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10 of My Favorite Industry-Related Blogs & Websites

One thing I love about software design is the rapid rate of change. There's always something to learn. Here are the best design blogs I've found to stay abreast of new ideas in use

.NET / WPF

Using XAML to Set Focus on a Textbox in WPF Desktop Applications

Instead of one TextBox control for the code, we have 4 TextBox controls. As the user types in each digit, we move focus to the next TextBox for them.

UX/Design Practices

Test-Driven Design

Design starts when there's a problem to solve. That's the designer's "broken test." After designing a solution, she does user testing to make sure it passes.

Business Practices

Self-Managed Teams Are Effective Teams

Self-managed teams can communicate faster and better, build more trust with clients, avoid conflict, and make better decisions.

Business Practices

Generalist Makers: The Unicorns of the Software Industry

Teams of generalist software makers are more efficient, more profitable, and more successful than teams of specialists.

Growing as Makers

Women and the Software Industry: The Truth about Stereotypes, Retention, and the Gender Gap

How stereotype threat keeps women from staying in the software industry, and how we can fight it with education, encouragement, and networking.

Personal Optimization

Creating a Design Portfolio that Gets You Hired

Here are the 5 things that really get my attention — things make me say "Here's somebody I'd love to have as my design intern!"

UX/Design Practices

More Takeaways from Cooper UX Bootcamp

UX Bootcamp was a really great experience. Here are four big things I learned.

UX/Design Practices

Usability Testing Field Notes

Some thoughts about what it takes to put together a successful usability testing session.

Designing for Users

Designing Complex Applications: Before Asking “Is it useable?”, Ask “Is it useful?”

Usability testing assess the ease of completing a task—usefulness testing addresses if the task is valuable or a better alternative to what exists.

Project & Team Management

The Benefits of Poly-Skilled, Co-Located Project Teams

This year we implemented a new practice: designers, instead of sitting all together in a group, sit co-located with the developers on their project.

UX/Design Practices

Tips for Creating Great Wireframes

In this post, I want to discuss some concrete ideas about how a wireframe should be built in order for it to be useful.

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