User Experience Magazine launches on Web

Usability News welcomes another voice on the topic of user experience: UXmatters: a User Experience (UX) design web magazine.

The first issue includes:
* An editorial by Pabini Gabriel-Petit, Publisher and Editor in Chief: "Welcome to UXmatters"
* Columns by
Dirk Knemeyer: "Imagine :: Data-The Essence of a Digital Lifestyle"
Whitney Quesenbery: "Universal Usability :: "Why People Matter"
Luke Wroblewski: "Communication Design :: So the Necessary May Speak"
* Features by
Dan Brown: "Information Architecture 2.0"
Robert Reimann: "Personas, Goals, and Emotional Design"

Pabini Gabriel-Petit, publisher and editor in chief, said: 'It's our goal to provide a venue where people working in UX can come together to discuss important issues, share information, and work collaboratively to create a resource that will benefit us all. We hope to foster cooperation and collaboration among people in all UX professions. A united UX community is greater than the sum of its parts. Working together, we can ensure that business leaders understand the importance of designing good user experiences and have a greater impact on the quality of digital products.'

UXmatters is a volunteer-driven, nonprofit Web magazine that delivers content about developing effective user experience strategies creating digital-product user experiences that optimally serve people's needs and satisfy their desires.

Created by and for UX professionals, UXmatters covers a broad spectrum of topics about UX strategy, design, and usability for a diverse range of digital products--from application programs and Web applications to mobile devices and consumer electronics products. Our audience encompasses people in all UX professions, including
* UX strategy
* UX management
* UX design
* interaction design
* industrial design
* information architecture
* visual interface design
* Web design
* branding
* information design
* instructional design
* user-centred design
* usability

Associated Link: UXmatters

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