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.

Our Editorial Vision for UXmatters

  • 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.

The UXmatters Team

  • Pabini Gabriel-Petit—Publisher, Editor in Chief, & Director of User Experience
  • Peter J. Bogaards—Advisory Board Member & Director of Web Development
  • Nick Finck—Advisory Board Member
  • 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 & Columnist
  • Lou Rosenfeld—Advisory Board Member
  • Jim Rudolf—Web Developer
  • Janet Six—Managing Editor
  • Luke Wroblewski—Advisory Board Member, Columnist, & Graphic Artist
  • Scott Yu—Graphic Artist