🗞 Embrace the subjectivity
People who do research (PWDRs). Understanding users’ unmet needs through mixed-methods research. The return on experience (ROX) of UX Research
🗞 User Research is like planning a party
The first 90 days of building a research practice. Applying semiotics to research. Inductive reasoning. Day in the life studies. Ethical experimentation.
🗞 You can’t always get what you Quant
Evolutions as a UXR. Five UXR predictions for 2022. Aiming for diverse biases in UXR. Participatory design with vulnerable communities.
User Weekly #28, January 4
A Year To Remember: 2021 was a year for the books in terms of product development launches that resulted in terrifyingly bad human factors and UX performance decision-making.
User Weekly #27, December 28
Impact is about more than ROI. Learn how to define impact, measure research outcomes, and keep a record of your success.
User Weekly #26, December 14
A deep dive into the all important research exec summary with examples.
User Weekly #25, December 7
300+ UXRs on what makes for an adequate research project timeline: How much time UXRs really "have" to conduct their work and what happens time runs short...or out.
User Weekly #24, November 30
Splitting up user research work between “tactical” and “strategic” creates an artificial boundary that takes away from the potential impact of the work.
User Weekly #23, November 23
How to conduct a terrible focus group study. No matter your opinion on focus group studies, here’s the sure-fire way to screw them up.
User Weekly #22, November 16
Language/market fit is when you find the exact right words to explain your product or service to prospective users. Use this four-step process to research and unlock language/market fit.
