Usability Blog – Consequencing

Wonderline gives a usability reading list on IA/UI/UX. I thought there were some missing. But I kept scrolling. And scrolling. And scrolling. There are so many of them. One day, I’ll write a list of books, but in the meantime, here are my current favourites:

• The Elements of Style: This classic by Strunk & White written 100 years ago is actually about how to write. It give simple advice on writing. It is opinionated and incomplete. A pleasure – and fun – to read.
• Don’t Make Me Think (2nd edition) – the classic usability coffee table book by Krug, with the best script for conducting a usability test which I have come across so far.
• Blueprints for the Web – Wodtke usbaility classic which prompted me to do more with wireframes and blueprints.
• Information Architecture for the World Wide Web (3rd Edition) – the findability classic. Perhaps more detailed than it strictly needs to be. If you want comprehensive, this is it. If you want corporate, this is it.
• SEO for Dummies (3rd edition) by Kent – covers all the main elements of SEO – I want to get hold of Professional SEO too.
• Analytics – something else I plan to study more.
• Accessibility – do you have any suggestions? – everything I have learnt has been on the job or at conferences. I’m interested in measuring whether or not a site is accessible. I’ll leave the standards based design and hacks to the designers.

What is your favourite usability book and why?