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• iPad GUI PSD | Teehan+Lax
  "The PSD was constructed using vectors, so it’s fully editable and scalable. You’ll notice there are a few new UI elements as compared to the iPhone interface. The workable screen design is formatted to 768×1024 so anything you design in the Photoshop file can easily be brought over to the SDK."
• Apple iPad: Fully editable PSD by | deviantART
  "Fully editable Apple iPad in PSD format. Every element you see is editable via vector masks. Everything is scaleable."
• iPad Stencil for Omnigraffle | iA
  "This is the first version of an OmniGraffle template for folks designing iPad apps. It’s not complete; we plan to update it as we’re working on our own designs."
• iPhone / iPad icon PSD template | Cocoia Blog
  “I’ve decided to work with my good friend, Sean Patrick O‘Brien to create a PSD based off the exact overlays, outlines, and masks the iPhone and iPad OS use to mask icons.”

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• How UCD and Agile can live together | Johnny Holland
  "User Centered Design is the methodology by which you design a holistic product while considering the needs of stakeholders and users. Agile Development is a programming methodology and philosophy intended to overcome the challenges of the waterfall development process and to deliver clean and functional code. How can these two methodologies come together?"
• Bringing User Centered Design to the Agile Environment | Boxes and Arrows
  "In this article, I will describe Agile and attempt to illuminate a potential minefield for those who are swept up in the fervor of this development trend and want to jump in headlong. Then I will present how practices within User Centred Design (UCD) can mitigate the inherent risks of Agile and how these may be integrated within Agile development approaches."
• Agile Software Development Meets User-Centered Design | The Human Factor Advocate
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• Twelve emerging best practice for adding user experience work to agile software development | AgileProductDesign
  "I'm often asked "does user experience practice work with Agile development?" The short answer is: of course it does!"
• Agile Archives | Carbon Five Community
  "[W]e have a growing reading list of existing resources on the topic that I am posting here for you. If you have other resources for us, please share."

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• An Introduction to Website Split Testing | SixRevisions
  "Here we look at how to determine which aspects of your web design work is most effective to help the client’s website achieve its aims, by a process known as split testing."
• The web designer’s guide to user experience | TechRadar UK
  "User experience ('UX' to its friends) is a term increasingly bandied about. Currently in that strange position of being excitingly new to many, touted as an essential component of web design process by industry experts and seemingly on the way to becoming ubiquitous, UX also has an air of mystery about it. This is partly because it's tricky to pin down exactly what it is."
• What have we forgotten about UX? | InsideRIA
  "Jakob Nielsen literally wrote the book(s) on usability. This is what Nielsen's website looks like.The text is clear and legible, and the navigation couldn't be simpler. But, my goodness. To find a site that's visually less appealing, you'd have to go to someone trying to sell you hamsters. It's really difficult to find or absorb any information on a page that positively screams 'leave now, while your eyes are still functioning!'"
• The Differences between Usability and User Experience | InsideRIA
  "The success of software [...] has driven both of these terms into our vernacular, and yet they are still often confused or thought to be synonymous. This post is meant to help those new to the field or unfamiliar with the intricacies of design to understand the differences between the terms."

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• 25 User Experience Videos That Are Worth Your Time | Smashing Magazine
  "[W]e are presenting here phenomenal videos and related resources on the topic of user experience (UX) by different presenters at different events. We have focused on current content but have included some older videos that are still relevant. It will take you more than 16 hours to watch all of these videos. So, make some popcorn, turn off the lights and enjoy."
• Self Taught vs. Formal Education with Showcase of Design Schools | Onextrapixel
  "This article explores both the pros and cons of choosing between getting a formal education and being self taught. We will also take a look at design schools around the world worth considering, when pursuing a formal education in Web Design."

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• iPhone Application UI Design Patterns | Flyosity
  "The iPhone is one big constraint — no keyboard, small screen, few buttons — so designing applications for the iPhone is an exercise in building smart, simple software. Bloated apps on the iPhone? You won't find many. Most applications pick one feature or group of related features and centralize the product around that central theme."
• iPhone Game Design Heuristics | Steve Bromley’s UX Blog
  "t would be useful then to have a series of guidelines that developers can follow to identify good and bad iPhone usability game design issues, which is what I’m attempting to achieve in this series of blog posts."
• iPhone App Usability Heuristics | iPhone UX Reviews
  "I attempted to adapt Nielsen’s heuristics for the iPhone. I’m certain there are many more useful examples, so I’ll edit this post as I–and my readers–discover more new and exciting apps."

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