Doorbells, Danger, and Dead Batteries

Doorbells, Danger, and Dead Batteries
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User research war stories are personal accounts of the challenges researchers encounter out in the field, where mishaps are inevitable, yet incredibly instructive. Doorbells, Danger, and Dead Batteries is a diverse compilation of war stories that range from comically bizarre to astonishingly tragic, tied together with valuable lessons from expert user researcher Steve Portigal.

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Steve Portigal. Doorbells, Danger, and Dead Batteries

DOORBELLS, DANGER, AND DEAD BATTERIES

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK. Who Should Read This Book?

What’s in This Book?

What Comes with This Book?

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. What are war stories?

Why is this book about user research that went wrong?

Should I read this book in one sitting?

Are there more stories?

Can I submit my own story?

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

It’s All Going to Burn

CHAPTER 1

Julia Thompson: For Want of a Shoe

Alicia Dornadic: Don’t Hate on a Tinkler

Dan Szuc: Shanghai Surprise

Sean Ryan: Pockets Full of Cash

Mary Ann Sprague: Be Prepared

George Ressler: Skyfall (or a View to a Kill)

Tamara Christensen: What the Hell? Don’t You Knock?

Jenn Downs: Burns, Bandages, and BBQ

CHAPTER 2

Gerry Gaffney: Right to Be Wrong

Leo Frishberg: No, We Really Meant the User

Doug Cooke: Knock-Knock! Who’s There?

Daria Loi: Researcher Thresholds

Patricia Colley: The Hidden Persuader

Cordy Swope: A Crisis of Credibility

CHAPTER 3

Diane Loviglio: Interrupted Interview

Elaine Ann: I Thought My Client Was Going to Die

Ryan DeGorter: Enthusiasticus Interruptus

Nicolas Nova: Do You Want Me to Act?

Vanessa Pfafflin: DDoSed in Vegas

Elaine Fukuda: They Call Me Mister

CHAPTER 4

Gregory Cabrera: Taking Notes, Getting Detained (Sort of)

Jon Innes: Beware of Trapdoors

David Hoard: Footloose

Francoise Brun-Cottan: Black Glances Cast Our Way

Ari Nave: Chicken Run

Chauncey Wilson: Secrets, Security, and Contextual Inquiry

Erik Moses: (Don’t) Go Toward the Light

CHAPTER 5

Carla Borsoi: A Dirty Diaper Sitting in the Mud

Prasad Kantamneni: Skin in the Game

Dennis Nordstrom: Negotiating Between Sympathy and Empathy

Brandon Satanek: CATastrophe

Gregory Cabrera: Biting Off More Than I Can Chew

CHAPTER 6

Rachel Wong: Subject Matter May Be Inappropriate

Debbie Mrazek: Sometimes Ignorance Is Bliss

Kelly Braun: Pictures Are Language Independent

Carol Rossi: Driving Force

CHAPTER 7

Lena Blackstock: The Researcher and the Banana Thief

Andrew Muir Wood: Victims of the Killer Insight

Susan Wilhite: The Trust Dance

Raffaele Boiano: The Enemy Employee

Nick Bowmast: Diary Studies at Motorway Speed

CHAPTER 8

Jon McNeill: Of Speed and Strip Clubs

Jen Iudice: Trust Your Gut, It Can Save Your Life!

Lindsay Moore: Sexism in the City

Gavin Johnston: It’s 4:00 a.m. Do You Know Where Your Ethnographer Is?

Lisa Aronson Fitch: When Rapport Goes Too Far

Tom Williams: Go with the Flow

Jen Van Riet: Jennie’s Got a Gun

Michael B. Griffiths: All About Face (Sichuan Adventures)

CHAPTER 9

Sharon Cartwright: Broken Windows Theory

Nancy Frishberg: Look Sharp

Ilona Posner4: First Stop the Bleeding!

Dan Soltzberg: Focus, No Matter What!

Rachel Shadoan: Research, in Sickness and in Health

Fumiko Ichikawa: Good-bye, Cruel World

Apala Lahiri Chavan: Whose Side Is the Researcher On?

CHAPTER 10

Susan Simon Daniels: A Sigh Is Just a Sigh

Whitney Hess: Stories of War

Kavita Appachu: Managing Money, Oh Joy!

Jen Ignacz: Bad News Turns to Couples Therapy

CHAPTER 11

Gregory Cabrera: Culture Shock

Raffaella Roviglioni: Learning to Deal with Expectations

Marta Guy: On Confronting Judgment

Priya Sohoni: Taking Empathy to a Whole New Level

Conclusion

Steve Sato: Finding Mojo in the Moment

INDEX. A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

DISCUSSION GUIDE

CONTRIBUTORS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Footnotes. Introduction

Chapter 1: The Best Laid Plans

Chapter 2: Those Exasperating Participants

Chapter 3: Control Is an Illusion

Chapter 4: Cracking the Code

Chapter 5: Gross, Yet Strangely Compelling

Chapter 7: To Live Outside the Law, You Must Be Honest

Chapter 9: People Taking Care of People

Chapter 11: The Myth of Objectivity

Conclusion

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USER RESEARCH WAR STORIES

Steve Portigal

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Tom Williams: Go with the Flow

Jen Van Riet: Jennie’s Got a Gun

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