Are Startup Founders Able To Really Listen To User Research?
The problem is not so much whether entrepreneurs do the work themselves or have someone else do it for them: it’s whether they’re really, truly capable of listening to the outcome even when it doesn’t agree with their vision of the world. By Ellen...
Dispelling 4 Myths Of User Experience Research At Startups
Research doesn’t have to be expensive or time-consuming. Here are ways to do it cheaply and efficiently. By Beth Lingard (User Experience Research Manager, ModCloth) About 7 years ago, the CEO of a small startup I was working for dropped Steve Krug’s book “Don’t Make...
Fucking Ship It Already: Visual Design
By Laura Klein (Principal, Users Know) I asked on Twitter whether anybody would buy a UX book called Fucking Ship It Already. Apparently some of you are interested. So, in the interest of following my own advice, I’m shipping the book iteratively in the form of this...