Time Aware Research

From the Design Research Conference 2011 in Chicago.

1. TIME AWARE RESEARCH
2. Hi, I’m Nate Bolt Author, Remote Research President, Bolt | Peters Time lapse addict
3. Photo Credit: The Stakhanovite Twins on Flickr
4. #DRCX or #DRC11
5. Tony Fadell
6. Tony Fadell
9. Every person on the team should be treated like an artist. “ ” - Tony Fadell
10. Edwin H. Land
11. Edwin H. Land
12. Market research is what you do when your product isn’t any good. “ ” - Edwin H. Land
15. What’s a researcher to do?
16. 60 years ago o hai, faye
17. user researcb tools 20 years ago
19. Decision Theory & Adaptive Systems Group
20. Bayesian methods Animated pedagogical agency
21. Infer when users needed help
23. “Misunderstood animated pedagogical agent or spawn of Satan?”
24. Bad Research
25. 1)Hypothetical Questions 2)A False Premise 3)Opinions are worthless
26. TIME AWARE RESEARCH UMMM, REMEMBER YOUR TALK IS ON
29. UX RESEARCH 1% DESIGN RESEARCH 99%
30. Explode Some thoughts on analytics What do helicopters do in action movies?
31. Walter Creative director developer interaction visual designer product manager design researcher CEO.
32. Walter Creative director developer interaction visual designer product manager design researcher CEO.
33. Walter’s Boss. He’s always on a plane and loves birds.
34. Walter’s Boss. He’s always on a plane and loves birds.
35. Walter, I want to solve every problem with our product and not spend any money.
36. Sure, Boss. Let’s start with some research.
37. Okay, nerd.
39. TIME IS EVERYTHING
41. Since 2007
42. Can tools make us better researchers?
48. 2% RESPONSE RATE
49. 60% ANSWER RATE
54. IMMEDIACY
55. BUT THAT’S NOT DESIGN RESEARCH
57. LET’S INTERNET?
58. Back to me.
64. 60% PROTOTYPE RESEARCH
65. 10 YEARS 244 STUDIES 2,915 PARTICIPANTS (MODERATED) 165 ORGANIZATIONS 67,000 OURS
68. SOCIAL IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY
70. A DINOSAUR FAMILY EXPLAINS INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
71. SF TO PARIS IN TWO MINUTES
73. WALTER??
74. Mobile Time Aware Research?
76. PORTABLE RESEARCH
77. DUAL LENS STREAMING FIELD RESEARCH •Livestream •Flip Cam RIP •It’s the view finder, silly •Actual duct tape
80. We have to avoid the big myth
81. The Myth: Geniuses have genius ideas that turn into genius products.
82. The Truth: Great Ideas come from Other Great Ideas
83. More Truth: Imaginative research facilitates invention.
84. URFRIDAY.COM N.Y. Nov 22nd USER RESEARCH FRIDAY
85. remoteresear.ch
86. Le End.
87. Nate Bolt nate@boltpeters.com @boltron