Top 10 Usability Experts To Follow On Twitter
Although Twitter is often associated with leisure, gossip and news, it is surely a great tool for learning too. If you are interested in a specific topic, following the right users and experts can bring great insights and reading material that you will love. As a UX enthusiast myself, I’ve been adding a lot of usability-related users to my Twitter feed in the last years. Here are my top 10 Twitter users that talk about UX.
Alan Cooper (@MrAlanCooper)
Alan Cooper is often recalled for being the Father of Visual Basic, but he currently represents one of the most reputable UX experts you can find on Twitter. His book The Inmates Are Running The Asylum is the kind of material any UX practitioner should read at the beginning of their career, and About Face 3 the sort of manual you should always keep in your backpack.
UX Magazine (@uxmag)
UX Magazine is one of the most interesting websites that talk about usability and UX in general. Its articles are a daily source of news, opinions and techniques on UX and about everything related to this specialty. A must-follow.
Jared Spool (@jmspool) 
Jared Spool deserves a special mention as the founder of User Interface Engineering, a research and consulting usability firm that is the largest organization of its kind. His tweets are often related to his non-professional life, but his feed is an incredibly rich source of news about the UX community events and conferences.
IxDA (@IxDA)
The Interaction Design Association is an organization dedicated to take the discipline of Interaction Design forward. Its Twitter feed is full of links to interesting posts, event alerts and news about the UX world.
Nielsen Norman Group (@NNgroup)
Being the professional affiliation of world-class usability experts as Don Norman and Jakob Nielsen, the Nielsen Norman Group represents an extremely interesting Twitter feed to follow. Although many of its tweets are self-promotional, you will find research commentaries and projects that will surely interest you.
Joshua Porter (@bokardo) 
Joshua Porter worked for Jared Spool at User Interface Engineering before going on his own in 2007. His Twitter feed is full of interesting links to blog posts and commentaries about UX; Joshua is especially focused on the social web.
Nick Finck (@nickf) 
Nick Finck is a veteran of the usability and design business, and particularly recalled for his Digital Web Magazine, which in 1996 was one of the first design and usability online magazines. A heavy user of Twitter, his feed is mostly informative, and his posts will be loved by coders too.
Craig Tomlin (@ctomlin) 
Craig Tomlin is an independent marketing and UX professional who provides a Twitter feed full of usability and marketing-related content. His Twitter account is particularly neat and an example of how even an independent expert can reach larger audiences.
Jane Pyle (@janepyle) 
Jane Pyle is, as her profile states, “a User Experience designer focused on iOS app design”. She is very passionate, and her Twitter feed is a constant source of interesting posts and topics about UX.
About Author:
Daniele Grassi is a UX Designer and CTO of Timeneye Time Tracking, a time tracking web app designed with usability in mind. Follow him on Twitter or on his personal blog.
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