Links you may find useful

UXpioneers
Interviews by Tamara Adlin
Interesting stories of how many of us in user experience (UX) got there – includiing me.

alistapart.com/topics
Articles on all things web
Also a series of good, short books

boxesandarrows.com
Focuses on information architecture

centerforplainlanguage.org
A nonprofit organization promoting plain language
Sponsor of the annual report card on how U.S. federal agencies are doing in meeting their responsibilities under the Plain Writing Act of 2010
Sponsor of an annual competition for best plain language in several categories

civicdesign.org
The Center for Civic Design, directed by my colleague Whitney Quesenbery, focuses on making all aspects of the voting experience work for everyone.
See some more links to their work on my page about Voting.

digital.gov
A publicly-available site developed by and for U.S. federal web managers. See especially the UX community site and the plain language community site.

gds.blog.gov.uk
Great teams in the UK are transforming UK government sites. This is where they write about what they are doing with links to design patterns and other helpful techniques and tools.

nngroup.com/articles
Jakob Nielsen (with his team) researches and writes about user experience. You’ll find new information almost every week, as well as articles going back many years.

plainlanguage.gov
The U.S. government site with the official definition of plain language (taken from my work) plus guidelines, examples, and more.

rosenfeldmedia.com
Books and other resources “to help you think and design better”

usability.gov
A great place to get started on usability techniques and all aspects of user-centered design

w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/
WCAG – Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Guidance for making websites accessible for everyone