by Jesse | Mar 15, 2015 | General
I imagine a poster with Uncle Sam saying “I Want You – To Help Make My Website Better” would work to get usability testing participants. But, if you’ve tried it – and it didn’t work – maybe you could give remote recruitment a...
by Jesse | Feb 22, 2015 | General
After conducting a Usability Study recently, I had to put together a report that summarized my findings. This was pretty in depth. I am much more comfortable talking about the results of a study with stakeholders than putting together something more formal. It was...
by Jesse | Feb 22, 2015 | General
I recently moderated an in-person usability study. Looking back over the session I thought I’d evaluate a few things about what happened, what I did well, and what I could do better. Surprisingly, the participant did really well at thinking out loud. I...
by Jesse | Feb 9, 2015 | General
Screening? Isn’t that a test already? I guess so. But we don’t seem to spend enough time talking about who we’re going to get to participate in our usability tests. It should be a foundation of our tests. In fact, as I’m typing this, I am...
by Jesse | Feb 9, 2015 | General
Summative or Formative? What’s the difference? I know this is an oversimplification, but do you want a Summary or do you want the research to help Form the product? Are you still drawing boxes on pieces of paper? Doing some paper prototyping? That’s...
by Jesse | Feb 9, 2015 | General
Myths. I bet everyone knows a few. I mean, that whole “landing on the Moon” thing – yeah right, like that happened. There are a few myths in the UX field too. Thought about this one this week: UX Myth #21. If users can’t really tell us what...
