Fast Company recently featured an old article (2002) that is relevant to our discussion: "What people value and the way that they interact with a product goes...
Hi Suzie, While I was at documentum we did these at every user conference we had and despite the negative "focus group" responses, I found these to be...
To answer your questions to the setting of the focus group. 1. It will be an open session and therefore the number of users will be undertermined. 2. The...
Given that your company is new to the "virtues of usability" you may want to include some video clips of people using the products - happy moments and...
Hi, I've just started consulting with an organization that provides a technology product that helps run medical facilities. It's grown organically adding ...
Hi Karl, I wouldn't call this a commercial application as much as an enterprise application. The distinction to me is the difference between MS Word...
Hello moralessuzie, I found this at Human Factors website: http://www.humanfactors.com/downloads/jun02.asp#bollywood Maybe a good ideia. Cheers, ... WebMail...
I like their seven categories though I still think "context (of use)" would be something I would promote as another high level category... Cheers, jod _____ ...
Thanks for all the responses, I found it very useful. In the same vein I discovered some interesting quotes from research regarding usability and UX and its...
Hi all, I've got a couple of UX opportunities that I've been asked to help with, one contract to perm in Dallas and the other is perm in Ohio. The Dallas...
http://www.subservientchicken.com its all in the surprise. Really! it is. ;) -- dave ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th...
Two UX jobsKarl: I'm in Dallas again. Resume attached. ... From: Karl Long To: experiencedesign@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 8:54 AM ...
http://fastcompany.com/magazine/34/listenup.html It's a great source of quotes for my anti-focus-group campaign: "Most focus groups are tone-deaf...Jerome...
... Great article. Thanks for the reference, Paula. But why a campaign? Just like any other method, it's only as good as those using it. This article isn't so...
I fundamentally agree with everything Todd pointed out. While true in all regards it is still not a realistic response for the industry at large, because there...
... How about an education campaign instead? I was recently on a usability panel here at Cornell with two other colleagues that focused on a comparison between...
Once again, I agree totally with Todd [great examples; thanks for shring the details]. Education is key. The big challenge is that education is also the flaw....
First, I think we're collectively heading in the right direction here, Paula. Second, I must admit, that personally, I have a problem with the "anti" approach...
Todd said: Are you saying we need to separate the wheat from the chaff? I'm saying that the wheat and the tares are already growing together and too many...
And certainly to encourage rather than dissuade more of the 'example' types of postings that Todd has shared with us here...the details of his circumstances,...
... Same as the first... (sorry, couldn't resists) Cheers! Todd R. Warfel User Experience Architect MessageFirst | making products easier to use ... Contact...
... Same as the first. (Or so I fear.) I guess I don't understand this huge backlash you have against focus groups. You must have had some traumatic occurrence...
So what do we know? 1. (Some) people use focus groups for the wrong purposes 2. (Some) people conduct focus groups in the wrong way The second may imply the...
Perhaps everyone is missing the part about where I'm 'agreeing' with what's being said. I think perhaps Jared's comment about sticking beans up their nose most...
... One thing that we can count on is greed. Using greed as the survival determinator, natural selection will kill off sloppy methods in favor of methods that...
I have a question - Paula, what do you mean by an "anti" campaign? My original interpretation of your statement was that you thought focus groups shouldn't...
S. Camille Peres said: What do you mean by an "anti" campaign? Thanks for asking. The basic premise is that focus groups have become the 'hammer' for most ...
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