Category: book
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We Overestimate Our Own Knowledge, the latest episode on the Human Tech Podcast
If you ask someone how much they know about a particular topic they tend to overestimate their own knowledge. And we tend to rely on our social network to fill in our knowledge gaps. This illusion about how much we know is the topic of the latest Human Tech podcast episode, where we talk with…
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2nd Edition of 100 Things Book
When I wrote 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People I, of course, hoped people would like it (every author wants to be a “best seller”!). It has turned out to be even more popular than I had thought and hoped, and I am very grateful to all the readers who have read…
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The Book: I Love You, Now Read This Book On The Human Teach Podcast
In this episode Guthrie and I talk about his new book, he reads a short excerpt, we discuss what’s in it, and what it was like for him to write it.
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New Book Tour for 2016
Want to host a Brain Lady keynote and/or workshop? I’ll be going on the road in 2016 for a book tour for my new book: 100 MORE Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People. We are looking for some sponsoring partners. We’re flexible, but here are the basics — We are looking for companies…
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100 MORE Things
Some of you who read my blog may know about my book 100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People. The book came from a series of blog posts by a similar name that I started several years ago. Thank you to everyone that helped that book be as successful as it has been.…
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Creative Market’s 10 Must-Read UX Books
I was thrilled to see that 100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People made Creative Market’s “10 Must-Read UX Books”. Check out the book on Amazon if you aren’t familiar with it. Here’s the link to Amazon: 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People. And you may want to go to Creative Market’s…
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Top 10 Favorite UX And Usability Books
It’s been over a year since I wrote my last Top 10 book list for Usability and UX, so I decided it’s time to update the list. Since I’m limiting the list here to 10, chances are high you have a favorite that I’ve not included. Let me know what your favorites are in the…
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How To Get People To Do Stuff Book Tour
To celebrate my new book, I’m going on a book tour! I will be touring the US and Europe and speaking on the new book How to Get People to Do Stuff. If you’d like me to come speak/lead a discussion or have a Q&A in your city or for your group, let me know.…
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Top 10 Best Usability, and UX Books You Should Read
Part of the work I do is to consult, mentor and teach how to design technology products so that they better fit how people work, think, and play. The teams I work with often ask me for my ideas on the best books to read in this field. So I thought I’d update my list…
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The Top 10 Psychology Books You Should Read
NOTE: I’ve updated this list. Go to this blog post for the newest list of Best Psychology Books. A couple of years ago I wrote a blog post about my favorite psychology and usability books. Since then there have been more great psychology books to hit the bookstores, so I thought it was time to…
