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The Researcher-Tool Mismatch: Improving the fit between user researchers and technology

Pity the typical user researcher - hand cramped from writing pages of subsequently illegible observation notes, arm sore from trying to hold a camera steady for hours on end, head aching from trying to assimilate so much information. And if all goes well, that was the easy part. Returning to the office, the researcher now faces piles of notes, recordings, transcriptions, and other unstructured information to make sense of, but little time to do so. The data collection itself is the lesser challenge compared with the organization, analysis, and communication of the findings (i.e., the “secondary” research project)…

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[…] as usual – punchy and articulate. Equally as witty was Rob Tannen, who spoke on a topic that extends his work for interactions magazine – he’s thinking about the tools we use to complete our design research work, and […]

 

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Rob Tannen to speak at the IIT Design Research Conference
By Jon Kolko on August 30th, 2008.

Rob Tannen will be speaking at the IIT Design Research Conference:

The presentation will cover:

  • The basic characteristics  of effective user research tools: documentation, measurement, efficiency and enhancement
  • Data on current usage of various technologies for data gathering, analysis and presentation
  • Demonstrations and tips on the latest tech tools for conducting user research, including high-speed digital video and pen computing
  • Concept designs of future user research tools

 

 


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