People often ask me where they can learn about the exciting and wonderful world of UX. Here are a few of my favorite sites.  Enjoy! Let me know if I missed any.

Articles

• UX vs UI vs IA vs IxD: 4 Confusing Digital Design Terms Explained, Medium.com, Michael J. Garbade, Sep 18, 2018

Not UX-specific, but you need to keep up on tech news

• Hacker News http://news.ycombinator.com/news

• MIT Technology Review https://www.technologyreview.com/

• Design - O’Reilly Media https://www.oreilly.com/topics/design

• Vox Recode https://www.vox.com/recode

• Fast Company Co.Design https://www.fastcompany.com/co-design

UX Sites - Short List

• Nielsen Norman Group Blog https://www.nngroup.com/articles/

• UX Planet https://uxplanet.org/

• Designer News https://www.designernews.co/

• Webdesigner News https://www.webdesignernews.com/

• GoodUI Leaks https://goodui.org/leaks/

• Hey Designer https://heydesigner.com/

• UX Matters http://www.uxmatters.com

• UX Stack Exchange http://ux.stackexchange.com

• Quora, User Experience http://www.quora.com/User-Experience

More UX Sites

• UX Magazine http://uxmag.com

• User Experience Professionals Association (UPA) Magazine http://uxpamagazine.org/

• UX Movement http://uxmovement.com

• ACM Digital Library http://dl.acm.org

• Luke W Writings https://www.lukew.com/ff/

• Dark Patterns http://wiki.darkpatterns.org

• UX Booth http://www.uxbooth.com

• Boxes and Arrows http://boxesandarrows.com

• A List Apart http://www.alistapart.com

Visual and Information Design

• Awwwards https://www.awwwards.com/

• Visualizing.org (Data via) http://www.visualizing.org

Pattern Sites

• UI Patterns http://ui-patterns.com/patterns

• Patternry http://patternry.com/patterns

• Elements of Design http://www.smileycat.com/design_elements

• Yahoo Design Pattern Library http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns

• Yahoo DPL's List of Other Libraries http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/about/libraries.html

• Zurb University Pattern Tap http://patterntap.com

• UX Movement Mobile Patterns http://bit.ly/1ioyEMd

Art and Fun

• Good Fucking Design Advice http://www.goodfuckingdesignadvice.com

• Dark Patterns Hall of Shame https://twitter.com/darkpatterns

• Banksy’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/banksy/

• Uğur Gallenkuş Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ugurgallen/

• This Advertising Life https://www.instagram.com/this_ad_life/