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User Experience Software

Diagramming

• OmniGraffle Professional 5.3.6 for Mac ($199.99)
• OmniGraffle 1.6.1 for iPad ($49.99)
• Microsoft Visio Professional 2010 for Windows ($559.99)
• Expression Studio 4 Ultimate for Windows ($599)
• Balsamiq Mockups Desktop for Mac & Windows ($79)
• Adobe Fireworks CS5 for Mac & Windows ($299)

Sketching

• Ideate for iPad ($3.99)
• Autodesk SketchBook Mobile for iPhone, iPad, or Android ($1.99)
• Adobe Ideas for iPad ($5.99)
• Penultimate for iPad ($0.99)

Prototyping

• Adobe Proto for Android ($9.99)
• Invision Web-Based App ($8+/month)
• ProtoShare Web-Based App ($49+/month)
• Axure RP Pro 6 for Mac & Windows ($589)
• iRise Professional for Windows ($6,995/seat)
• UX Pin App Web-Based App (coming soon!)
• Antetype for Mac ($289)

User Research

• Cohdoo Highlight for iPhone ($4.99)
• Cohdoo Player for Mac ($3.99)
• Cohdoo Converter for Mac ($0.99)
• SurveyMonkey Web-Based App ($17/month for unlimited responses)
• Reframer Web-Based App ($29/month)
• Ethnio Web-Based App ($49/month for 500 responses)

Usability Evaluation

• Silverback 2.0 for Mac ($69.95)
• OpenHallway Web-Based App ($49/month)
• Loop11 Web-Based App ($350 for 1,000 participants)
• Morae 3.1 for Windows ($1,495)
• Chalkmark Web-Based App ($109/month)
• IntuitionHQ Web-Based App ($9/user test)
• Gazehawk Web-Based App ($495/10 participants)

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

• Treejack Web-Based App ($109/month)
• OptimalSort Web-Based App ($109/month)
• Simple Card Sort Web-Based App ($49.99/month)

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

• Clicktale ($99/month for 20,000 pageviews)
• ChartBeat ($9.95/month for 1,000 concurrent visits)
• Google Analytics (free!)
• Woopra (free!)

Misc.

• IconFactory xScope for Mac ($29.99)
• Business Model Toolbox for iPad ($29.99)
• Gamestorming Card Deck for iPad ($4.99)

Add-Ons

• Konigi Wireframe Stencils for Omnigraffle (free!)
• Konigi UX Template for Omnigraffle (free!)
• Konigi Wireframe Icons for Omnigraffle ($12)
• Konigi Wireframe Icons for Axure ($12)
• Konigi Sketch Stencils for Omnigraffle ($12)
• Konigi Keynote Wireframe Toolkit for Keynote ($12)
• Keynote & Powerpoint Wireframe Toolkit for Keynote & Powerpoint ($12)

Other User Experience Goodies

Prototyping and Sketching

• Website Stencil Kit ($26.95)
• iPhone Stencil Kit ($26.95)
• iPad Stencil Kit ($26.95)
• Android Stencil Kit ($26.95)
• GUI Magnets (€19.99)

Paper Products

• UX Sketchbook ($12)
• iPhone® App Sketchbook ($12)
• iPad App Sketchbook ($12)
• Dot Grid Book ($14)
• Action Method Paper Products ($5-$15)
• Browser Sketch Pad ($13.95)
• iPhone Sketch Pad ($13.95)
• iPad Sketchbook ($13.95)
• Windows Phone Sketch Pad ($13.95)
• Moleskine Star Wars notebooks ($14.95+)
• Moleskine notebooks ($3+)
• MUJI Memo Pad - Four Frame ($1.75)
• MUJI Recycled Paper Thumbnail Sketch Note ($1.50)

Sticky Paper Products

• iPhone Sticky Pad ($8.95)
• Windows Phone Sticky Pad ($8.95)
• Manga Sticky Notes (€6)
• Post-It Notes ($6.99+)

Drawing Surfaces

• Cohdoo Phone Doo ($15)
• Browser Dry Erase Board ($26.95)
• iPad Dry Erase Board ($26.95)
• IdeaPaint ($199.50)
• Glass (and Magnetic) Whiteboard ($350+)
• Magic Whiteboard (£29.98)
• Post-it Portable Easel with Dry-Erase ($34.99)

Sketching Instruments

• Factory Floor Issue Longhand Set ($22)
• Staedtler Mars Technico 2 mm Lead Holder ($7.54)
• Sharpie Stainless Steel Fine Point Permanent Marker ($5.24)
• Pentel Sharp Kerry 0.50mm mechanical pencil & case ($14.91)
• Uni-Ball Jetstream 0.7mm gel pen ($2.99)
• Rotring Tikky Liner Gel Ink Pen ($33.00)
• Sakura Micron .45mm black marker ($2.09)
• Faber-Castell Pitt Artist pen gift box, Set of 24 ($40.06)
• Prismacolor Premier Double Ended Art Markers, Set of 48 ($90)
• Expo Low Oder Dry Erase Markers ($5.39)
• Eraser Brush (£7.50)
• Kokuyo Will Stationery Actic Egg Shape Eraser ($2.25)
• Kokuyo KadoKeshi Stick Mini Twist Eraser ($3)

Cards, Games, Snacks, & Calendars

• Mental Notes ($33)
• nForm UX Trading Cards (Priceless / only available at the IA Summit)
• IDEO Method Cards ($49)
• 2012 Engagement Calendar ($20)
• Oblique Strategies (£30)
• UX Fortune Cookie (5$/10 cookies+bulk discounts)
• Design with Intent (£24)
• The Brains, Behavior & Design Toolkit (Free!)

