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Advanced Common Sensesm
is the online home of Web usability consultant Steve Krug.
I specialize in
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  Expert usability reviews (existing sites or work-in-progress)  
  Usability workshops  
       
 The workshop!

Lou Rosenfeld and I are taking our workshops back to Washington, DC in October, and this time we’re making the wonderful Ginny Redish come with us to do a workshop about writing for the Web.

October 20   Steve Krug
October 21   Ginny Redish
October 22   Lou Rosenfeld

Registration will be open August 30th.

 New interviews, in all sizes

Suddenly, there's more new audio and video of me online than you can shake a virtual stick at.

The estimable Paul Boag (pronounced bow-ag) finally invited me into Boagworld--home of one of the best weekly podcasts in the business--and it was great fun to finally get to chat with him. We enjoyed it so much that we went on for 40 minutes. (If you're in a hurry, there's a transcript.)

And if you're in a hurry, but not that much of a hurry, Susan Weinschenk has a twenty minute interview on her blog. (She's also got an excellent new book out, called Neuro Web Design.)

And finally, if you;re looking for bite-sized servings, New Riders/Peachpit has four short videos taken from a very pleasant hour I spent discussing all kinds of things with my publisher, Nancy Aldrich-Ruenzel.

 

This Month's Tip

(and Last Month's Tip, since June 1997)

       “If you really want to know if your
        Web site works, ask your next
        door neighbor to try using it, while
        you watch.

        (You bring the beer.)”

 The new book!

It took nine years, but I've finally written another one.

This time it's a how-to book that explains exactly how to do your own discount usability testing.
 


Rocket Surgery Made Easy cover

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 The original!

Here's everything I know about Web usability (well, almost everything) in 224 pages.

Don't Make Me Think has sold over 300,000 copies. Thanks, everybody.


Book cover: Don't Make Me Think!

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 Looking for Downloads?

Here are the downloadable files mentioned in Don't Make Me Think:

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If you'd like to be notified when I get around to writing anything else and posting it here, or when I schedule new workshops, just subscribe to my mailing list. (No salesman will call.)

Interviews

Here are a few interviews I've done in the past few years. (Notice how I struggle not to give the same answer twice.)

And finally, a cybercast of a presentation Lou Rosenfeld and I did together, analyzing the Library of Congress Web site.

   
 
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