The Sweet Spot – Participant Numbers in Qualitative UX Research
By Cassandra Wiesner
Being a UX designer I conduct a lot of qualitative research, from developing personas and journey maps to validating websites and products. There...
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By Cassandra Wiesner
Being a UX designer I conduct a lot of qualitative research, from developing personas and journey maps to validating websites and products. There...
Read moreBy Hamilton Hernandez
The first post in this series talked about the fundamentals of asking questions in UX research. This article describes how we ask questions during...
Read moreBy Leo Poll
Usability Testing is an essential aspect of any user-centred approach that puts the user at the centre of the development process. Adopting this...
Read moreBy Hamilton Hernandez
Surveys, interviews, usability tests and other UX research methods are meant to elicit information to help us clearly understand a user/customer...
Read moreBy Dan Iaboni
Is three the magic number? Culturally, and historically, the number three is very significant. In Christianity, there is the Holy Trinity...
Read moreBy Michelle Brown
The Tamagotchi As a young child in the 90’s with no dog, I desperately wanted a Tamagotchi. Desperately. The pocket-sized virtual pet promised...
Read moreBy Leo Poll
We have 5 senses (some people claim they have six) and you cannot trust any of them. Cognitive psychologists studying exteroception try to make...
Read moreBy Dan Iaboni
While driving the other day I tried to switch the radio station using the controls on my steering wheel. Instead, I accidentally redialed a...
Read moreBy Janet Bewell
Should you test in-person or remotely? What to choose when there are so many options? If the question was simply about the quality of the test...
Read moreBy Jen Hennings
Coming from a development background, from an old school development house, I have encountered a lot of varying responses to UX Design from...
Read moreBy Michelle Brown
“Mom, I’m going to have to call you back. I need to call 911.†I announced suddenly in the middle of my phone call. In retrospect, this...
Read moreBy Seneca Brandi
Usability is defined as the effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction with which specified users achieve specified goals in particular...
Read moreBy Michelle Brown
This is part two of a two part series. In part one we went over the guidelines around using defaults and talked about some pitfalls to avoid. You...
Read moreBy Dominira Saul
I fondly remember the days of sketching concepts on paper with a pencil and going to users to solicit feedback. There was a certain joy to...
Read moreBy Michelle Brown
Elsie had $100, very little time, and needed results. She and her team were developing a new grocery-shopping app that would substantially...
Read moreAbout Akendi
Akendi is a human experience design firm, leveraging equal parts experience research and creative design excellence. We provide strategic insights and analysis about customer and user behaviour and combine this knowledge with inspired design. The results enable organizations to improve effectiveness, engage users and provide remarkable customer experiences to their audiences.