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Sign up for “Fuel Your Curiosity.” Monthly-ish musings for user researchers and other curiosities.
Sign up for “Fuel Your Curiosity.” Monthly-ish musings for user researchers and other curiosities.
Don't Put Lipstick on a Pig! Best UXR Tips & Tools
Don't put lipstick on a pig!" is exactly what I think of when people ask me which tools and platforms are most important to succeed in user research. Bottom line: You do not need to learn…
Tech isn’t dead! + Next Cohort + Events
Our Winter 2023 Ask Like A Pro user research, "learn by doing", workshop series starts next month. WOOT WOOT! This will be our ELEVENTH cohort! It will run from February 26th - May 12th, 2023…
Progress Over Perfection + New Events
Welcome to 2023! Isn't it awkward to type “2023? Curiosity Tank enjoyed a tremendous year in large part due to you! We sincerely appreciate you being a part of our community, the feedback and…
The 3 Ps of UXR: Planning, Processing, and Patterns
Analysis and synthesis is where we make sense of the information we’ve collected in order to summarize, share, and act upon what we’ve studied and learned. Analysis is the…
3 Notetaking Strategies to boost your UXR effeciency
Notetaking is a passion of mine. In the Ask Like a Pro Orchestrate workshop, we take a deep dive into different notetaking approaches that allow us to geek out on how to conduct more…
Why Are Stakeholders SOOOO Intrinsic to UXR Success?
So what's the big deal with Stakeholders? Why do we need them in user research? First of all, we can't be successful as researchers without our stakeholders. UX is a team sport! And…
19 Exciting UXR Events
There are TONS of exciting events coming up and we hope to see many of you online or in person. Check out these user research-specific happenings!
Is "Research Democratization" good? Who benefits and what should be considered?
“Should I consider a position that includes training others on how to conduct user research?” (or ask one of my employees to train others?) These are questions I hear a lot. Here are my…
21 Reasons Research Fails (and how to overcome these challenges)
The major categories of failure are lack of alignment, planning, timing, confidence, and action. Each category is broken out below and 21 suggestions about how to mitigate these pitfalls…
Summer Jobs, Events, and Internships
WHOA?! How is it June 5th already? We’re getting ready for summer and really looking forward to it. Spring has been a whirlwind for us and we’re ready for a bit of a respite. Here’s a list…
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