[yoshokatana]

I'm also into UI stuff, and I found this article really interesting: http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/controldeck.php

It was linked to in the Star Citizen forums, in a thread that talked about adapting a HOTAS (throttle and joystick system) to be used in space simulators, but it goes into a bit of the UI design of various real-world spacecraft (and the language is heavily influenced by Heinlein, which I kinda love).