Robert Hoekman, Jr.’s book is a must-read for anyone designing web applications, but it is also a great read for those involved in other stages of the web development process. Hoekman Jr. sets out the guiding principles of great web application design (read: simplicity) with the kind of persuasive force that will have you shouting “Yes!” at the book on almost every page. By the way of three quotes, here are three reasons to buy this book and read it and re-read and so on. Continue reading »

If you have any kind of responsibility for a website, you owe it to yourself to read Steve Krug’s Don’t Make me Think. Since it was first published, Don’t Make me Think has been the book on web usability. It defines the guiding principles and sells a convincing philosophy of intuitive web design. By way of a review, here are three biggest lessons I learned from the book, which themselves are more than worth the price of the book several times over. Continue reading »