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competitive analysis article about using the hamburger icon as the menu button - talks about how to avoid losing it in the header (good visual design advice)

Why designers should be part of stakeholder interviews, and how to make those interviews productive

Seems like we are already doing what this article describes. :)

Tools for measuring UX: * The quality of user experience (the HEART framework) * The goals of your product or project (the Goals-Signals-Metrics process)

Makes a case for designers and developers working very closely in a collaborative way

"For example, when Twitter was redesigning their desktop experience, live usability tests were projected on the wall of the development war room, as the developers were working. When something interesting happened in the test, the user researcher (observing from the war room), would say, "Hey everyone, you need to see what's happening here." Real time user research is a component of a Lean UX process."

Great article advocating for responsive web design. "Again, it's true that responsive design and device-specific experiences can offer us a way around many of these problems. If we can tune the size of a button to a particular environment, then we don't have to accept blunt, across-the-board treatment. But the number of devices we have to support will only increase, and customizing for every possible scenario could quickly become unreasonable. Even if we are able to provide perfectly tailored design at the execution level, there is still value in thinking about tempered, universally accessible design at the conceptual level. Additionally, just because we can tailor design to particular experiences doesn't mean that users will not carry expectations over from one experience to another. The boundaries might blur whether we like it or not."

Makes a good case for responsive web design, and not trying to target specific devices.

Good thoughts on different levels of prototyping for different needs.

possible sections for style guide pages

1) Social Fashion Why it matters: Mobile experiences can change the shopping experience to provide real-time feedback from friends, experts, and sometimes brands. Watch out: Retailers and fashion brands might not love the real-time feedback when it's negative. Best in show: Go Try It On is one of my favorite digital experiences, especially for an app I don't need personally (being married gives me all the real-time feedback that I need, and then some).