Loewy Design Reference Links

• User Research Tools:
• • Surveying:
  • http://zoomerang.com/
  • http://www.surveymonkey.com/
  • http://www.surveygizmo.com/
• • Use Cases:
  • http://www.alistapart.com/articles/whatstheproblem/
  • http://gdoss.com/web_info/web-use-case.php

• Content Inventory
• • http://www.usability.gov/design/inventory.html
  • http://www.adaptivepath.com/ideas/essays/archives/000040.php

• Usability
• • http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/31/10-principles-of-effective-web-design/
  • http://www.useit.com/
  • http://boxesandarrows.com/
  • http://mashable.com/2009/08/10/twitter-usability/
  • http://netdiver.net/

• Information Architecture
• • http://www.alistapart.com/articles/whereami/
  • http://iainstitute.org/
  • http://semanticstudios.com/
  • http://wireframes.linowski.ca/
  • http://project.cmd.hro.nl/cmi/hci/toolkit/
  • http://www.adaptivepath.com/events/training/complete/files.php

• CSS and coding
• See our recent blog post:
  http://www.loewy.com/2009/09/tools-of-the-trade/

• Design:
• • Galleries
  • http://creattica.com/
  • http://www.designfloat.com/
  • http://www.thebestdesigns.com/
  • http://www.cssdrive.com/
  • http://www.webcreme.com/
  • http://cssmania.com/
  • http://www.bestcssgallery.com/
  • http://www.xhilarate.com/
  • http://www.mostinspired.com/
  • Google "css gallery"
  • Design resources and magazines:
  • http://www.commarts.com/webpicks
  • http://www.howdesign.com/GeneralMenu
  • http://www.aiga.org/
  • http://www.alvit.de/web-dev/color-tools-mixers-palettes.html
  • Web Awards
  • http://www.webaward.org/winners.asp
  • http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=13
  • http://www.interactivemediaawards.com/winners/winners.asp
  • Elements of design
  • http://www.smileycat.com/design_elements/
  • http://designsnips.com/
  • http://www.cssbake.com/
  • http://www.designingsocialinterfaces.com/patterns.wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

• Reporting and Measurement:
• http://www.google.com/analytics/
• http://www.webtrends.com/
• http://www.hitwise.com/
• See our blog on Social media measurement: http://www.loewy.com/2009/07/measuring-up-social-media/