049: User Research War Stories with Steve Por...

Life and career (re)focus this year have brought me to a place where I need to hit pause on this show’s production for the foreseeable future. Check out this broadcast for further info on this. Keep fighting the good fight, dear Defender! Jason jasonogle.com Bio I’m a highly self ...  Show more

This is the last episode of 2021. After nearly two years of outlining the content for this episode and nearly two months (at time of writing) of recording & editing, here’s everything I know (so far) on landing a job in UX. I hope this content is not only useful to you and anyone ...  Show more

In this episode, we dive into User Interviews with Steve Portigal, discussing their critical role in product development and design research. User interviews, a qualitative method, involve conversations with users to gather insights about their experiences, behaviors, and need ...

Join us on the Tuesday People podcast as we delve into the transformative power of silence and mastering the art of listening. Host Mitch Albom, inspired by his late professor Morrie Schwartz's timeless wisdom, explores how quieting our minds and surroundings opens the door to de ...  Show more

For a number of years Steve Portigal has been collecting user research war stories. The stories describe experiences researchers have had whilst doing fieldwork. Awkward, morally challenging, painful, unsuccessful. 

S02E18 (#328). Ten years have passed since the first edition of Steve’s legendary book Interviewing Users was released. We reflect back on how user research has evolved during the past decade, and how the importance of user research in order to understand people and their needs i ...  Show more