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Steve Krug (pronounced "kroog") is best known as the author of Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, now in its third edition with over 600,000 copies in print.

His second book is the usability testing handbook Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems.

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Conceição Evaristo was born in a slum in the south of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais / Brazil. She had to reconcile her studies with work as a domestic worker, until she completed her first years of study in 1971, at the age of 25. She then moved to Rio de Janeiro, where she passed a public competition for teaching and graduated in Letters at UFRJ.

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I am Sarah—a lifelong Southern belle who will never put sugar in her grits.

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Robert W. Bly

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Jeff Gothelf

In a world of continuous change, improvement and optimisation the delivery of products to market is no longer the right measure of success. Instead we must focus on outcomes — meaningful changes in human behavior — to tell us if we’ve delivered anything valuable to our customers.
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William Strunk Jr.

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Jaime Levy

Jaime Levy is a product strategist, author, and public speaker based in Los Angeles and Berlin. The 2nd edition of her book "UX Strategy" was published by O'Reilly Media in April 2021.

Her consultancy JaimeLevy.com helps business leaders and internal teams transform their product visions into innovative digital solutions that customers want. Jaime offers in-house training, conducts public/private workshops, and speaks at design and innovation conferences worldwide.

For more than 30 years, Jaime has been a pioneer in the creation of game-changing digital products and services. She has worked for Fortune 500 companies and award-winning agencies, leading the UX on projects in the entertainment, healthcare, finance, and technology sectors.

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Jon Yablonski

I’m Jon Yablonski, a Senior UX Designer with a passion for designing digital tools that empower people. I’ve had the opportunity to learn and grow from a variety of challenges throughout my career — from e-commerce platforms, mobile apps and internal products to HMI systems within state-of-the-art vehicle platforms. I’m currently helping the world learn from its data as a Senior Product Designer Mixpanel. Previously, I worked on the next generation of in-vehicle digital experiences General Motors.

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Sara Wachter-Boettcher

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