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Sign up for “Fuel Your Curiosity.” Monthly-ish musings for user researchers and other curiosities.
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Learn how to make better decisions
YOU'RE INVITED: Analysis and synthesis are key to reducing piles of data into powerful insights and motivating stakeholders to act on what we learn. The end goal is to impact the bottom line. But how do …
Learn the lingo: Screening
Screener / Screening || What is it? A questionnaire designed to qualify whether potential research participants are eligible for a study based on the research goals. It is a filtering process based…
Join us to learn more about becoming an independent UX/UXR consultant
Join us to learn more about becoming an independent UX/UXR consultant, improving your existing freelance or consulting practice, and what to consider when hiring and onboarding independent…
In my next life, I want to be a writer on a true crime show!
Here are three of my recent favorites with massive problem-solving, complex and twisty human behaviors, and super interesting, creative storylines. Most researchers love these “whodunit” types of...
Let's talk about untrained people conducting research
Are they aware of the risks and potential for error? Do they understand the importance of research in making decisions? Feel confident in their findings? Imagine someone who perhaps enjoys…
Learn the lingo: Recruiting
Recruiting / Recruitment || What is it? Recruitment is the process of identifying and finding research participants who meet a set of predetermined criteria that define the profile of the desired…
Learn about different approaches to ensure research yields meaningful decisions
YOU'RE INVITED: Analysis and synthesis are key to reducing piles of data into powerful insights and motivating stakeholders to act on what we learn. The end goal is to impact the bottom line. But how do …
One of the best purchase decisions I have made in my life
Absolutely, positively, unequivocally one of the best purchase decisions I have ever made in my entire life. The name “curiosity tank” came from when people asked me what I love about being a…
Learn more about becoming an independent UX/UXR consultant
YOU'RE INVITED: Join us to learn more about becoming an independent UX/UXR consultant, improving your existing freelance or consulting practice, and what to consider when hiring and…
Powerful reframing of the ‘magic wand’ question
Rather than cast a wide net with a generalized 'magic wand' user research question, I have a more targeted approach: "If I had a magic wand, and I could do anything to [verb] [noun], what would…
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