As 2009 begins, we wanted to take the opportunity to share some of the UE design blogs we read regularly. For those interested in all aspects of user experience and mobile user experience, these should offer some varied reading into what people are thinking and working on in the field right now.

If you’re so inclined, feel free to grab the OPML file here to import into your RSS reader.

In early 2008, we also created a list of 20 great resources for mobile web developers and designers which you may like to have a look at again.

On with this year’s list, then!

Jan Chipchase – Future Perfect

Jan is a researcher for Nokia. He travels the world observing and understanding people in their own countries – recently in Afghanistan, Africa, Japan, China and many more countries. His blog consists of a range of beautiful photographs taken on his travels, with insightful observations at each step of the way. The guy has the most interesting job we’ve seen in a long time!

Boxes and Arrows

This site offers a wide range of articles and stories written by designers and consultants. It’s a good place to go if you want to find out about particular design methods and techniques. It has a deep searchable archive of the articles so you can find anything UE-related you can think of.

Signal vs Noise

The guys behind the site are pretty well known for their no-nonsense approach to software design and their products – including Basecamp. They are really clued up on design, web development, running a small business and have an ethos of ‘getting real’. Their writing is always compelling and relevant and the blog is updated daily.

Putting people first

The authors are a design consultancy, featuring and linking to stories and news from all over the user experience and usability world. The benefit of this blog is its wide coverage of all aspects of the UE field. It’s updated often too.

Scott Berkun

Scott Berkun is a writer and speaker specialising in business, design and user experience environments. He worked for a number of years at Microsoft and now works as a freelance author and speaker. His blog is always insightful, digestible and thought provoking. The ‘essays’ section of his blog offers varied and interesting articles around creative thinking, motivation and advice for managers to name a few.

Cooper Journal

The Cooper Journal is written by a team from an Interaction Design consultancy in San Francisco. The ethos of their blog is ‘A blog about design, business and the world we live in’. Different authors from within the company write regularly on everything from elevator design, to car dashboard design and how good designers can create ‘evil’! They update regularly and one of the best features is the breadth of content and authors.

Alexander van Elsas’s Weblog

Alexander comes from a mobile background. He often raises thought-provoking insights into new technologies and their effects on human behaviour.

UIE Brain Sparks

UIE Brain Sparks has frequent postings from its founder, Jared Spool. It mainly focuses on human observation and web usability.

Small Surfaces

Small Surfaces is a mobile-centric blog, touching on all aspects of the design process. You may have heard of its author, Gabriel White, from his involvement with two of the world’s leading design consultancies: Punchcut & Frog Design.

Adaptive Path Blog

Adaptive Path are a strategy and design consultancy based in San Francisco. They have a mixed-bag of authors, ranging from design researchers, marketing gurus, and design strategists. We’re even thinking of trying out Alexa’s ‘magnetic prototyping’ concept on our next project!

[Image: Jan Chipchase Blog: Mobile phone polishing services in Kabul]

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