You’ve made it this far! Now, let’s bring it home with Part 3. This is getting a bit ‘meta’ and looking inwards to reflect on how design researchers talk about what we do. (Lost? Here is Part 1 and Part 2). How we as a design research community talk about what we do — and how we may exclude others through language we use Have you ever sat in a presentation and thought…

I hope you enjoyed Part 1. Get excited for Part 2 — this one’s all about… How our experiences, the way we speak, and those of our research participants influence the collection of research data Do you think your experiences always mirror those of your participants? Probably not. Let’s explore how we use language to express our identity, subconsciously or consciously, and what that means for research.

Hello. My name’s Caylie, and I’m a Design Researcher. In a past life, I studied Japanese, Mandarin, and Linguistics. The use of language — spoken, signed, gestured, or written — unites us as humans. Beyond serving as a means of communication, language also has the power to influence the way…

Hello there. I see you’re into usability testing. What I’m writing about below is not by any means the one-stop-shop guide to usability testing. It’s simply my process — and what I’ve found to work well through…doing this a lot. Many of the steps below are also applicable to concept…

At SEEK, we’ve been experimenting with different ways to conduct research remotely (moderated and unmoderated) for a little while. Given the current situation with COVID-19, Mimi Turner and I had to quickly whip up some guidelines for our UXers and product teams to continue conducting research remotely — while being…

I’m now 18 months into my role at SEEK (wow!) and I’ve been reflecting upon the things I’ve learned, where I’ve come from, and where I’ve got to. Often, we’re so focused on pumping out the next bit of research/design/Keynote presentation that we forget to stop and smell the lightbulb-moment-roses…

So. I’m going to write about spiders. If you don’t like spiders, or if you’re an arachnophobe — beware! Pictures of spiders ahead. Wait, you helped design WHAT? In late 2017, two dear friends of mine let me know that they were attempting to build an app that would help Australians (and tourists) identify spiders. …

The ask About 3 months into my role at SEEK, the Candidate product stream (that is, the side of our site that you’re probably most familiar with — looking for jobs) wanted to better understand job seeker sentiment toward SEEK. As a researcher, this piqued my interest so I poked my nose…

In August 2018, I presented a 10 minute talk at UX Australia. My talk focused on a pattern I’d observed emerging among UX researchers and teams — that UX research sometimes felt a little unloved, and difficult to execute. …