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24 alternatives to User Defenders - Stay Enchanted with Jeffrey Zeldman (Part II)

Jeffrey Zeldman inspires us to stay enchanted in our work.

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 - Stay Enchanted with Jeffrey Zeldman (Part II) launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   User Defenders: Stay Enchanted with Jeffrey Zeldman (Part I)▲55

   Jeffrey Zeldman dives deep into his origin story.

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   User Defenders: Design For Real Life▲54

   Remain human in a robotic world and design with compassion.

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   User Defenders: The Little Details Can Make A Big Difference▲57

   Jordan Dobson inspires us to never stop learning...

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   User Defenders - 028: Be Persistent with Chris Coyier▲54

   Chris Coyier inspires us to build for ourselves, too.

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   User Defenders - UX Designers Work With Users with Ashley Karr▲62

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

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   User Defenders - 029: Be Relentless with Ling Lim▲57

   Strive to keep sentimental quality of products in the future

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7. 7
   User Defenders - 030: Content For All with Aaron Gustafson▲60

   Aaron Gustafson inspires us to build a web for all people.

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   User Defenders - Looking Down The Road with Aarron Walter▲52

   Designers need to feel a little bit more pain.

   2016 · its alternatives →

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

   Austin Knight articulates importance of healthy work culture

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Sticky: Insight and Audit▲86

    See and feel through your users' eyes

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    AboutIdeasNow – search /about, /ideas, /now pages of 7k+ personal sites▲586

    Hi HN! It’s hard to find interesting people to work with on your ideas. Our solution: index the /about, /ideas, /now pages of 1000s of personal websites. There are thousands of cool personal sites out there, with amazing ideas on them, but there’s nowhere to easily search through. So we built a simple site that indexes 7k+ personal sites [0]. We were inspired by Derek Sivers’ Now page movement [1] and other IndieWeb directories [2], but we figured that it would be more useful if we: * Let you search directly across personal sites without having to visit them * Take the content…

    2024 · aboutideasnow.com · its alternatives →

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    Designing For Happiness with Drew Lepp▲54

    Drew Lepp encourages us to own our strengths.

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    appealing▲245

    Mobile UI animations found in the wild

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    HUMANS▲310

    Discover the web homes of the people who build the internet

    2019 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Science of Habit-Forming Products▲166

    (and how to build them)

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Designing Web Apps▲145

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

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Badass: Making Users Awesome▲104

    Insight into what makes certain offerings shine (book)

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Build It With Me▲179

    Connecting you with like-minded designers & developers

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    User Defencers: We Are Not Our Users with Nikkel Blaase▲57

    Nikkel Blaase reminds us that we are not our users.

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Hello Many▲196

    The best UI assets from around the web

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    FemgineerTV: Episode 6 - The Art vs. Science of User Experience Design▲63

    Process behind products that delight users every single time

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Design for Humans▲231

    An email course about emotional design

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Hello Tech Pros: How to Stay Current on Dev Technologies▲60

    James Studdart of CynicalDeveloper

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    The Design Review — Ep. 40 The Myth of the Power User▲57

    Who exactly are these "power users"?

    2016 · its alternatives →

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