Don’t Make Me Think: Free Chapter + Book Giveaway Contest!

Don’t Make Me Think: Free Chapter + Book Giveaway Contest!

on Jun 25th 2011 with 91 comments

Last week we ran a fun little book giveaway contest with our readers that went so well, we’re doing it again with another book. This time we’ve got a special for you from the team at Peachpit Publishing. They’re offering up a free PDF chapter from the iconic, “Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability”, for all of our readers. Plus, they’re giving away a full hard copy (or e-copy) of the book to 2 lucky winners who retweet this post! Read on for the full free chapter download and contest details.

Contest!

The Free Chapter!

Five years and more than 100,000 copies after it was first published, it’s hard to imagine anyone working in Web design who hasn’t read Steve Krug’s “instant classic” on Web usability, but people are still discovering it every day. In this second edition, Steve adds three new chapters in the same style as the original: wry and entertaining, yet loaded with insights and practical advice for novice and veteran alike. Don’t be surprised if it completely changes the way you think about Web design.

Download the Free Chapter: Usability as common courtesy

The Book Giveaway Contest!

Want a full copy of the book? We’ll be selecting 2 winners at random to win a full copy of Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability.

How do you win? Just tweet this post and leave us a comment below with your twitter username (@johnsmith). That’s it! We’ll be selecting the two winners next Tuesday, July 5th.

Brandon Jones is MDNW on Themeforest
 
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Brandon Jones is the old Wptuts+ Editor. From sunny Southern California, Brandon has been designing, drawing, photographing, and coding the world around him for the past several years. Not content to pick one media and stick with it has left Brandon with a broad range of talents that have allowed him to work on projects ranging from grungy digital art kits to Fortune 500 software prototyping. He loves design, but even more, he loves the passion and creative spirit that embodies the design community. Check out Brandon's work at ThemeForest.  

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  • Harold

    @igmuska…Steve Krug’s book would be the ultimate; usability means more than just clicking buttons

  • Kris Olszewski

    @KrisMSU – thanks!

  • Matthew Campbell

    @mbcampbell360

  • Vinnie

    @ciaravino

  • http://linjackson.com Lin

    @linjackson

  • http://www.selinawing.com Selina Ooi

    @SelinaWing

  • Michael

    @trissmo

  • http://hazelestrada.com Hazel Estrada

    @hazel_estrada

  • http://www.bwhitingdesigns.com Brian Whiting

    @BrianWhiting

  • http://siriusthought.com Chris

    @chriskopyar

  • http://designcocktails.com rad

    @klefue

  • David

    @timewarptrio

  • http://blog.webextrema.com Maliciousmind

    @maliciousmind

  • http://torbo.net Bjørn Torbo

    @btorbo I’ve been drooling on that book for a long time! :-)

  • http://www.denisbaranov.com Denis

    @dnbrv

  • Robert

    @rlewis2009

  • torstennn

    @torstennn

  • Vanessa

    @aurorapoetessa

  • federico reinoso

    @bicho44

  • IJas

    @ijasnijas

  • http://erickaseastrand.com Ericka

    @MissEBlondie

  • Matias

    @martias21 has tweeted. Thanks. 8-)

  • http://www.casalett.net Gabe Casalett

    @gcasalett

  • http://alexismejias.com alexis

    @alme1304 this book would be great for one of my current projects. Good luck to everyone

  • http://www.vareen.co.cc Neerav

    @n33rav

  • http://owenconti.com Owen Conti

    @owenconti – do you mean June 28?

  • Joe Magrino

    As crazy as it may seem, I’ve been a web designer for 13 years and never read this book. Bought it twice and both times someone borrowed it before I read it and I never got it back. @joemagrino

  • John

    @jontyy – heard good things about this book

  • LaToya

    @ttttoyaaa

  • http://maximal-design.de Max

    @maxleistner

  • Jonas

    @Jonelmeier

  • Lucas Rolff
  • http://www.libelcom.com Lia Belle

    @libelcom http://twitter.com/libelcom/status/85241969806286848

    I hope it’s the 28th of June:-)

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  • David

    @davidrydgren

    Great stuff :)

  • Ole

    @oleharland

  • Sebastiaan

    @sswinkels But in the end i would like for ever designer to get a copy ;)

  • Arno Melotte

    @melotte_arno great book

  • http://christophedebruel.be krike

    @cmstutorial

  • http://www.sinetics.ro/ sinsdesign

    @sinsdesign I want it, I need it!

  • http://www.vitali-software.com Othella

    @Othella

  • http://designlovr.com ximi

    @designlovr

  • Stfan

    @k1922h

  • Khalid

    @khalid545

  • http://caffeinatedlifeform.wordpress.com/ Joy

    @CaffeinateDsign

  • http://www.jatinhariani.pcriot.com Jatin Hariani
  • http://legas.hu LeGaS

    @SzLegradi

  • http://www.synaestesia.com Fabio Lelli

    @FabioLelli

  • http://conceptdezain.com/blog/ Franco

    Awesome!, Hope I get it! @conceptdezain

  • Stian S Halvorsen

    @sthalv

  • http://fedemp.com.ar FedericoMP

    @fedeemepe

  • http://nataliav.me Natalia Ventre

    @nataliav

  • MB

    @martin_bloksa
    Thanks :P

  • http://www.neilknauth.com Neil Knauth

    @Nknauth – I’ve been looking to pick up this book for a while but haven’t gotten around to it yet. Here’s hoping I’m lucky on this contest.

