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Sign up for “Fuel Your Curiosity.” Monthly-ish musings for user researchers and other curiosities.
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Creating Participant Pools
Q. Does it make sense to create #participantpools for upcoming studies? That is, you establish a group of people willing to participate in paid…
Launching soon!
Super excited! I am very, very close to launching Curiosity Tank, which will rebrand my practice with a larger focus…
Segmenting for clients
Q. Do clients have a good sense of what segments are and how to segment, or does that take extra work for #userresearch?
You need a UX portfolio
A portfolio still seems to be a foreign concept for many people. IMHO everyone should have a portfolio but…
7 reasons not to do UXR
Tickled pink to share my first podcast on User Interview's "Awkward Silences." They invited me to talk about…
Reducing bias and incentivizing participants
Success! Check out my "Tips For Reducing Bias when Incentivizing Participants" Webinar. It’s more "dynamic" than you might expect and it focuses on reducing…
When is the best time to conduct user research?
Q. When is the best time to conduct user research?
Five Fun Holiday Survival Tips Based on User Research
Just in time for your holiday gatherings, here are 5 fun tips for what to do when someone strays waaaayyyy off topic during a conversation…
Pilot your studies. Period.
I had 14 students in a user research class last week. Eleven of them did not pilot their studies before they went full-speed ahead. WHOA?! That made me realize…
How many people do you think you have to speak with to recognize patterns?
In usability, how many people do you think you have to speak with to recognize patterns? Hundreds? Thousands? Nope. Maybe just four or five…
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