User Research – User Experience

Incorporating Business Strategy in Product Design (Book Review)

UX Strategy is a practical guide for product designers and researchers to better understand business strategy. The first two chapters define business strategy and introduce the author’s 4 tenants of business strategy. Additional chapters cover topics including initial value proposition, competitive research and analysis, storyboarding value innovation, and conducting user research.

June 25, 20247Likes 0Comments

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Changemakers: Designing Transformation (Book Review)

A review of Changemakers by Maria Giudice and Christopher Ireland describes an indispensable guide for leaders to drive organizational transformation effectively. This book offers essential wisdom, actionable insights, and strategies for meaningful innovation and change in the modern world. Discussions include why it’s beneficial to address challenges as design problems and see through the design…

December 19, 20232Likes 0Comments

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How To Be A UX Hero (Book Review)

A review of Life and Death Design by Katie Swindler describes a book on how UX practitioners can utilize research in neuroscience to better develop life-saving products. Topics include physiological analyses of stress responses, the role of human intuition in problem-solving, and tips on how user interfaces can inspire perseverance and action.

December 19, 20230Likes 0Comments

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Trauma-Sensitive Research for User Researcher

Trauma-informed user research methods drawn from the author’s clinical experience provide strategies for ethically negotiating consent, redirecting trauma narratives, and ensuring participant and researcher well-being.

December 19, 20235Likes 0Comments

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Remote User Research: Opportunities for Adoption in Asia

Asia is experiencing a user research boom, with the number of professionals growing rapidly. However, remote research as a practice is still not widely accepted across all Asian countries, due in part to low awareness of tools available. To become successful, remote research platforms need to adapt to the diversity of potential recruits in Asia…

June 5, 20221Like 0Comments

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Virtual Techniques to Gather User Data for Optimal UX (Book Review)

Remote Usability Testing includes virtual techniques and digital UX methods used to gather user data in real time to make design decisions. This book provides detailed steps and considerations to gather user data, analyze that data, and translate those findings into design decisions.

June 5, 20221Like 0Comments

Bar graph showing that participants experiencing unemployment reported less of a burden than essential workers in regards to using mental health apps, with the exception of financial burden.

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How Mental Health Apps Do (or Don’t) Support Some of COVID-19’s Most Vulnerable Populations

The emotional impact of the pandemic has taken its toll on people’s mental health, which has greatly intensified the need for accessible and usable mental healthcare. The UW ALACRITY Center was given a grant by the US National Institute for Mental Health to study the acceptability, usability, and effectiveness of mental health apps for suicide…

June 21, 20210Likes 0Comments

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How to Think Like a UX Expert (Book Review)

[greybox] A review of Think Like a UX Researcher: How to Observe Users, Influence Design, and Shape Business Strategy by David Travis and Philip Hodgson Book Website Publisher: CRC Press 306 pages, 6 chapters About this book A good reference for Methods/How-To Primary audience: Researchers, designers, and technical roles who are new…

June 21, 20210Likes 0Comments

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Cognitive Interviewing: A Method to Evaluate Surveys

Learn how cognitive interviewing can improve your surveys so you really get the data you need. Surveys are a common method for collecting data from users. To ensure you get the data you want, you must ask questions that truly reflect your research goals. Cognitive interviewing is a useful method for evaluating how well users…

March 22, 20212Likes 0Comments

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Reliability and Validity: Ensuring a Foolproof UX Research Plan

Methodical user research following best practices yields good results, but are they “reliable” or “valid”? Here’s how we apply social science concepts to UX research.

July 23, 20200Likes 0Comments

User Experience

Incorporating Business Strategy in Product Design (Book Review)

Changemakers: Designing Transformation (Book Review)

How To Be A UX Hero (Book Review)

Remote User Research: Opportunities for Adoption in Asia

Virtual Techniques to Gather User Data for Optimal UX (Book Review)

How Mental Health Apps Do (or Don’t) Support Some of COVID-19’s Most Vulnerable Populations

How to Think Like a UX Expert (Book Review)

Cognitive Interviewing: A Method to Evaluate Surveys

Reliability and Validity: Ensuring a Foolproof UX Research Plan

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