HCI and UX Learning Resources

A collection of learning resources on the topics of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and User Experience (UX). Welcome to suggest new resources!

Overview & Key Concepts

• What is UX Research? (InteractionDesgin.org)
• Mental Models (NNGroup)
• The Two UX Gulfs: Evaluation and Execution (NNGroup)

Books/Article Collections

• The Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction (link)
• Articles from the Nielsen Norman Group (link)
• Universal Methods of Design: 100 Ways to Research Complex Problems, Develop Innovative Ideas, and Design Effective Solutions (link)

Methods

• What are Contextual Inquiries? (link)
• What are Personas? (link)
• Customer Journey Mapping 101 (link)
• Scenario Mapping for Design Exploration (link)
• When to Use Which User-Experience Research Methods (link)
• UX Research Cheat Sheet (link)

Job & Career Related

• The Ultimate Guide to Understanding UX Roles and Which One You Should Go For (InteractionDesign.org)
• Portfolios for UX Researchers: Top 10 Recommendations (NNGroup)
• How to wow me with your UX research portfolio by David Travis (Medium)
• Storytelling for a UX research portfolio by Nikki Anderson (uxdesign.cc)
• The Ultimate Guide to Build an Awesome UX Research Portfolio – with Great Examples by Tímea Falmann (uxfol.io)
• UX Research Portfolios: Format + Examples by Paul Derby (Linkedin)
• Early-career UXers: Your most impressive work is missing from your portfolio by Jared M. Spool (uxdesign.cc)
• From Academia to UX: Understanding User Research Lingo by Janelle Ward (dscout.com)

Salary

• Global UX Compensation Transparency Project (Google Sheet)

Value of UX

• Three Levels of UX Research Impact by Tao Dong (Medium)

Opinion & Debate

• The myth of human-centered design (source)

Podcasts

• Method Podcast from Google Design (Castbox)
• Design Notes Podcast from Google Design (Castbox)
• Design Critique: Products for People by Timothy Keirnan (Castbox)

Presentations

• What is UX Research? | Google UX Design Certificate (Google)
• Why Social Computing Is So Hard: The Social-Technical Gap Between Technically Working and Socially Workable by Mark Ackerman (Microsoft)
• Design for people, not awards by Timothy Prestero (TED)
• The Three Paradigms of HCI by Luka Schulz (Vimeo)

Publication Guides

• What makes a good CHI design paper? (ACM)

UX Tips

• Plain Language for UX Writing (source)