An Interview with Susan Kare

https://kidscodecs.com/an-interview-with-susan-kare/

Susan Kare

http://www.kare.com/
http://blogs.plos.org/neurotribes/2011/11/22/the-sketchbook-of-susan-kare-the-artist-who-gave-computing-a-human-face/
http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=MacPaint_Gallery.txt
http://www.folklore.org/ProjectView.py?name=Macintosh&characters=Susan%20Kare
http://www.kare.com/about/bio.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Kare

Scott McCloud

http://scottmccloud.com/
http://scottmccloud.com/2-print/1-uc/index.html
http://scottmccloud.com/2-print/index.html

User Experience Designers

https://kidscodecs.com/user-experience-designers/

User Experience Professional Organizations

https://uxpa.org/

User Experience (UX) Blogs and Magazines

http://www.usabilityprofessionals.org/uxmagazine/
http://uxmag.com/
http://boxesandarrows.com/
http://theuxworkshop.tv/
http://theuxreview.co.uk/
https://medium.com/design-ux

UX on Twitter

The usual suspects plus a few interesting people and groups. This list only scratches the surface, however.
https://twitter.com/vitamintalent/user-experience-ux/members
https://twitter.com/ux_club/ux-club/members
https://twitter.com/NNgroup
https://twitter.com/jnd1er
https://twitter.com/jmspool
https://twitter.com/UXPA_Int
https://twitter.com/boxesandarrows
https://twitter.com/AdaptivePath
https://twitter.com/jjg
https://twitter.com/brandonschauer
https://twitter.com/cwodtke
https://twitter.com/cooper
https://twitter.com/MrAlanCooper
https://twitter.com/kimgoodwin
https://twitter.com/indiyoung
https://twitter.com/morville
https://twitter.com/louisrosenfeld
https://twitter.com/karlfast
https://twitter.com/stephenanderson
https://twitter.com/BogieZero
https://twitter.com/danachis
https://twitter.com/whitneyq
https://twitter.com/steveportigal
https://twitter.com/austingovella
https://twitter.com/jboogie
https://twitter.com/jseiden
https://twitter.com/semanticwill
https://twitter.com/JonFoxUX
https://twitter.com/jessmcmullin
https://twitter.com/ux4good
https://twitter.com/userfocus
https://twitter.com/humanfactors
https://twitter.com/MeasuringU
https://twitter.com/uxfeeds
https://twitter.com/uxfactory
https://twitter.com/uxlinks

User Experience Designers Tools

Here are a few tools and services. There are many others, of course, depending on your project and situation.
http://survs.com/
http://www.axure.com/
http://balsamiq.com/
http://www.omnigroup.com/omnigraffle/
http://www.evernote.com

Personas

http://www.measuringusability.com/blog/personas-ux.php
http://www.ux-lady.com/introduction-to-user-personas/
http://theuxreview.co.uk/personas-the-beginners-guide/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona_%28user_experience%29
https://medium.com/design-ux/2e32c8306112 (Archetypes not personas)

Communities

http://ux.stackexchange.com/

Summer 2014 Code and Technology Camps

https://kidscodecs.com/summer-2014-technology-camps/

Help Kids Code Technology Summer Camps

https://kidscodecs.com/resources/technology-summer-camps-kids/

iD Tech

http://www.internaldrive.com/
https://kidscodecs.com/interview-with-peter-ingram-cauchi-and-alexa/

Tech Kids Unlimited

http://www.techkidsunlimited.org/
https://kidscodecs.com/an-interview-with-beth-rosenberg/

Digital Media Academy

http://www.digitalmediaacademy.org/

Emagination Computer Camps

http://www.computercamps.com/

Relational and NoSQL Database Design Overview

https://kidscodecs.com/database-design/

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Introduction to Relational (SQL) Databases

http://www.techopedia.com/definition/1234/relational-database-rdb
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_database

Introduction to NoSQL Databases

http://www.mongodb.com/learn/nosql
http://www.techopedia.com/definition/27689/nosql-database
http://www.techopedia.com/definition/25218/non-relational-database
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoSQL

10 Useful Articles on Database Design

While an old article, many of the points still pertain. Focus is on relational databases.
http://woork.blogspot.com/2008/09/10-useful-articles-about-database.html

Database Design Basics

Microsoft’s take on designing Access relational databases.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/database-design-basics-HA001224247.aspx

Database Design (Wikipedia)

Written mostly from a relational database viewpoint.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_design

Data Models

http://www.techopedia.com/definition/6762/database-model
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_model

NoSQL Data Modeling Techniques

http://highlyscalable.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/nosql-data-modeling-techniques/

Designing NoSQL DBs

http://www.servicestack.net/docs/redis-client/designing-nosql-database

Data Access for Highly-Scalable Solutions: Using SQL, NoSQL, and Polyglot Persistence

An extensive Microsoft tutorial to show how to combine relational and NoSQL databases in a single application.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn271399.aspx

