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“The Usability Body of Knowledge (BoK) project is dedicated to creating a living reference that represents the collective knowledge of the usability profession.”
http://www.usabilitybok.org/

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Complex looking interfaces tend to look great. Take any 3D Modeling application as an example – a lot of buttons and features always look hightech…
…but the truth is: Newer interfaces tend to have fewer buttons, and a cleaner look.
I tried to prove this tendency with an evidence series starting with this post.
Here is evidence number [...]

In the Usability process, testing is probably the most focused and documented step on the web. It happens that the most critical part for a successfull and juicy report, are the moments before and after testing.
Not-so-easy-as-it-might-look tasks that make the difference.:
Make sure you understant the project
A clear vision about the project must be built on [...]

Recently I got a little verbal fight with a friend because of animation and usability. It all started with a public Touchscreen. It was nice to play with but, between screens, a sliding animation took place, and, (there’s where it all started) took a bit to release the interface to full interactivity – buttons [...]

The Elements of User Experience – User-centered design for the web.
Just got my book after a 1month+ wait time. International regular mail just sucks.
The book doesn’t. In fact I’m quite impressed how this book, copyrighted in 2003, can be so much usefull in nowadays tecnology rush.
Maybe because It is not about tecnology, it is about [...]

I’m getting into Data Visualization in order to support my Usability Testing and Card Sorting session’s data.
Here’s some of the most precious information I found today:

Magic Ink
Information Software and the Graphical Interface
by Bret Victor
Data Visualization – modern-approaches
from http://www.smashingmagazine.com
Visual Complexity
IBM Many Eyes
Human-Computer Interaction Lab (University of Maryland)