Gifts for User Experience Geeks 2011

Nov 28th, 2011

It is time for another installment of Gifts for User Experience Geeks! Just in time for the 2011 holiday season. Be sure to check out the last three years (2008, 2009, and 2010). This list is a collection of items I have come across over the last year that would make the ideal gifts for UX geeks like Information Architects, Usability Specialists, Interaction Designers, and even Web Designers. I also put the call out to several of my colleagues to contribute suggestions and I have included those where I felt they were a good fit. Thank you to everyone who contributed! Hope you like the list. If you notice something not on my list or have corrections for the list let me know!

User Experience Software

Diagramming

Sketching

Prototyping

User Research

Usability Evaluation

Screen Sharing and Meeting

GoToMeeting for Mac & Windows ($49/month)

WebEx for Mac & Windows ($49/month)

Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro for Mac & Windows ($45/month)

Screen Capture

Camtasia Studio for Windows ($299)

Camtasia Mac for Mac ($99)

Snagit for Mac & Windows ($49.95)

Information Architecture and Content

Document Share & Review

Dropbox for Mac, Windows, Linux, iPad, iPhone, Android, & Blackberry ($9.95/month)

Review for Mac, & iPhone ($2.99)

OneHub Web-Based App ($29/month)

Draftboard Web-Based App ($12/month)

Wrkview Web-Based App ($9/month)

Analytics

Misc.

Add-Ons

Other User Experience Goodies

Prototyping and Sketching

Paper Products

Sticky Paper Products

Drawing Surfaces

Sketching Instruments

Cards, Games, Snacks, & Calendars

Hardware

Clothing

Events & Associations

User Experience Books

General UX

UX Delight and Seduction

UX Thinking

Communicating UX

Communicating Design (2nd edition) by Dan Brown ($29.69)

Communicating the User Experience by Richard Caddick and Steve Cable ($29.54)

Mobile UX

Content Strategy

Information Architecture

Interaction Design

UX Sketching

Sketching User Experiences by Bill Buxton ($32.97)

Sketching User Experiences: The Workbook by Saul Greenberg, Sheelagh Carpendale, & Bill Buxton ($19.95)

UX Evaluation

Information Visualization

Misc.