UX Book Club: UX For Beginners A Crash Course in 100 Short Lessons, LESSONS 1-50.

Hosted by IxDF San Diego
Apr 6th, 2021
6:00pm - 7:30pm (UTC -08:00)
Online, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82401732881?pwd=blBlMW9sbTVxWE0xSlVFdDcyZDcvZz09, San Diego, CA
6 IxDF Members (and some non-members) are attending
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Meetup Details

The time is here for our very first UX book club! We will be reading UX For Beginners A Crash Course in 100 Short Lessons by Joel Marsh. It will be read in two parts spanning across two months to give you plenty of time to read and prepare!

ABOUT THIS EVENT:

We will cover the first half of the book, lessons 1-50 in the first meeting. The lessons are super short and if you read 3 pages a day you can EASILY accomplish that feat! Didn't read it all? Still come. It'll be worth it!

MEETING DATE AND TIME:

Tuesday April 6th, 6:00 pm Pacific Time: Lessons 1-50.


A snippet about the book found on Amazon:

"...Forget dry, technical material. This book—based on the wildly popular UX Crash Course from Joel Marsh’s blog The Hipper Element—is laced with the author's snarky brand of humor, and teaches UX in a simple, practical way. Becoming a professional doesn’t have to be boring...

[some topics covered are:]

  • Start from scratch: the fundamentals of UX
  • Research the weird and wonderful things users do
  • The process and science of making anything user-friendly
  • Use size, color, and layout to help and influence users
  • Plan and create wireframes
  • Make your designs feel engaging and persuasive
  • Measure how your design works in the real world
  • Find out what a UX designer does all day"


*You can purchase the book on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/UX-Beginners-Crash-Course-L...

Or check your local library to see if they have it for borrowing!

More to come about the book club at a sooner date. For now, purchase or borrow the book and start reading!

*Please note that this is NOT a sponsored book or event. We chose this book for its content alone. This Amazon link is NOT attributed, and is simply to help you find the book more easily!

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Meetup Conversation

Hi all! Please use this discussion thread to discuss UX Book Club: UX For Beginners A Crash Course in 100 Short Lessons, LESSONS 1-50. held on Apr 6, 2021. Feel free to ask questions about the place, date and time, agenda of the meeting, or anything else.

Please email me at skahill.ac@gmail.com if you have any questions to get a faster response!

You can rent the book for $7 on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/UX-Beginners-Crash-Course-L...) or you can buy the kindle version for $16. The soft cover is available as well.


Great info to have-thank you!

Hi, I had no idea you could even rent Kindle books on Amazon! Thanks for the tip. :)

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