Writing Surveys That Work
Rebecca Weiss, one of our metric team members and and a PhD candidate at Stanford, gave a fantastic talk about how to write surveys. Writing surveys seems simple because of … Read more
Diane Loviglio
Phone Usage in Brazil
Written with Cori Schauer. This is the 4th post in our 5-part series on the field research in Brazil. Read the introductory post, the post about money strategies in Brazil … Read more
Middle Class Money Strategies in Brazil
Written with Cori Schauer. Shortly after doing some secondary research and talking to people who had lived in Brazil, we realized that the way we, Americans, think about money and … Read more
When To Use a Focus Group and When Not To
More often than not people equate user research with focus groups, but most user researchers I know have never run a focus group. Focus groups are more of a market … Read more
A Glance into Mobile Usage Patterns in India
This is a guest post from a community member, Arun Martin. Arun is a usability analyst from India who explores new ways to help users reach their goals. Prior to usability, … Read more
Welcome Leo, our newest UXR intern
Meet Leo Yeykelis. Leo is entering his third year as a doctoral student in the Dept. of Communication at Stanford University, concentrating in Human Computer Interaction. In his research, Leo … Read more
Welcome Chris Lee, our newest UX Design Intern
Chris is an interaction designer and developer working on the Firefox UX design team. When he heads back to Pittsburgh, PA in late August, he’ll be finishing up a degree … Read more
When UX Designers Become Stage Designers
Stephanie Rosenbaum, principal from TecEd, came to talk to us two weeks ago about a new technique they used to uncover user behaviors for a client’s project. She asked us, … Read more
Sketching with Alison Wong
Last week we had the lovely Alison Wong come teach us how to sketch – quickly. She warmed us up by having us draw 20 circles in a 5×4 grid … Read more