Our responsibility

This week from People Nerds: a guide to accessible research, tackling UX debt, and how to be an ally in UX.

A critical deep dive into accessible user research  It's our responsibility to create products usable for all. But if you haven't worked with participants with access needs before, you might not know where to start. In this three part series, we'll cover accessibility considerations every UXR should know.   READ PART ONE Downsize your UX debt "UX debt" grows whenever we make choices that negatively impact our users—and a "we'll fix it later" attitude costs even more resources over time. Here's how to maintain user trust and stop bad product decisions from compounding.   DEBT-Y DOWNER Black UX Labs + dscout | Allyship in UX workshop We're excited to host Black UX Labs for an interactive, design thinking workshop geared towards brainstorming solutions to our field's diversity and inclusion challenges. This active, hands-on session has limited seats will not be recorded.   SAVE YOUR SPOT More we're discussing: 2020 created plenty of bottlenecks for researchers, but opportunities, too. Check out how Pluie leveraged remote research to meet an emerging need. Considering a career transition or looking to add to your team? We talked with six research leaders about their approach to hiring and evaluating UX talent. Distanced and remote collaboration is here to stay, so consider inventorying your team's practices and consult these productivity-sustaining workflows. What we're hearing:  What makes something a "best-practice" and when should we eschew them? Jakob Nielson (of NN/g) has some thoughts on declaring something "best."  We (rightfully) spend lots of time trying to delight new customers…but what about those who are returning to an experience. UX Planet offers simple design tips. dscout is a company composed of People Nerds working to make context-rich human insight an everyday habit across organizations. The dscout platform—Diary, Live, Recruit, and Express—enables remote qualitative research that brings researchers into the moments experienced and shared by real people. Curious about the platform or working with dscout? Talk to an account executive.  dscout, 222 North LaSalle St. Suite 650, Chicago, Illinois 60601, (312) 880-9715 Unsubscribe Manage preferences