Research Methods http://www.researchmethods.co.uk People Centred Research and Consulting Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:16:24 +0000 en hourly 1 Remote research http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/remote-research-2/ http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/remote-research-2/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:16:24 +0000 Richard Linington http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/?p=547
  • Quick and Dirty Remote User Testing
  • Benefits of contextual research
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    Some remote research tools:

    UserVue by Tech Smith

    User Testing – they provide you with a video of participants visiting your website.

    Although it’s always useful to meet your respondents face-to-face to understand the impact which context has upon behaviour!

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    ]]>     http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/remote-research-2//feed 0     Research Jobs http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/research-jobs/ http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/research-jobs/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:28:36 +0000 Richard Linington http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/?p=538
  • Good user research
  • Service design research
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    I’ve launched Research Jobs a service where you can post research related vacancies.   It’s in beta but come and say hello and post a job!

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    ]]>     http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/research-jobs//feed 0     Using Data http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/using-data/ http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/using-data/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:22:51 +0000 Richard Linington http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/?p=534
  • Personal data
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    Forbes has written an interesting articles on companies such as Bundle.com which are using wide ranging large datasets to understand consumption patterns amongst consumers.

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    ]]>     http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/using-data//feed 0     User Experience Outside The Square http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/user-experience-outside-the-square/ http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/user-experience-outside-the-square/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:31:38 +0000 Richard Linington http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/?p=531
  • Storytelling for User Experience Design
  • User experience
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    From Zefa Media.

    User Experience Outside The Square

    View more presentations from Zef Fugaz.

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    ]]>     http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/user-experience-outside-the-square//feed 0     Guerrilla User and Design Research http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/guerrilla-user-and-design-research/ http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/guerrilla-user-and-design-research/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:08:10 +0000 Richard Linington http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/?p=527
  • Understanding the value of user research
  • Good user research
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    By Ruth Ellison.

    Guerrilla User and Design Research
    View more presentations from Ruth Ellison.

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    ]]>     http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/guerrilla-user-and-design-research//feed 0     Experience and Service Design All Look Same http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/experience-and-service-design-all-look-same/ http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/experience-and-service-design-all-look-same/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:41:58 +0000 Richard Linington http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/?p=524
  • Service Design
  • Service Design
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    Jodi Forlizzi has written an article All Look Same? A Comparison of Experience Design and Service Design in Interactions.

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    ]]>     http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/experience-and-service-design-all-look-same//feed 0     U.S. mood throughout the day inferred from Twitter http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/u-s-mood-throughout-the-day-inferred-from-twitter/ http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/u-s-mood-throughout-the-day-inferred-from-twitter/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:44:56 +0000 Richard Linington http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/?p=522
  • State of The Internet
  • Social scientists at Yahoo
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    Interesting visualisation of the ‘mood’ of the USA based upon plotting 300 million tweets!

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    ]]>     http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/u-s-mood-throughout-the-day-inferred-from-twitter//feed 0     Mixing Qualitative and Quantitative Research http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/mixing-qualitative-and-quantitative-research/ http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/mixing-qualitative-and-quantitative-research/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:46:53 +0000 Richard Linington http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/?p=520
  • Research Design
  • Qualitative research design
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    Mixing Qualitative and Quantitative Research
    View more presentations from Sam Ladner.

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    ]]>     http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/mixing-qualitative-and-quantitative-research//feed 0     Blog analysis http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/blog-analysis/ http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/blog-analysis/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:32:58 +0000 Richard Linington http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/?p=515
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  • The innovator’s DNA
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    The University of Manchester have published a blog analysis toolkit based upon a project in which blog analysis was used.  The document can be downloaded here.

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    ]]>     http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/blog-analysis//feed 0     Quick and Dirty Remote User Testing http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/quick-and-dirty-remote-user-testing/ http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/quick-and-dirty-remote-user-testing/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:19:38 +0000 Richard Linington http://www.researchmethods.co.uk/?p=513
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    From A List Apart Quick and Dirty Remote User Testing.

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