• Book: Designing Web Interfaces by Bill Scott
• Date: 6th July 2010
• Time/Location: 6:15pm at Equator's Glasgow Studio
• Tickets are now available

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• A project guide for UX design - Great introduction to the UX design process
• Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Kathy Sierra said that if she could only take one book onto a desert island with her, this would be it.
• A uie.com virtual seminar
• About Face 3: The essentials of interaction design by Alan Cooper
• Communicating Design by Dan Brown
• Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner's Guide to User Research by Mike Kuniavsky
• Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design by Bill Buxton
• Neuro Web Design: What Makes Them Click? by Susan M. Weinschenk
• Cyberpsychology: An Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction by Kent L. Normal. A good introduction to the psychology side of interaction.

• Used copies can be had from Amazon at surprising prices

Russ Unger, one of the authors of A project guide for UX design, has been in touch with an offer to join in with a meeting by skype.

• Designing Web Interfaces by Bill Scott
• 101 Things I learned in architecture school by Matthew Frederick
• The design of everyday things by Don Norman
• Designing Interactions by Bill Moggridge
• Don't make me think by Steve Krug
• Designing for the Social Web by Joshua Porter

• Book: 101 Things I learned in architecture school by Matthew Frederick
• Wednesday 13th March 2010
• Time/Location: 6:15pm at STV, Pacific Quay, Glasgow. Thanks to STV for their support with the venue and refreshments.

• Book: The design of everyday things by Don Norman
• Thursday 4th March 2010
• Time/Location: 6pm Conference room 1, Level 1 in the Saltire centre. Thanks to GCal for their support!
• There were 7 copies of the book available at the venue. Shelf number 620.82 N60

• Thursday 8th October 2009
• Location: 6.30pm at Good creative on 103 Hope st.
• We were reading: Designing Interactions by Bill Moggridge

• Thursday, August 27th 2009
• 6.30–8.30pm
• Hosted by tictoc at their Glasgow studio
• The book was Don't make me think by Steve Krug

• Wednesday, May 6th 2009
• 6.30–7.30pm
• Kindly hosted by Equator at their Glasgow studio
• The book was Joshua Porter's Designing for the Social Web

If you haven't read the book don't sweat it, you can still come along and join the the discussion and give your opinions about what we should be reading next.

The outline of proceedings:

• Welcome and introductions
• Opinion on the book
• General UX chat, as time allows

The UX book club is valuable for anyone who wants to start or increase usage of user experience techniques in their projects.

UX design is about the need to understand the motivations, behaviours and tasks of you audience users will perform and align your research, design and development strategy to support them.

The nuts and bolts of experience design happens through a process of user research, synthesis and reporting. Research activities can include user interviews, domain research, stakeholder meetings, competitive analysis', usability tests, etc. The synthesis happens when you take your user research and combine it with project objectives. You discover where they match, where they deviate and most importantly, why. Your synthesis is output into guiding deliverables such as mental models, functional specifications, wireframes, personas, storyboards, etc.

It's this process and the resulting deliverables that allow your and your team to spend your time discussing building the things that that really matter to your users. You'll desire this if you've ever found yourself arguing over the layout of a screen or the taxonomy of a navigation system. Impartial deliverables based on user research allow you to question the synthesis of the research rather than the competence, or sanity, of your colleagues and clients opinions.

Knowledge of these processes, including their advantages and caveats, is essential for members of any team that wishes to build a successful website, application or digital strategy.

You'll find some interest in the UX book club if your job title happens to be… Web designer, web developer, information architect, service designer, project manager, creative director, digital director, software developer, interface designer, copywriter, digital strategist, SEO, Usability consultant, computer science student, design student, marketing manager.. You get the idea.

If you're interested in attending recurring UX book club meetups in Glasgow give @pocopina a shout on twitter or add your email address below:

• Andy Bright andybright AT gmail DOT com (@pocopina)

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• Jamie Boyd jamboid AT gmail DOT com (@jamboid)

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• Gillian Smith

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• JJ - james-at-eqtr-dot-com, @jamesjefferson

• Alex Stobart alex dot stobart at btopenworld dot com

• Amjid Rasool – amjid DOT rasool AT gmail DOT com

• Gavin Montague gavin AT leftbrained DOT co DOT uk (@gavinmontague)

• Kate Ho - kate DOT ho 1 AT gmail dot com (@kateho)

• Calum Morrell - calum AT calummorrell DOT com (@cmorrell)

• John Gallagher - john AT synapticmishap DOT co DOT uk (@synapticmishap)

• Dave Wood - Lecturer in Digital Design (GCU) dave at bazaar dot me dot uk

• Jim Williams - Web Analyst (weeworld.com) ju2ltd AT gmail DOT com (@ju2ltd)

• Grishma Govani - grishma20 AT gmail DOT com (@strangeloops)

• Will Nelson - Student, wnelson AT cisDOTstrathDOTacDOTuk (@sajuuksjet)

• Stephen Robertson - stephen dot p dot robertson AT googlemail dot com (@camparisteve)

• Graham Dobie - graham dot dobie AT chunk dot co dot uk

• Kenny Coyle - Student, Freelance Developer - kenny AT heloo DOT net (@automatical)

• Lucy Robinson @lucykrobinson

• Jack Osborne - jack DOT osborne AT gmail DOT com

• Christine Welsh - christine DOT welsh AT vamosa DOT com (@chrissywelsh)

• Neil Scott - mr DOT neilscott AT gmail DOT com (@mrneilscott)

• Kristin Kramer - kristin AT ktk33 dot com

• Anna Basista - anna DOT basista AT gmail DOT com

• Robert Lewis - rablewis AT garnethill DOT co DOT uk (@rablewis)

• Jen Thomson - jenthomson AT wemakesense DOT net (@lilmisstee)

• Jo Caskey - joannecaskey AT wemakesense DOT net (@jocaskey)

• Dave Hibberd - dave AT apartment3 DOT co DOT uk (@hibbie)