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Please join me!
PLEASE JOIN ME! I'll be speaking @ UXDX online events, and sharing my knowledge and experience with rolling research programs: the benefits and drawbacks, similarities and…
It often pays NOT to be pixel-perfect!
It often pays NOT to be pixel-perfect! Yesterday I taught the first of 10 user research corporate workshops to a team in Japan. What an incredible opportunity and experience. In this first…
User research lessons from Curiosity Tank
Funmilayo Obasa wrote a beautiful and detailed article on her experience in our last Ask Like A Pro cohort that focuses 100% on user research. She completely captured the experience we…
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…
What do you think of "robotics for good"?
This robot serves food at a casual Japanese restaurant a few blocks from our home. My daughter is in love with KETTY the robot server! She has a sincere emotional connection to KETTY…
Learn more about freelance and independent UX and UXR consulting
Selling and negotiating are two skills people don’t think about enough when wanting to become (or excel at) freelance UX, user research, and or consulting. These two skills are critical to…
Is Ask Like a Pro right for you?
As a global educator in UXR I can tell you the biggest complaints I hear from from aspiring and current research practitioners who want to up-skill include: 1) NNG and most other programs do not…
Raining cats and dogs
It’s raining so hard right now in San Francisco I walked around my home to make sure it wasn’t actually raining inside! There’s also thunder and lighting which is very unusual in this area and…
What is the most challenging aspect of being a user researcher?
Chat GPT! This is the UXR question I typed in and the response follows. What do you think? What is the most challenging aspect of being a user researcher? One of the most challenging aspects…
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…
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