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Crowd-Sourcing Design-Related Terms
Hi Everyone, I have a list of 100 UX/UI/UXR/Design-related terms that often confuse people. I'm looking for several volunteers to help define by them…
Musings for aspiring, temporary, accidental and other user researchers
How are you? It’s been a while since we chatted but I bet you’ve been working on some cool stuff. To make sure you’re gonna rock all of your projects…
Which languages do you speak?
Years ago, I moved back to San Francisco to work for Bank of America, in my first exposure to finance. “I'm going to get me some of this,” I quickly thought…
Checklist to Launch a Study
I’m drafting a checklist for my General Assembly students to assess their own readiness to launch a user research study. Looking for input from people…
Make Each Other Better
I am a firm believer that conducting user research is and should be a team sport. Last month I spoke at a LTUX event about this topic, specifically…
User Research is Part Art, Science and Improv
To me, user research is part art, part science and part improv. Yep, improv. But—let’s face it—not many people think of researchers as being good at improv…
The Wrong Way to Use Social Media for Research
Here’s an example of the WRONG way to use social media for research purposes. “Please take a look at my About section and give me feedback…
Learning to Ride a Bike is A Lot like Learning to Have a Meaningful Conversation
My daughter, Que (it’s a long story!) is learning to ride a bike, and I’ve noticed that doing so is a lot like learning to have a meaningful conversation…
Are your customers are behaving “illogically”?
Last month I challenged myself to write about questions clients ask me to explore. Now I think it may be more fun to share interesting work stories, like this one, instead…
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