Archive > February 2010

Why Remote Usability Testing Kicks Ass – by Heybaloo

Cool write-up on heybaloo.com on two remote usability tools – usertesting.com and feedbackarmy.com. Excerpt:
“Remote testing neatly sidesteps these issues: the tester is probably sitting in his own house, using the site at his own pace. He’s probably on his own, so he’s happy to chat away and let you know what he thinks and what [...]

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Remote Design Research at Interaction 10

Here are the slides from Nate Bolt’s talk on Remote Design Research at IxD 10 in Savannah, GA.
Remote Research at IxD10
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Using Remote Research to Inform Social Interaction Design (SxD)

There’s a guest post by Brynn Evans over on the Bolt | Peters Blog, on the topic of using remote research methods to inform social interaction design. What’s social interaction design, you ask?:
Social interaction design (SxD) is the practice of designing for person-to-person interactions mediated by a computer interface, going beyond pure usability and human-computer [...]

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