I have been in the creative field so long that I have literally forgotten specialties and whole job categories that the current new-grad level has never heard of. The counterpoint to that is that about once a year, some huge new ‘specialty’ comes along that is largely a synthesis of older ones but regarded with near-religious awe and a cloak of inviolability.
Case in point, SEO. 'Nuf sed.
The current golden calf seems to be UX - “User Experience.” Well, gosh darn it, I’ve been crafting the user experience for almost 30 years - from unpacking instructions to shelf-long reference manuals to the deepest depths of online help to user interface design, program navigation and intuitive interaction and more.
But poor old Zathras didn’t graduate last year and thus doesn’t have a minor in (lights go down, audience is hushed, blare of trumpets!) UX.
Recommendations from grizzled veterans who have come up to speed in UX, as the term and field are presently understood, appreciated. Is there a single decent “advanced bible” of the field? A mainstay author? Anything I can read to condense my lifetime of it-wasn’t-called-UX-when-I-did-it into - dunt da dahhh - UX?