About UXmatters

Our Mission

Produce a volunteer-driven, nonprofit Web magazine that delivers compelling content about
- developing effective user experience (UX) strategies
- designing digital-product user experiences that optimally serve people’s needs and satisfy their desires
Create the premiere source of information and inspiration for UX professionals.
Provide a forum for the discussion of progressive ideas about important issues relating to user experience.
Become a trusted information source that
- consistently meets the needs of the expanding community of UX professionals
- advances disciplines relating to the design of user experiences
- encourages high standards of practice among UX professionals
Educate both the broader product development community and consumers about the value of designed user experiences.
Establish a UX community-created publishing venue where experts in UX strategy and design can enhance their professional reputations.
Provide opportunities for community building among UX professionals through blogging and collaborative work.

Produce a high-quality, richly illustrated publication.
Cover a broad spectrum of topics about UX strategy and design for a diverse range of digital products.
Disseminate information about UX design innovations, practical applications of research findings, standards, guidelines, patterns, techniques, and best practices.
Provide topical columns, in-depth feature articles, interviews, and product reviews in clear, accessible language.
Publish news that is relevant to the UX community.
Provide information free of charge, ensuring that it is available to everyone on the Web.
Build teams of passionate, creative, dedicated volunteers to work collaboratively to publish a nonprofit publication.

Pabini Gabriel-Petit—Publisher, Editor in Chief, & Director of User Experience Design
Steve Baty—Columnist
Peter J. Bogaards—Advisory Board Member, News Editor, & Director of Web Development
Lea de Groot—Web Developer
Nick Finck—Advisory Board Member
Jonathan Follett—Columnist
Mike Hughes—Columnist
Colleen Jones—Columnist
Dirk Knemeyer—Advisory Board Member & Columnist
Andy Kuo—Web Developer
Joshua Porter—Web Developer
Whitney Quesenbery—Advisory Board Member & Columnist
Robert Reimann—Advisory Board Member
Lou Rosenfeld—Advisory Board Member
Jim Rudolf—Web Developer
Paul J. Sherman—Columnist
Janet Six—Managing Editor
Luke Wroblewski—Advisory Board Member, Columnist, & Graphic Artist
Scott Yu—Graphic Artist


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