  • http://arorarahul.com Rahul Arora
  • http://www.designsteez.com bboywattsy

    @bboywattsy

    This book is already in my Amazon wish list :D

  • http://martincenturion.com Martin Centurion

    @martincenturion – Great idea guys! :)

  • http://www.mayfielddigital.co.uk David Cole

    @mayfielddigital :)

  • http://www.graphixhouse.net Max

    @GraphiXhouse

  • Arania Jain

    @AraniaJain

    Thank you for the giveaway!

  • http://stuffbykevin.com Kevin

    We used this book in my User Interface Design class in college. Very interesting, useful, and entertaining book, and I really wish I had hung onto it. Good luck everyone! @kevinreese

  • http://fotos.nitosblog.com/ Jose G

    @josernitos
    Thanks!

  • Karan

    @globusinternet – Thanks

  • Nic da Costa

    @nic_daCosta – This would be a great read and a great book to have in ones collection! Thanks guys!

  • http://www.irmascheer.nl Irma

    @iamirm

    I never enter competitions… free chapter was fun to read. Thanks!

  • http://www.tombalev.com tombalev

    @tombalev

  • http://blog.lastrose.com LastRose

    @lastrosestudios

  • http://hmwebsolutions.com/blog nathan powell

    A great book that is still totally relevant today. If you dont win it, buy it!

  • VA Lacayo

    (@valc93) Awesome! I just hope I can get this.

  • Sam

    Thanks for this great post! @grizzlysam

  • png

    @iampng
    would love to read this book as I am probably the only one who hasn’t read it

  • http://inphocusmedia.com inPhocus Media

    Just tweeted it, would love to read this book and share what I learn with other and implement the changes on my sites as well: http://twitter.com/#!/inPhocusMedia/status/85805931098681344

  • http://aktionitems.com Akshay

    After accepting the role of interim User Experience Designer to fill the Gap in our team have immersed myself in the world of design more than ever before. Time and again I am looking for inspiration, tips and the like and often come to webdesign tuts to brush up by Photoshop skills and improve them. Although I have been reading plenty of articles on webdesign, I feel this book would add the necessary icing to my learning.

    • http://aktionitems.com Akshay

      Oops! I forgot to enter my twitter username..its @chillaxsingh

  • Wouter

    I’d summarize the book in one sentence: “avoid question marks over your users heads”.

    Of course, it’s more complicated than this, but whenever I doubt if I am/we are doing the right thing for a website, I picture someone’s face and ask myself if there would be a question mark over it.

    I also wholly recommend Krug’s “Rocket Surgery made easy”, for people who want to do usability testing but do not have the resources for it.

    • Wouter

      “I also wholly recommend Krug’s “Rocket Surgery made easy”, for people who want to do usability testing but do not have the resources for it.”

      Some more context needed here: I mean for people who do not have enough resources for large-scale testing.

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  • Carlos

    I think it’s really careless for any web designer to even start working on any project without having any knowledge on web usability. Designing a web site or even a single page isn’t about making it look good, rather it’s how your design will benefit the users. As a rookie in this field, I myself is absorbing all the information and knowledge I can get about the matter, and so I’m hoping to get my hands dirty with this book. Count me in! (@vladrys)

  • http://www.leegustin.com Lee Gustin

    @ltgustin

  • Eldair

    Great book and great contest, keep it up.
    @Eldair

  • Ricardo L

    @nohablodanes

  • http://gravatar.com/civis4design civis4design

    @Civis4Design

  • http://twitter.com/greatdiane Diane

    Wow, I´ve heard about that book, it would be great to win!

    @greatdiane

  • http://www.smallsteps.hu Miklós Barton

    Woooow! Love feel it in my hands:) @bartonmiklos

  • Steven Saragian

    @FromPicturestoP

  • n3tr

    @n3tr

  • http://www.anglesharp.com Matt L.

    @anglesharp

  • http://danielmorgan.co.uk/ Danny

    @morgan345

    I’ve been meaning to read this book for some time, I see it referenced so often.

  • Bridget Coody

    I would really appreciate this book. I could never learn enough about the web or computers. Wish I would not have waited until I was 40 to be such a geek…I love it!

    @bridget0967

  • http://www.sitebase.be Sitebase

    I can say that this is a must read for all web designers/developers. If you don’t win the book then just buy it, you will not be disappointed.

    I know someone that will be very happy with this book so count me in: @sitebase

  • http://www.patrickrogan.net/ Patrick

    I’m way to poor to buy the book. Here goes nothing: @patricktrogan

  • Luan

    @luanfernandes

  • http://www.paultrapani.com Paul Trapani

    @paultrapani

    Great free chapter, I would love to read the rest! Plus, I deserve to win! ;-) Thanks!