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Don't Make Me Think

Steve Krug

Recommended by 4 people on the record.

The bar next to each date shows how long ago it was said: 6d is days, 4yr is years.

Ken Norton recommends it affiliate
This lighthearted book about user interface design is fun to read, and chock full of lessons for PMs.

on bringthedonuts.com · 7 Jan 2026

Jason Evanish liked it affiliate
The original usability book by Steve Krug is the best starter for anyone looking to learn the basics of the subject. Nothing I've read helps crystallize as well the idea of your complicated user flow actually being a mess.

on jasonevanish.com · 28 Oct 2020

Jeff Atwood loved it
The single best book on usability I've ever read. The title says "web usability" but don't be fooled by its faux specificity. Steve Krug covers every important usability concept in this book, and covers it well.

on blog.codinghorror.com · 2 Feb 2004

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That little bar

It says how long ago something was said, so you can tell last month from 2014 without doing the arithmetic. Full and green is recent; it drains and cools as the date gets older, and empties completely at about 6 years.

A striped bar means the date itself is an estimate — the source did not carry an exact one. An entry with no date at all gets no bar.