Why You Should Never Use MongoDB

While her title is overwrought, and inaccurate, this is a great description how people model data in the real world and how they work with technology. It also shows how non-relational databases are still young technology with limitations compared to older SQL databases which have a few decades of evolution and iteration behind them. Comments on this article also are interesting.
http://www.sarahmei.com/blog/2013/11/11/why-you-should-never-use-mongodb/

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Database Normalization

https://kidscodecs.com/database-normalization/

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Database Normalization

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_normalization
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283878
http://www.dbnormalization.com/
http://www.bkent.net/Doc/simple5.htm

Introduction to Relational (SQL) Databases

http://www.techopedia.com/definition/1234/relational-database-rdb
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_database

Introduction to NoSQL Databases

http://www.mongodb.com/learn/nosql
http://www.techopedia.com/definition/27689/nosql-database
http://www.techopedia.com/definition/25218/non-relational-database
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoSQL

E.F. Codd

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_F._Codd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codd%27s_12_rules

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What is Information Architecture?

https://kidscodecs.com/information-architecture-design/

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Information Architecture Defined

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_architecture
http://iainstitute.org/en/learn/resources/what_is_ia.php
http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/02/information_architecture_tutorial/
http://journalofia.org/volume3/issue2/03-resmini/
http://www.lynda.com/Web-User-Experience-tutorials/Foundations-UX-Information-Architecture/122427-2.html

IA Professional Organizations

http://iainstitute.org/

Publications

https://twitter.com/boxesandarrows
http://journalofia.org/

A/B Testing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A/B_testing
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/06/24/the-ultimate-guide-to-a-b-testing/

Card Sorting

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_sorting

Tree Testing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_testing
http://www.measuringusability.com/blog/tree-testing-ia.php

Cognitive Psychology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_psychology
http://psychology.about.com/od/cognitivepsychology/f/cogpsych.htm

Semiotics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiotics
http://users.aber.ac.uk/dgc/Documents/S4B/sem01.html

Measuring the Success Of a Classification System

Describes card sorting process but in a way that offers insight into how information architects work.
http://boxesandarrows.com/measuring-the-success-of-a-classification-system/

Information Architecture 101: Techniques and Best Practices

http://sixrevisions.com/usabilityaccessibility/information-architecture-101-techniques-and-best-practices/

Twitter

https://twitter.com/iainstitute
https://twitter.com/danklyn
https://twitter.com/resmini
https://twitter.com/Abby_the_IA
https://twitter.com/austingovella
https://twitter.com/helpkidscode/lists/information-architects
https://twitter.com/helpkidscode/information-architects/members

Taxonomy and Folksonomy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folksonomy

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A Short History of Lorem Ipsum

https://kidscodecs.com/a-short-history-of-lorem-ipsum/

Lorem Ipsum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipsum

Lorem Ipsum Generators

http://www.lipsum.com/
http://generator.lorem-ipsum.info/
http://www.ipsum-generator.com/
http://mashable.com/2013/07/11/lorem-ipsum/

Cicero’s De finibus bonorum et malorum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_finibus_bonorum_et_malorum
http://books.google.com/books?id=C0ZuoEMeeeAC&dq

How to Create Color Palettes

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Color Theory for Designers

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/01/28/color-theory-for-designers-part-1-the-meaning-of-color/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/02/02/color-theory-for-designers-part-2-understanding-concepts-and-terminology/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/02/08/color-theory-for-designer-part-3-creating-your-own-color-palettes/

Practical Approach to Creating a Color Scheme

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/website-color-scheme/

3 Time-Tested Ways To Pick The Perfect Website Color Combination

http://blog.crazyegg.com/2011/12/30/pick-website-color-combination/
http://blog.crazyegg.com/2012/07/11/website-color-palettes/

Selecting Your Own Color Scheme

http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/design-theory/selecting-your-own-color-scheme/

True Colors: What Your Brand Colors Say About Your Business? (Infographic)

http://www.columnfivemedia.com/work-items/infographic-true-colors-what-your-brand-colors-say-about-your-business

Color Generators

https://kuler.adobe.com/create/color-wheel/
http://colorschemer.com/
http://www.colourlovers.com/photocopa
http://colorschemedesigner.com/
http://mobile.colorotate.org/

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docstrings

https://kidscodecs.com/docstrings/

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docstrings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docstring

docstrings in Python

http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0257/
http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0258/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctest
http://docs.python.org/2/library/doctest.html
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.lang.python/DfzH5Nrt05E/Yyd3s7fPVxwJ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pydoc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphinx_%28documentation_generator%29
http://sphinx-doc.org/

Elixir

http://elixir-lang.org/

Clojure

http://clojure.org/

Markdown Syntax

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown
http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax

Documentation Generators

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_documentation_generators
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epydoc
http://epydoc.sourceforge.net/

Documentation from docstrings in Multiple Languages

http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/

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Interface Design Basics

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CS Unplugged: Human Interface Design (The Chocolate Factory)

http://csunplugged.org/human-interface-design

Common Ground: A Pattern Language for Human-Computer Interface Design

http://www.mit.edu/~jtidwell/common_ground.html