{"id":600,"date":"2013-06-11T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.agilityfeat.com\/?p=600"},"modified":"2013-06-11T11:00:32","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T15:00:32","slug":"3-sources-of-ux-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agilityfeatpanama.com\/en\/blog\/2013\/06\/3-sources-of-ux-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"3 sources of UX inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agilityfeat.com\/commandos\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.agilityfeat.com\/assets\/comandos\/marianaLopez.png\" alt=\"Mariana Lopez\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agilityfeat.com\/commandos\">Mariana Lopez<\/a> is our UX lead and a key part of our most successful projects.  Her ability to get inside the customers&#8217; head and quickly understand their processes and challenges is an important part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agilityfeat.com\/showcase\">UX and design assessment work<\/a> that we have done.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t quite give you Mariana&#8217;s brain in a bottle, but I did ask her to share with me three \u00abmust-reads\u00bb for someone looking for a little inspiration around User Experience design.<br clear=\"left\"\/><\/p>\n<h2>1. Usability newsletter from the Nielsen Norman Group<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nngroup.com\/articles\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/agilityfeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-11-at-9.46.21-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-06-11 at 9.46.21 AM\" width=\"81\" height=\"44\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-601\" \/><\/a>These regular<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nngroup.com\/articles\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> newsletters from Jakob Nielsen<\/a> come out every two weeks to showcase their latest content on interface usability and web design. <br clear=\"left\"\/><\/p>\n<h2>2. \u00abDon&#8217;t Make Me Think!\u00bb<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dont-Make-Me-Think-Usability\/dp\/0321344758\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/agilityfeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-11-at-9.52.01-AM-150x150.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-06-11 at 9.52.01 AM\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-602\" \/><\/a>The best UX is the the UX that a customer never notices.  That&#8217;s because things just \u00abwork\u00bb, and they don&#8217;t have to search around or think about how the site should work.  The flow is natural and intuitive.  Steve Krug&#8217;s book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dont-Make-Me-Think-Usability\/dp\/0321344758\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00abDon&#8217;t Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability\u00bb<\/a> is a highly acclaimed read on how to create a user experience that is so good no one notices.  Mariana recommends this highly as a great introduction book to UX and also good for inspiration. <br clear=\"left\"\/><\/p>\n<h2>3. The Timeless Classic: \u00abThe Design of Everyday Things\u00bb<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Design-Everyday-Things-Donald-Norman\/dp\/0465067107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/agilityfeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-11-at-9.57.55-AM-193x300.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-06-11 at 9.57.55 AM\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-603\" \/><\/a>No list of influential UX sources would be complete without this class by Don Norman.  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Design-Everyday-Things-Donald-Norman\/dp\/0465067107\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00abThe Design of Everyday Things\u00bb<\/a> is about much more than web site design, in fact, the original edition predates the internet.  This work is a reminder of the importance of interaction design in everything around us, regardless of the physical or digital medium it may exist in.<\/p>\n<h2>What inspires you?<\/h2>\n<p>What inspires you?  Our team is based in Costa Rica, so we are often inspired by the tropical beauty around us.  Your website or mobile app may only live in a digital context, but you can find inspiration for it all around us in the way that we interact with \u00abeveryday things.\u00bb  Send me a note at Arin@AgilityFeat.com &#8211; I&#8217;d love to hear about what inspires (or demotivates you) about UX and design.<br clear=\"left\"\/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mariana Lopez is our UX lead and a key part of our most successful projects. Her ability to get inside the customers&#8217; head and quickly understand their processes and challenges is an important part of the UX and design assessment work that we have done. 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