interest group sites
Interaction / British HCI Group A specialist group of the British Computer Society
The Ergonomics Society (UK)
EACE The European Association for Cognitive Ergonomics
The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia
The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (USA)
IEA The International Ergonomics Association
STIMDI The Swedish Interdisciplinary Interest Group for Human-Computer Interaction (in Swedish)
UPA The User Experience Professionals Association (USA)

International conferences (Past & Forthcoming)

CHI - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (annual)
DIS - Designing Interactive Systems (annual)
ECCE - European Cognitive Ergonomics Conference (annual)
HCI - British Computer Society, Interaction / HCI Group (annual)
HCI International - HCI International conference (annual)
Interact IFIP International conference on Human-Computer Interaction (biennial)
IEA - International Ergonomics Association congress (annual)
OZCHI - Austrialian conference on Human-Computer Interaction (annual)
IUI - Intelligent User Interfaces conference (annual)
NordiCHI - Nordic HCI conference (biennial)
UIST - UI Software and Technology symposium(annual)
UXPA - User Experience Professionals Association conference (annual)


Academic research groups & labs

Most can be found through: 'Laboratories' under HCI-Sites at the HCI Bibliography