Mentorship resources

What I actually point people to during ADPList sessions: usability heuristics, UX laws, books, and a few sites worth bookmarking.

Nielsen Norman Group

• NN/g Nielsen Norman Group

  Jakob Nielsen and Don Norman are the godfathers of UX design; familiarize yourself with their 10 Usability Heuristics.

• 10 Usability Heuristics for User Interface Design

  Jakob Nielsen's 10 general principles for interaction design. They are called "heuristics" because they are broad rules of thumb and not specific usability guidelines.

• Jakob's Law

  Users spend most of their time on other sites. This means that users prefer your site to work the same way as all the other sites they already know.

Laws of UX

• Laws of UX

  A collection of best practices designers can consider when building user interfaces, organized into heuristics, principles, Gestalt laws and cognitive biases.

• Occam's Razor
• Hick's Law

Websites & blogs

• UX Design

  Curated stories on UX, visual and product design.

• Muzli Magazine

  The freshest links about design and interactive.

• UX Planet

  One-stop resource for everything related to user experience.

• Dribbble

  UI/UX inspiration.

• Behance

  Design inspiration by the Adobe community.

• Mobbin

  The latest iOS mobile design from popular apps.

• Pttrns

  The largest screenshot UI site from apps around the world.

• Awwwards

  Website awards and design trends.

• UI Sources

  Mobile design from some of the best apps in the world.

Books

• The Design of Everyday Things
• Articulating Design Decisions
• The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design
• The Laws of UX
• Visual Thinking
• Little Bets
• Who Moved My Cheese
• Kern and Burn
• Thinking with Type
• Type Matters!
• The Elements of Typographic Style
• The Cheese Monkeys
• The Learners

The resources I recommend are solely my personal opinion and are provided in my individual capacity.