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Dogfooding: Tasting Success in Product Development
Dogfood might sound gross for humans to consume, but it plays a vital and (dare I say) yummy role in product development. No, we’re not talking about swapping your sandwich with your furry friend. It’s…
Why do we use tasks and scenarios in user research?
Why do we use tasks and scenarios in user research? What is the difference between the two? How do we author them? Here's the deal: Scenarios provide context for situational questions and the…
What’s sexier than data security?!
I admit, I have to force myself to get excited about data security. The reality is it's a big part of planning, recruiting, conducting, orchestrating, presenting and storing research. I’m finding the…
Evaluative research 101
WIN! This morning I led a private user research workshop on Evaluative Research for a global B2B team headquartered in France. This is the third of seven workshops for this awesome group. I love…
Two big exciting events!
Tomorrow night we are hosting our “Is ‘Ask Like A Pro” right for you? Q&A with Alumni” event. Later this month we kick off our 8th cohort of user research workshops! We have over 175 registrants from…
Learn more about our Ask Like A Pro user research workshop series
JOIN US: On Tuesday, March 15th we’re holding a free information session for people to learn more about our Ask Like A Pro user research workshop series. Ask Like A Pro is an 8-week online…
10 tips for acing your UX research job interview
Our last Ask Like A Pro cohort and alums had a great conversation about interviewing for UX research jobs. The biggest takeaway? Show your research chops by doing your research: Know the…
6 Reasons To Hold Off On That Tool (and Hammer)!
Have you ever heard of Maslow’s Hammer? Or Kaplan’s Law of the Instrument? It’s an idea that goes something like this: Give a small boy a hammer, and he will find that everything he encounters needs…
The best-kept secret in research value: project sponsorship!
We’re excited to announce our first Project Sponsor, Reduct.video, is returning to sponsor two projects for our upcoming Ask Like A Pro® workshop series. Reduct is a transcription, analysis & synthesis and…
Choose Your One-of-a-kind UXR Adventure
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the wildly different personalities and backgrounds of my UXR colleagues, and the not-so-linear paths they (and I) took to get to our place in the research world. It seems in…
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