Finds in Thoughtful Design

-- Interesting blogs, companies, organizations, and websites

The “Up” Side – Websites that inspire

Technology, Entertainment, Design http://TED.com
IxDA ’s Annual Meeting in Savannah, GA http://interaction08.ixda.org/videos.php
Can you agree to thoughtful design? http://www.designersaccord.org
Open Source Web Design http://www.oswd.org

The “Down” Side – Websites that warn us....Ouch!

The consequences of conspicuous consumption http://storyofstuff.com

The Dark Side -- Pointers to poorly designed web pages

http://www.buigallery.com
http://homepage.mac.com/bradster/iarchitect/shame.htm
http://pixelcentric.net/x-shame
http://www.raizlabs.com/interface/hall-of-shame
http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com

Organizations

ACM’s Special Interest Group on Computer/Human Interaction http://sigchi.org
Information Architecture Institute http://iainstitute.org
Interaction Design Association http://ixda.org
Usability Professionals Association http://usabilityprofessionals.org
User Experience Matters http://www.uxmatters.com

Interaction Design Thought Leaders

Bill Buxton http://billbuxton.com
Jakob Nielsen http://useit.com
Don Norman http://jnd.org
Dan Saffer http://www.odannyboy.com
Bruce Tognazzini http://asktog.com