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Praise for A Project Guide to UX Design

Written by Russ on March 13, 2009 – 9:41 am

I’m down in Austin, Texas, for SXSW and have finally had the chance to see copies of the book! Things are hectic and there’s more information overload and internet underload (seems all connections down here are pretty sluggish from the growing masses of people all trying to be connected at the same time–go figure!),

We’ve heard the books have started shipping and we’ve received some copies of our own, so we felt it was time to share some of the praise and feedback that we’ve received:

“If Russ Unger and Carolyn Chandler were magicians, the Alliance would be after them for revealing their best secrets. Fortunately for you, they’re not. Russ and Carolyn have collected up sage wisdom previously only known to the most experienced UX project leaders and codified it for all to see. Now you can learn the secrets necessary to running great user experience projects.”

Jared M. Spool, CEO and founding principal of User Interface Engineering

“Is there one book that can tell you everything you need to know about designing user experiences? No. Is there a book that get you most of the way there? There is now. Carolyn and Russ have laid a solid foundation for planning and managing design projects. This is an essential handbook for anyone mired in the competing methodologies, the endless meetings, and all the moving parts of user experience design.”

Dan Brown, author of Communicating Design

“This book is a fantastic introduction to how to design great products for real people. But it covers much more than just design—it also includes all the things around design: managing projects, working with people, and communicating ideas. A great all-rounder.”

Donna Spencer, author of “Card Sorting: Designing Usable Categories”

“This is a practical, accessible, and very human guide to a very human activity: working together with people to make great things for other people.”

Steve Portigal, Portigal Consulting

“If you’ve heard of Wil Wheaton the author, you understand why I hold Russ Unger in such high regard. Russ’s experience and guidance was fundamental to the construction and design of Monolith Press, and he’s been one of the most valuable collaborators I’ve ever worked with.”

Wil Wheaton, author of Dancing Barefoot, Just a Geek, and The Happiest Days of our Lives

Some of the kindest and most generous words from people we genuinely respect. We hope you find the book a useful and valuable addition to your UX bookshelf!

On top of all of this wonderful praise, I was able to pass along a copy to Austin Govella, co-author of Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web, 2nd Edition, with Christina Wodtke. Later in the evening, Austin sent me one of the best, most succinct direct messages I’ve ever received on Twitter: