My 3 new lenses from Advancing Research Conference 2020

Imagine visiting New York City for the first time and hanging out with hundreds of people who share your interests. Imagine watching real, in-person talks from several leaders of your field. Leaders that you've followed for years and learned from via podcasts, books, and more. Imagine the impact that this would have on the way…

Biases in science

TL;DR: Science has biases, but there are ways to reduce these biases. I've been bingeing lately. No, not on Netflix. Way nerdier than that. On a podcast. About economics. I love Planet Money The Planet Money podcast is interesting and entertaining. They take topics like unions or escheatment and explain them in an accessible and…

Cognitive biases in user research

In the late 1800s, there was a famous horse in Germany. Clever Hans was famous because he could do math. Hans's owner would ask him questions and Hans would tap his hoof the correct number of times. Hans toured Germany, showing off his skills to audiences for over a decade. A horse that can do…

Falling through the cracks

This post is #8 in a series of posts about my UX research about UX Maturity. For all other posts, see my UX Strategy page. Greg's story Greg Price was a healthy young man who grew up in Acme, Alberta. He played sports, he was close with his family, and he even had a pilot's…

It’s okay to be slow

This post is #7 in a series of posts about my UX research about UX Maturity. For all other posts, see my UX Strategy page. Last week I wrote a long post summarizing my progress so far. At the end, I discussed some of my constraints, including the following: Do TWICE as much with HALF…

The first diamond

This post is #6 in a series of posts about my UX research about UX Maturity. For all other posts, see my UX Strategy page. The double diamond The double diamond is a great model for the design process. This Kayla Heffernan blog post describes it in more detail, but it boils down to two…

The three ITs of UX growth

This post is #5 in a series of posts about my UX research about UX Maturity. For all other posts, see my UX Strategy page. My journey I used to be a developer. I read as much as I could about UX, then really tried to put those readings to use. There were a lot…

More questions than answers

This post is #4 in a series of posts about my UX research about UX Maturity. For all other posts, see my UX Strategy page. I'm now past the halfway point in my six-month mentorship program. Looking back, I've done pretty well on the goals I published back in January. 1. In order to learn…

Research synthesis

This post is #3 in a series of posts about my UX research about UX Maturity. For all other posts, see my UX Strategy page. Over the past few weeks, I've been cornering a variety of coworkers and chatting with them about how they relate to User Experience. Even though I've only worked there for…

The hunt statement

This post is #2 in a series of posts about my UX research about UX Maturity. For all other posts, see my UX Strategy page. As I mentioned in my previous post, I've recently started researching how companies relate to UX Maturity. Since that first post, I've been in brainstorming mode. I've been jotting down…