Learning about usability [closed]

Question

I am very interested in user interface design and improving the user's experience. Therefore, I am thinking of moving my career in the direction of usability. I would like to try to teach myself as much as I can about usability. I've already read the classic "Don't Make Me Think" by Steve Krug, and I'm wondering what other resources are out there.

What books/ websites/ blogs/ etc. would you recommend?

Answer 1

"Don't Make Me Think" is a great place to start. For further reading I suggest you take a look at The must-read User Interface Book?

I would also recommend you think beyond books and blogs, and find inspiration in everyday design to drive your motivation: Sources of UX inspiration

Answer 2

Books that transformed my world:

• Donald Norman's Design of Everyday things: this is an introduction to ergonomics. It's a critical foundation to user experience, and a thoroughly enjoyable read.
• Tog on Interface Designed for the old Mac, it's still a classic to imbue the philosophy of great GUI design (including things like Fitt's Law etc)
• Tog on Software Design A follow-up to Tog on Interface
• Jakob Nielsen's Usability Engineering. A great book on the process of user interface designing including user testing

For seminal articles on web page design, you must run, not walk, to Jakob Nielsen's Alert Box columns

Answer 3

As Antony have mentioned, your question has already been asked and answered.

• Must-read User Interface Book?
• Which are the best UI related blogs/sites?
• How to become a user experience designer