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24 alternatives to User Defenders: Design For Real Life

Remain human in a robotic world and design with compassion.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. User Defenders: Design For Real Life launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   User Defenders - Looking Down The Road with Aarron Walter▲52

   Designers need to feel a little bit more pain.

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Design for Humans▲231

   An email course about emotional design

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Design for Humanity▲74

   The past, present, and future of anthropomorphic design

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Real-Life UX Processes▲85

   Peek inside design at Slack, Autodesk, and others.

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Dwell▲267

   A social network for the design-obsessed

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   User Defenders: The Little Details Can Make A Big Difference▲57

   Jordan Dobson inspires us to never stop learning...

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   UX Strategy▲106

   How to devise innovative digital products that people want

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   UsabilityHub▲117

   Test your designs and mockups on real people

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Designing Web Apps▲145

   Learn to design experiences your users will love (2nd ed.)

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Botframe▲157

    A playground to design & validate bots

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    User Defenders - UX Designers Work With Users with Ashley Karr▲62

    Ashley Karr says we can’t be exceptional at generalizing.

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Sticky: Insight and Audit▲86

    See and feel through your users' eyes

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    AIUX▲107

    A systematic UX design course for the responsive web

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    User interfaces▲132

    A daily delightful curation of User Interface animations.

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    UX for Lean Startups▲89

    Faster, smarter user experience research and design

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Design for Real Life▲82

    Develop inclusive practices

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Science of Habit-Forming Products▲166

    (and how to build them)

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Digital Design Talks▲177

    Learn from design leaders from around the world

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Chatbots▲102

    Conversational UI and the future of online interaction

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Motion Design for iOS▲188

    A book about designing animations for iOS

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    User Defenders: The Power Of Design Patterns▲54

    Pek Pongpaet teaches us successful UX is in design patterns.

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    AniJS▲87

    UI Interaction Library for Web Designers in Plain English

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    User Defenders: Good Design Is Humble with Austin Knight▲55

    Austin Knight articulates importance of healthy work culture

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Don't Make Me Think▲83

    A book about human-computer interaction and web usability

    2015 · its alternatives →

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