Fuel your curiosity
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Sign up for “Fuel Your Curiosity.” Monthly-ish musings for user researchers and other curiosities.
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Everyone has a beautiful mind
"Everyone has a beautiful mind.” This is one of my credos. I truly believe this in my core and it’s an important concept to grasp if you want to be successful in UX, live the diversity and inclusion values…
The key components of qualitative analysis & synthesis
In part 1 of my "Spot Patterns" user research workshop this week we covered the key components of qualitative analysis & synthesis, practiced direct observation, conceptual pattern recognition…
How glorious it feels to be in the air!
I forgot how glorious it feels to be in the air! To be suspended between two places in space inside of a flying, protective capsule. The airport and airplane were immaculate. We had empty seats…
We went ALL OUT on this one!
Yesterday's Fuel Your Curiosity edition included 75 staffing agencies that support UXR jobs and 29 cool, new roles and apprenticeships in design and user research. We went ALL OUT on this one!
Keep trying, keep iterating, keep the ball bouncing
WOOT WOOT!! I think I've finally found my groove when it comes to creating content for my user research and UX focused newsletter called Fuel Your Curiosity! I've been trying different approaches…
Please show your support
One of the reasons I love working in user research is because of our amazing community. We are a group of curious, helpful, supportive, and creative peeps that aim to build better experiences and lift…
What do you call yourself?
INDUSTRY RESEARCHERS: What do you call yourself and why do you prefer that professional job title? How do you refer to yourself in conversation? As a user researcher, UX researcher, UXR…
There’s never only one way to conduct an interview
These are some of the google image search results for “purple shoes illustration.” It’s a fun way to underscore that there is never, ever only "one way" to gather feedback or conduct a user research…
Do your questions measure up?
Good UX research questions pass sniff tests. Ask yourself the following to see how your questions measure up and where or how they can be improved. Are the research questions: Focused on…
Getting hands on in “Ask Like a Pro”
Last night Leslie Forman led a 90 minute workshop focused on Planning workshops for user research projects, Running UXR workshops with stakeholders, and Multiple approaches…
Sign up for “Fuel Your Curiosity.” Monthly-ish musings for user researchers and other curiosities.
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