Lauren Isaacson 10/25/21 Lauren Isaacson 10/25/21

Curio Research Quarterly Vol. 15

Hello Curio friends! I was supposed to be available again for new projects starting around mid-November but things never go as planned and now it looks like I won’t have availability until mid-January.

Lauren Isaacson 8/26/21 Lauren Isaacson 8/26/21

Advice for Implementing UX Surveys

A good rule to remember when designing surveys is: No one wants to answer your survey (unless they're really really mad or you are paying them). This rule is especially true for in-app surveys. People are using your app to do a job, accomplish a task, or waste time, and your need for data to prove to the Powers That Be that you and your team are doing a great job and deserve a raise is interrupting what the user wants to do. So think very carefully before implementing an in-app survey.

Lauren Isaacson 7/15/21 Lauren Isaacson 7/15/21

Curio Research Quarterly Vol. 14

Hello friends! Could it be? Are we finally starting to see the other side of the pandemic? I'm beginning to see friends again. I've made brunch plans. I'm going to see two live shows next month (outdoors). It feels so tentative and exciting at the same time.

Lauren Isaacson 7/4/21 Lauren Isaacson 7/4/21

Curio Research quarterly Vol. 13

Updates on work and life from the first quarter of 2021.

Lauren Isaacson 10/16/20 Lauren Isaacson 10/16/20

Curio Research Quarterly Vol. 11

Happy autumn! Depending on where you are, I hope you're enjoying the pleasant changes in weather and color while prepping your domiciles for a long and lonely self-isolating winter. (Bummer, I know.) This is what I’ve been up to over the last three months…

Lauren Isaacson 7/27/20 Lauren Isaacson 7/27/20

Curio Research Quarterly Vol. 10

Hello again! Has it been 3-months already? I've been saying that it feels like everything has happened yesterday and forever ago all at once. It's been stressful for everyone.

Lauren Isaacson 7/7/20 Lauren Isaacson 7/7/20

How to Make Quantitative Research Accessible to People with Disabilities

In other posts, I discussed reasons to make research accessible, the types of disabilities and how to be polite to people with disabilities, and how to do accessible participant recruiting and qualitative research. Now let's get into quantitative research.

Lauren Isaacson 6/23/20 Lauren Isaacson 6/23/20

How to Make Qualitative Research Accessible to People with Disabilities

How to make qualitative research accessible to people with disabilities, from recruiting to online and in-person research.

Lauren Isaacson 4/16/20 Lauren Isaacson 4/16/20

Curio Research Quarterly Vol. 9

Hello again. I hope you're doing okay and staying safe. The world has certainly changed since we last spoke. I'll try to keep this lighthearted, but a lot is going on, and a lot is not going on.

Lauren Isaacson 4/2/20 Lauren Isaacson 4/2/20

A guide to doing remote research from home

So you're used to doing all of your research in-person, and social distancing has suddenly made that impossible. You don't even have a lab or an office to use! As someone who views remote research from home as the norm, I can help. Once you get used to doing remote qualitative research from home, you can do it from anywhere. I find it to have worthwhile advantages over in-person.

Lauren Isaacson 3/31/20 Lauren Isaacson 3/31/20

Understanding Disabilities and Interaction Etiquette

Previously, we discussed the many reasons for involving people with disabilities in research. Now, let's move on to understanding and interacting with them.