How to Lie with Design Research

[Allison Bloodworth]

Should've waited a day...today I just received a link to *all* the  
talks given at User Research Friday, in HD! Check 'em out at: http://tinyurl.com/5kyy8g

On Nov 13, 2008, at 3:29 PM, Allison Bloodworth wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Last Friday I attended "User Research Friday" (http://userresearchfriday.com/ 
> ) in San Francisco. There were some great speakers...Indy Young  
> talked about mental models, and her talk was a really nice  
> complement to the UIE seminar we recently watched her give on this  
> topic (http://www.uie.com/events/virtual_seminars/indi_young/).
>
> But my favorite by far was the talk given by Dan Saffer, author of  
> "Designing for Interaction." It a very tongue in cheek talk  
> entitled, "How to Lie with Design Research." It's highly  
> entertaining and I recommend checking it out when you would like to  
> both laugh and learn about performing user research. :)
>
> Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7403062554539062819  
> or http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/02/03/design-research-lies/
> Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/dansaffer/how-to-lie-with-design-research
>
> Cheers,
> Allison
>
> Allison Bloodworth
> Senior User Interaction Designer
> Educational Technology Services
> University of California, Berkeley
> (415) 377-8243
> abloodworth at berkeley.edu
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Allison Bloodworth
Senior User Interaction Designer
Educational Technology Services
University of California, Berkeley
(415) 377-8243
abloodworth at berkeley.edu