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How overlooking participant recruitment process in user research undermines the research…
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Design interns and students have limited time, budget and knowledge so they may not be the best…

Design interns and students have limited time, budget and knowledge so they may not be the best people to comment on recruitment. It is expected to be guerilla-esque. …

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Jul 9, 2021

Use Airtable to make Research Synthesis simpler

A How-To guide on using Airtable for better note-taking and sense-making for User Research — As User Researchers, we love when our participants open up and talk freely. But (sort of) despise it when we have to scour through mountains of quotes to make reconstruct a model of how humans think and what they do. …

User Research

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Use Airtable to make Research Synthesis simpler
Use Airtable to make Research Synthesis simpler

Jul 27, 2020

How I used User Research to kill a book idea

Building an app or writing a book — the fundamentals still hold true — A core tenet of being a User Experience Designer is, “You are not your user.” Despite having preached this to several people, I failed to adhere to my advice recently. Three weeks back, I was mulling over some topics to write a blog post. I like to read, so why…

User Research

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How I used User Research to kill a book idea
How I used User Research to kill a book idea

Jul 15, 2020

Why do you even want to read a book?

Having a clear outcome in mind makes reading more engaging and effective — “Books Bill Gates thinks you should read.” “9 books Warren Buffet thinks you should read this year.” “7 books Elon Musk thinks everyone should read.” Each time I come across an article like that, I feel honoured. All these super successful, wealthy and intelligent people are taking the time to think about me! I am sure you have seen such articles and listicles flooding social media posts and crying for attention. Heck! There are even…

Reading

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Why do you even want to read a book?
Why do you even want to read a book?

Jul 8, 2020

Let’s get Reading, shall we?

Tips for reading effectively in the 21st century — Welcome to Get, Set, Read. A newsletter dedicated to helping people to break bad reading patterns and start to enjoy reading. I am Sridhar, a User Experience Researcher by profession. …

Reading

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Let’s get Reading, shall we?
Let’s get Reading, shall we?

Sep 30, 2019

Is it possible to bring your whole self to work?

Maybe, or maybe not. — This is a thought I have been pondering on for the past few weeks after reading Radical Candor by Kim Scott. An ideal organisation is one where every employee thinks and acts in a way that is natural for them. …

Company Culture

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Is it possible to bring your whole self to work?
Is it possible to bring your whole self to work?

Sep 23, 2019

How to develop a sticky reading habit?

P.S: Some tips to get through a reader’s block — Reading a book is a long-term commitment compared to scrolling through a news feed and liking stuff without even reading 140 characters completely. So it isn’t surprising that a lot of people don’t prefer reading books. …

Reading

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How to develop a sticky reading habit?
How to develop a sticky reading habit?

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·Sep 15, 2019

Lessons on managing a UX team

Tips on being candid with yourself and your team — Check out Part 1 of this post: My first 100 days as a UX lead Note: Opinions expressed in this article are solely mine and do not express the views of thoughts of my employer.uxdesign.cc ‘Radical Candor’ by Kim Scott has been on my to-read list for a long time. While the title piqued my curiosity, I kept thinking if it was one of those boring management books or lets-all-sit-down-and-hold-hands BS. But finally I did pick it up…

Management

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More lessons on managing a UX team
More lessons on managing a UX team

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·Jun 6, 2019

When automation goes wrong

Terminal 4 in Singapore Changi airport has an automated baggage check-in and security check. Both of these processes are quite time-intensive, so automating them seem the ideal thing to do. …

Travel

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When automation goes wrong
When automation goes wrong

Published in UX Collective

·May 25, 2019

User research tips for interviewing kids

Recently I conducted some user interviews with young kids for a project. This was the first time I was interviewing kids, so I did have some apprehensions about it. But it went surprisingly well. …

User Research

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User research tips for interviewing kids
User research tips for interviewing kids
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