SURVEY MONKEY BALLOT
Vote (latest link) on the book title for the first meeting of 2010.

NOTE: SurveyMonkey changed the link to our ballot, but the link above has seemed to work consistently.

Please vote—the poll closes TODAY, December 3, 2009. I’ll send out the results Dec. 7, along with a link to the sign-up sheet. It's a short time span for voting, but it means you can put the books on your Christmas list.

CURRENT RESULTS
As of Dec. 2, one book has the highest ratings (13 voters), and one will be eliminated from future votes. The relative ratings for many of the books have changed as more people have voted, but the same books have the highest and lowest scores. So it looks like we have a fairly diverse set of interests in those of you who are voting.

QUICK CONTEST
Send me an email correctly guessing the titles with the highest and lowest scores and you’ll receive a surprise! Will the relative scores be the same at the end? Your guess is as good as mine. Guess at any time, on as many titles and positions as you like.

BOOK TITLES
If you're price-conscious, Amazon has a sale on most of these titles (up to 50% off) AND some have Kindle editions (cheap and convenient).

NOTE: The links include a code for the UUX SIG—purchase a book using our link and the SIG receives a few cents.

"Selling Usability" by John Rhodes, 2009.

”Handbook of Usability Testing” by Jeffrey Rubin & Dana Chisnell, 2nd ed., May 2008.

”Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design” by Shawn Lawton Henry, 1st ed., 2007.

”Information Dashboard Design” by Stephen Few, 2006.

”Creating More Effective Graphs” by Naomi Robbins, 2004.

”Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems” by Steven Krug, 2010.

”Neuro Web Design: What Makes Them Click?" by Susan M. Weinschenk, 2009.

”Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works” by Ginny (Janice) Redish, 2007.

MORE BOOK SUGGESTIONS
Heard about a a new title or want to revisit an oldie-but-goodie? Not excited about the titles we're voting on now? You can suggest up to three titles with the Suggestion Form.


Kathleen MacDowell
Coordinator, UUX Book Club
kathleen@writefortheuser.com

NOTE: Book club meetings are for UUX SIG members only.

The UUX Book Club discussion of Indi Young's book, "Mental Models, Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior," is being rescheduled to the first week in December.

"Mental Models" had the most votes in our poll, but the Nov. 18 date didn't draw enough participation. So if that meeting didn't fit your schedule, you have a second chance! What do you think about Young's approach to designing the user experience? Would her ideas work for you? Do you want to try new methods, or do you think yours are far better? How do her ideas compare with others?

MEETING TIME & DATE
Perhaps her ideas have had an effect on our thinking, because we're adopting a different strategy to set up this meeting.

First, it will be in the late afternoon or early evening, depending on your location.

4–5 pm, US Pacific
6–7 pm, US Central
7–8 pm, US East

Second, the date—Dec. 1, Tuesday, or Dec. 2, Wednesday—will be determined by your votes. Use this form to vote. We hope the new time and choice of dates will allow more people to participate. Because there is such a short window for making a decision, the cut-off for sign-ups will be next Monday, November 23. We'll send out notices immediately to let you all know the date.

BOOK SOURCES
"Mental Models" is available at Rosenfeld Media, the publisher, who is giving UUX members a discount on this book through Dec. 1, 2009. The discount is approximately 25%, which offsets the cost of ordering the book by expedited delivery. Rosenfeld Media also offers a PDF format version, which is about half the cost of the print version and available quickly. To receive the discount, use the code UXBOOKUUX when you order.

ABOUT THE MEETING
Mary Deaton, our SIG Manager, will be moderating (see her review of the book in the STC UUX Community Newsletter, Usability Interface).

Please be sure to vote for the date if you'd like to join the discussion (the voting form will also take your email address as an indication of interest). The vote and sign-up are necessary to know if there is interest in discussing the book. They are separate from signing up for the book club.

BOOK CLUB SIGN-UP
Sign Up for the Book Club at any time. There's no commitment involved, it just puts you on the book club mailing list. If you're signing up so you can attend the Dec. meeting, please email me so I can include you in the notices.

I hope you'll be able to join us at the next meeting!

Kathleen MacDowell