Recommended Books
Building Mobile Experiences by Frank Bentley and Edward Barrett, MIT Press
Mobile Usability by Jakob Nielsen and Raluca Budiu, New Riders
App Design Checklist by MindSea Development Inc. Kindle edition
Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps by Josh Clark
Typographie by Emil Ruder, Arthur Niggli/Teufen
The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst, Hartley & Marks Publishers
Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte, Graphics Pr.
Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative by Edward R. Tufte, Graphics Pr.
Photoshop CS6, Visual QuickStart Guide by Peter Lourekas, Peachpit Press
HTML5 and CSS, Visual QuickStart Guide by Elizabeth Castro, Peachpit Press
Flash, Visual QuickStart Guide by Katherine Ulrich, Peachpit Press
Articles, Examples
Nasa Visualization Explorer
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasaviz/
Ge Wang Smule’s founder
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/magazine/smule.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Swiss Mountain Map by Edward Tufte
http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0003vq
Stephen Malinowski's music-animation-machine version of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02tkp6eeh40
Ocarina by Smule
http://www.smule.com/ocarina/#prettyPhoto
How a Smartphone Knows Up from Down (accelerometer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KZVgKu6v808
Apple iPhone 4 Gyroscope demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQQuQL5nOEU
How To Check An Iphone 4 For Signs Of Water Damage by iMore.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW8o0PP53Lc
Responsive Web Design article by Ethan Marcotte
http://alistapart.com/article/responsive-web-design
Responsive Web Design: What It Is and How To Use It by Kayla Knight
http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2011/01/12/guidelines-for-responsive-web-design/
Jacob Nielsen / interview
http:/blog.v7n.com/2006/02/27/jakob-nielsen-on-seo/
Mobile Sites vs. Apps: The Coming Strategy Shift by Jakob Nielsen
http://www.nngroup.com/articles/mobile-sites-vs-apps-strategy-shift/
Kindle Fire Usability Findings by Jakob Nielsen
http://www.nngroup.com/articles/kindle-fire-usability-findings/
Mobile usability tips from Jakob Nielsen by Graham Charlton
http://econsultancy.com/us/blog/7339-mobile-usability-tips-from-jakob-nielsen
Excerpt from Designing the iPhone User Experience: A User-Centered Approach to Sketching and Prototyping iPhone Apps by Addison-Wesley
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/111949/Excerpt-from-Designing-the-iPhone-User-Experience
8 Characteristics Of Successful User Interfaces by Dmitry Fadeyev
http://www.usabilitypost.com/2009/04/15/8-characteristics-of-successful-user-interfaces/
Mobile app design tips by David Ho, engineer of the mobile apps for the Wall Street Journal
http://www.utapps.com/news/category/about/
Composition Principles video by Jake Collinge, CG Spectrum's Concept Art Department Head
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEyMUM9RwEY
20 Examples of Web and Mobile Wireframe Sketches by Oleg Mokhov
http://speckyboy.com/2011/05/29/20-effective-examples-of-web-and-mobile-wireframe-sketches/
Mock-up examples
sixrevisions.com/user-interface/website-wireframing/
P3-Drinke - CS294-84: Interactive Device Design
http://husk.eecs.berkeley.edu/courses/cs294-84-fall12/index.php/P3-Drinke
WireframeSketcher: Mockups, Designs, and Prototypes by Steve Gibson
http://slapstart.com/2011/08/wireframesketcher/
Wireframe examples
Patient Monitoring Interface
http://patientmo.wordpress.com/category/wireframes/
Crystal Ehrlich, UX designer
http://crystalux.net/portfolio/iphone/#!prettyPhoto[gallery]/0/
Storyboard
Patient Monitoring Interface
http://patientmo.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/compressedandresized1.jpg
http://patientmo.wordpress.com/2012/04/08/s-f-storyboards/
Interview with Sir Jonathan Ive, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Industrial Design
http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/sir-jonathan-ive-the-iman-cometh-7562170.html
Tutorials & Tools
Lynda.com Training Tutorials UIC
http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/training.html/index.html
LucidChart video Tutorials
https://www.lucidchart.com/pages/tutorials#section_newdoc
DropBox
http://www.dropbox.com
Box @ UIC
http://accc.uic.edu/service/box
Blackboard
http://blackboard.uic.edu/
Stanford University iPhone Development Course
Developing Apps for iOS by Paul Hegarty
https://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/developing-apps-for-ios-sd/id395631522?mt=10
10Completely (or almost) Free Wireframe/Mockup Applications
http://speckyboy.com/2010/01/11/10-completely-free-wireframe-and-mockup-applications/
10 Free Wireframing and Mockup Tools
http://speckyboy.com/2011/02/23/10-completely-free-wireframing-and-mockup-tools/
iOS Human Interface Guidelines
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/
MobileHIG/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40006556-CH66-SW1
Free buttons online on Web Design resources website:
50+ PSD UI Web design elements
Examples of different button types:
Using menus, buttons, bars, and boxes