Hardware

• Apple iPad 2 ($499)
• Wacom Inkling ($199)
• Scratch-n-Scroll mousepad ($14.99)
• Aphix Device Holder ($16)
• Bluelounge CableDrop Cable Holder ($9.95)
• Bluelounge Notebook Kit ($19.95)
• Sling Back cord retractor ($15)
• LiveScribe Echo Smartpen ($99.95+)
• Adonit Jot ($19.99+)
• AluPen ($24.95)
• Logitech HD Pro Webcam C910 ($84.99)
• Wacom Intuos4 ($229+)
• Adonit Writer 2 for the iPad 2 ($79.99+)

Clothing

• Hierarchy T-Shirt ($22.95)
• UX~UI T-Shirt ($22.95)
• I Square Pixels ($16.99+)
• Viva Jakob T-shirt ($25)
• Don’t Make Me Think T-shirt ($25)
• Usability defined T-shirt ($25)
• Usabilitees T-shirts ($25.35-$25.85)

Events & Associations

• Membership to the Information Architecture Institute ($20-40)
• Tickets to the IA Summit 2012 in New Orleans, LA, USA (estimated at $750)
• Tickets to UXLX 2012 in Lisbon, Portugal (€ 245)
• Tickets to Interaction 2012 in Dublin, Ireland (€ 575.00)

User Experience Books

General UX

• A Project Guide to UX Design by Russ Unger and Carolyn Chandler ($23.09)
• The Elements of User Experience (2nd edition): User-Centered Design for the Web by Jesse James Garrett ($26.39)
• Undercover User Experience Design by Cennydd Bowles and James Box ($19.79)

UX Delight and Seduction

• Seductive Interaction Design by Stephen P. Anderson ($21.40)
• Designing for Emotion by Aarron Walter ($35.99)
• Emotional Design by Donald A. Norman ($11.53)
• Design and Emotion by Deana McDonagh, Paul Hekkert, Jeroen van Erp and Diane Gyi ($124.42)

UX Thinking

• Storytelling for User Experience by Whitney Quesenbery & Kevin Brooks ($39)
• Mental Models: Aligning design strategy with human behavior by Indi Young ($39)
• Design is the Problem: The Future of Design Must be Sustainable by Nathan Shedroff ($39)
• The Innovator’s Way by Peter J. Denning and Robert Dunham ($19.77)
• Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson ($17.88)
• Designing with the Mind in Mind by Jeff Johnson ($32.39)

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

• Designing the iPhone User Experience by Suzanne Ginsburg ($27.38)
• Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps by Josh Clark ($25.24)

Content Strategy

• Content Strategy for the Web by Kristina Halvorson ($16.41)
• The Web Content Strategist’s Bible by Richard Sheffield ($25.99)

Information Architecture

• Information Architecture for the World Wide Web (3rd edition) by Peter Morville & Louis Rosenfeld ($26.39)
• Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web (2nd edition) by Christina Wodtke & Austin Govella ($29.70)
• A Practical Guide to Information Architecture by Donna Spencer (£12)

Interaction Design

• Cadence & Slang by Nick Disabato ($20)
• Designing for Interactions by Dan Saffer ($22.20)
• Designed for Use by Lukas Mathis ($30.68)
• Designing Interactions by Bill Moggridge ($28.35)
• Designing Interfaces by Jenifer Tidwell ($32.97)
• About Face 3 by Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann and David Cronin ($23.85)

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

• Remote Research by Nate Bolt & Tony Tulathimutte ($39)
• Card Sorting: Designing Usable Categories by Donna Spencer ($39)
• Search Analytics for Your Site by Louis Rosenfeld ($39)
• Measuring the User Experience by Thomas Tullis and William Albert ($35.27)

Information Visualization

• Beautiful Visualization by Julie Steele and Noah Iliinsky ($49.89)
• Designing Data Visualizations by Julie Steele and Noah Iliinsky ($19.09)
• Visual Complexity by Manuel Lima ($31.50)
• Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte ($36.00)
• Visual Explanations by Edward R. Tufte ($33.75)
• Beautiful Evidence by Edward R. Tufte ($39.54)
• The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward R. Tufte ($28.00)

Misc.

• Prototyping: A Practitioner’s Guide to Prototyping by Todd Zaki Warfel ($39)
• Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks by Luke Wroblewski ($39)
• The Little UX That Went a Long Way by Dan Willis ($12.95)