====== London, United Kingdom ====== ====== Join the London UX Bookclub Google Group ====== London UX Bookclub lives here: http://www.meetup.com/uxbcldn/ Register to find out about upcoming events and to help us collate a great list of UX Books to read & discuss. Look forward to seeing you at bookclub soon! ====== Twitter + Official tag/hashtag ====== you can follow London UX Bookclub on twitter - @uxbcldn follow the Twitter hashtag #uxbcldn to keep up to date with what people are saying about London UX Bookclub If you're posting anything (Tweets, blog posts, photos) about bookclub, please use the following tag: uxbcldn ====== Suggested Venues ====== Know somewhere bookclub friendly where we could meet? Add your suggestion including the address/postcode here! * Renee: Ev: http://www.tasrestaurant.com/ev_bakery/directions.htm - The Arches, 97-99 Isabella St, London, SE1 8DA. The deli part has great food (affordable too) and drinks, plus it's very central and easy to get to. I know that knitting clubs have met there more than once, so if they don't mind knitters, I doubt they'd be against a bookclub. * Jason: I can probably get one of the meeting rooms at my company's offices too. Might even have some budget for food and drink. The Team, 11 Southwark Street, London SE1 1RQ . * Dees: eBay Library/Theatre, if people are willing to make the trip out to Richmond. eBay UK, Richmond Campus, London TW9. * Jane : we are happy to hoast here at IG Index too - we are just south of Blackfriars Bridge and have a large meeting room with a/v set up * Rob E: Ludgate House, Blackfriars (my office). I'm happy to host a bookclub meeting at my offices. The building is located on the south-side foot of Blackfriars Bridge. Specific details: comfortably accommodate the group (~20-25), Toilets (for both sexes), power, screen and lovely London views. Address: 245 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 9UY. ====== Book suggestions ====== Got a book you'd like to talk about? We keep a list of books we're interested in here: http://www.meetup.com/uxbcldn/ideas/ Use it for future inspiration, to vote for a book you'd like to read or to add a new idea to the list. Here are some I still need to move over to the Meetup page (because it's relatively new!) * [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Laws-Simplicity-Design-Technology-Business/dp/0262134721/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264162018&sr=8-1|The Laws of Simplicity]] by [[http://lawsofsimplicity.com/|John Maeda]] (simplicity = sanity) * [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Communicating-Design-Developing-Documentation-Planning/dp/0321392353/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264162110&sr=1-1|Communicating Design]] by [[http://communicatingdesign.com/|Dan Brown]] * [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thoughts-Interaction-Design-Jon-Kolko/dp/012378624X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264162156&sr=1-1|Thoughts on Interaction Design]] by [[http://www.jonkolko.com/|Jon Kolko]] * [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Back-Napkin-Solving-Problems-Pictures/dp/0462099474/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264162223&sr=1-1|Back of the Napkin]] by [[http://www.thebackofthenapkin.com/|Dan Roam]] * [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Designing-Social-Voices-That-Matter/dp/0321534921/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264162347&sr=1-1|Designing for the Social Web]] by [[http://bokardo.com/|Joshua Porter]] * [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Designing-Universal-Knowledge-Flatland-Report/dp/3037781491/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264162403&sr=1-1|Designing Universal Knowledge]] by [[http://www.theworldasflatland.net/personaldata.htm|Geraldine Schuller]] ([[http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/17/view/5560/designboom-book-report-designing-universal-knowledge.html|reviewed here]]) * [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Designing-Social-Voices-That-Matter/dp/0321534921/|Designing for the Social Web]] by [[http://bokardo.com/|Joshua Porter]] * [[http://www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/mental-models/|Mental Models: Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior]] by [[http://www.indiyoung.com/|Indi Young]] * [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Innovation-Games-Creating-Breakthrough-Products/dp/0321437292/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3BXFLNGR4SGYN&colid=MR06FH2ZFQ0J|Innovation Games: Creating Breakthrough Products]] by [[http://www.lukehohmann.com/|Luke Hohmann]] * [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Things-That-Make-Smart-Attributes/dp/0201626950/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2WP7W1HD98XUR&colid=MR06FH2ZFQ0J|Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes in the Age of the Machine]] by [[http://www.jnd.org/|Donald Norman]] and [[http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/basic/author_detail.jsp?id=309082|Tamara Dunaeff]] * [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Innumeracy-Mathematical-Illiteracy-Its-Consequences/dp/0809058405/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264171435&sr=1-1|Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences]] by [[http://www.math.temple.edu/~paulos/|John Allen Paulos]] * [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Full-Facts-Book-Cold-Reading/dp/0955847605/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264171544&sr=1-1|The Full Facts Book of Cold Reading: A Comprehensive Guide to the Most Persuasive Psychological Technique in the World]] by Ian Rowland * [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Al-Qaeda-What-Means-Modern/dp/0571238424/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264171634&sr=1-1|Al Qaeda and What It Means to be Modern]] by John Gray * [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Design-Meets-Disability-Graham-Pullin/dp/0262162555/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270046723&sr=8-1|Design Meets Disability]] by Graham Pullin Inspiration List from the June Book competition: http://www.disambiguity.com/random-inspiration/ UX Book Club League Table: http://uxbookclub.org/doku.php?id=book_league_table ====== Previous Books ====== **2010** * May: [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Content-Strategy-Voices-That-Matter/dp/0321620062/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1DXZUSXC4FAFK&colid=MR06FH2ZFQ0J|Content Strategy For The Web]] by [[http://www.braintraffic.com/|Kristina Halvorson]] * March: [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Mihaly-Csikszentmihalyi/dp/0060920432|Flow: the Psychology of Optimal Experience]] by [[http://www.cgu.edu/pages/4751.asp|Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi]] * January: [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rapid-Contextual-Design-How-User-Centered/dp/0123540518|Rapid Contextual Design]] by [[http://incontextdesign.com/people/karen-holtzblatt/|Karen Holtzblatt]], Jessamyn Burns Wendell, [[http://incontextdesign.com/people/shelley-wood/|Shelley Wood]] **2009** * December: [[http://www.amazon.com/How-Buildings-Learn-Happens-Theyre/dp/0140139966/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264162583&sr=8-1|How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built]] by [[http://web.me.com/stewartbrand/SB_homepage/Home.html|Stewart Brand]] (based on [[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8639555925486210852#|BBC documentary]]) * October: [[http://www.amazon.com/Selling-Usability-Experience-Infiltration-Tactics/dp/1442103736/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240488819&sr=8-1|Selling Usability: User Experience Infiltration Tactics]] by [[http://sellingusability.com/|John S Rhodes]] * August: [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stumbling-Happiness-Daniel-Gilbert/dp/0007183135/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264162636&sr=1-1|Stumbling on Happiness]] by [[http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~dtg/gilbert.htm|Daniel Gilbert]] * June: [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Designing-Gestural-Interfaces-Touchscreens-Interactive/dp/0596518390/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264162672&sr=1-1|Designing Gestural Interfaces]] by [[http://www.odannyboy.com/|Dan Saffer]] * April: [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Understanding-Comics-Invisible-Scott-McCloud/dp/006097625X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264162712&sr=1-1|Understanding Comics]] by [[http://scottmccloud.com/|Scott MacLeod]] * February: [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sketching-User-Experiences-Interactive-Technologies/dp/0123740371/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264162768&sr=1-1|Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design]] by [[http://www.billbuxton.com/|Bill Buxton]]