{"id":39228,"date":"2017-10-31T21:01:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T13:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=39228"},"modified":"2018-10-31T17:14:49","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T09:14:49","slug":"uxmas-advent-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/uxmas-advent-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"UXmas &#8211; A Christmas Advent Calendar of UX Design Content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>holiday season<\/strong> is always full with family, new gadgets, and mobile apps for extra fun.<\/p>\n<p>And now, UX designers have something more to celebrate with the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxmas.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">UXmas advent calendar<\/a><\/strong>. It counts down the days leading to December 25th with <strong>a massive calendar of new user experience articles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The site <strong>updates every year with new content<\/strong> and features a large cast of writers.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, most of this content is all unique, so it\u2019s <strong>written solely for the website<\/strong>. UX designers come together to <strong>share their thoughts on the industry<\/strong>, new tips for the future, awesome videos, guides, infographics, whatever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"note\"><strong>Read Also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/advent-calendar-javascript\/\">How to Build a Simple Advent Calendar in JavaScript<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everything <strong>from mobile apps to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/form-ux-design-tips\/\">web forms<\/a><\/strong> is covered in great detail. There\u2019s even an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxmas.com\/authors\" target=\"_blank\">authors page<\/a><\/strong> where you can learn more about the people who write for the website.<\/p>\n<p>And of course, <strong>there\u2019s a big mailing list<\/strong> if you wanna join and get immediate updates every December. The site has grown surprisingly well, considering its limited content schedule, so I think it\u2019ll be around for quite a while.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxmas.com\/2016\/3-tips-for-overcoming-confirmation-bias\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/uxmas-advent-calendar\/02-uxmas-blog-post-page.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"745\" alt=\"Sample UXmas page\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Note the site <strong>runs on Australian time<\/strong>, so articles follow a certain schedule depending on your time zone. 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