UX Tools & Resources
Here's a list of startup & UX books and tools that I've found helpful. I've used all these things in building my side projects and my career and hopefully you'll find some of them useful!
Here's a list of startup & UX books and tools that I've found helpful. I've used all these things in building my side projects and my career and hopefully you'll find some of them useful!
A guide to different methods for sorting and understanding user experiences. Full of great examples and when to use each method.
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A UX classic. How to get into the mindset of approaching design from the perspective of usability.
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Another UX classic that focuses on designing web interfaces for usability and removing unnecessary complexity.
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A great book outlining how to run design sprints. This process helps you quickly figure out what to build and test different ideas.
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Learn the Hook Model for encouraging customer behavior and bring users back to your site/app.
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Rapidly experiment with design ideas, validation, and learn quickly to make a better product.
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My original design tool. Great for designing just about anything. Only complaints being type and shapes aren't as good as other tools.
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Awesome newer tool for designing websites. Great for designing clean-looking sites. You'll still need another tool for photo/pixel editing.
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Another Adobe design app that can be used for design. Arguably better at type & vector than Photoshop, but lacking pixel editing abilities.
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Wonderfully simple wireframing tool that is cheap, but powerful. This is a great place to start working and useful for client conversations.
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Great tool that lets you link a series of design screens together to create a clickable prototype. Ease of use over complex interactions.
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This is the Udemy course that I used to start my UX journey. It's really great quality and easy to follow along. Totally worth the cost to get a quick start in learning UX.
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This book tells you how to focus on what's important and dump or get someone else to manage the other stuff. Learn to build cash-earning 'muse' businesses.
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Amazing read about building a passion for your work by developing skill. How to find fulfilling work and achieve great things.
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The ultimate guide to building an efficient startup. Learn to build your company by running small experiments and finding the best path forward.
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How to face challenges head on and not be overcome by failures or fear. Learn how to use obstacles to make you stronger.
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A perfect host for starting our your WordPress site and getting going. Great deals on shared hosting and super easy to setup with automatic WordPress installation.
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Great host for larger websites when you're getting a lot of traffic. Allows you to manage your own server.
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