The List
Looking for inspiration? Craving instruction? Bored and need something to read? Look no further; here is the Official NorthTemple Uber List of Inspirational Instructional Books, Conferences, and other stuff. Enjoy!
Conferences/Workshops
Edward Tufte
An Event Apart
Design, Usability, and Software Development Books
The Design of Everyday Things
Author: Don Norman
The Inmates are Running the Asylum
Author: Alan Cooper
Designing with Web Standards
Author: Jeffrey Zeldman
Getting Real
Author: 37Signals
Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices
Author: Dan Saffer
Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design
Author: Jenifer Tidwell
Designing the Obvious: A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design
Author: Robert Hoekman Jr.
Defensive Design for the Web
Author: 37signals, Matthew Linderman, Jason Fried
Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design
Author: Andy Clarke, Molly E. Holzschlag
Bulletproof Web Design
Author: Dan Cederholm
CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions
Author: Andy Budd, Simon Collison, Cameron Moll
Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
Author: Steve Krug
The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web
Author: Jesse James Garrett
Universal Principles of Design: 100 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach Through Design
Author: William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler
The Elements of Typographic Style
Author: Robert Bringhurst
Business
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box
Author: The Arbinger Institute
Small Is The New Big
Author: Seth Godin
Religion
The Standard Works
Conference Talks
To Draw Closer to God
Author: Henry B. Eyring
The Lord’s Way
Author: Dallin H. Oaks
Temple And Cosmos
Author: Hugh Nibley
Literature
Les Miserables
The Lord of the Rings
Ender’s Series
Blogs and Magazines
Authentic Boredom
456 Berea Street
Subtraction
A List Apart
Speak Up
Brand New
Design Observer
Boxes and Arrows
UX Magazine
UX Matters
Vitamin
Core77
Get Results Blog
Signal vs. Noise
Trizle
Reference
The Elements of Typographic Style applied to the Web
John Maeda’s Laws of Simplicity
UI Garden
Professional Organizations
Interaction Design Association
AIGA