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Sign up for “Fuel Your Curiosity.” Monthly-ish musings for user researchers and other curiosities.
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You never know what others are going through
You never know what others are going through. I haven’t posted lately because I have had a number of excruciating, time consuming and expensive oral surgeries in the past month. For context, I’ve…
This Jobs Edition Might Surprise You
In this edition of our jobs posting, we're primarily focusing on positions that fall on either end of the spectrum: internships and very senior level practitioner roles. Interestingly, while there are…
Cross cultural research and training
Today's Fuel Your Curiosity blog article may interest and help you especially if you lead user research workshops or work cross-culturally. I learned a boatload from my recent 10-workshop …
UXR across cultures: What can we learn?
I recently conducted a series of 10 UXR trainings for a team in Japan. Here are some takeaways that fascinated, surprised, or challenged me. They may interest and help you, especially if you lead…
How to evaluate your previous work and current expertise
Here is what I look for in a UXR case study to evaluate your previous work and current expertise. It should clearly and succinctly communicate: 1. Problem/opportunity explored (the goal)…
A GPS for your brain
“Who Moved My Cheese?” is like a GPS for your brain, teaching you how to navigate the twists and turns and find new sources of cheese when the old ones run out. I needed to reread it. I sort of forgot it's …
Last night’s "Is Ask Like A Pro Right for Me?" Info Session Replay
Last night’s Q&A with Ask Like A Pro alumni, and several prospective students, was terrific! For the first time, we had several incoming All-In students join us and I shared a quick overview of several case…
10 Tips to Help you Excel in Your UXR Interview Challenges
I just heard from two Ask Like A Pro alumni who are in their final rounds of interviews for their dream jobs. Companies are still hiring. TikTok, Clubhouse, Robinhood, Alibaba, Apple, Netflix, Uber, and…
PLEASE JOIN US: Tuesday we are holding an "Is Ask Like A Pro Right for You?" event with alumni. Ask Like a Pro is a series of hands-on user research workshops for individuals who want to upskill in UX…
Author questions and tasks to align with goals and objectives
PRO TIP: New researchers often author discussion guides with goals and objectives (great!) but the actual questions and tasks don’t align with the goals and objectives. This morning I met with a 1:1 coaching…
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