Introduction
- How to treat your UX career like a product
- Ethical design and respectful user research
- The dangers and opportunities of AI in UX research
- What the heck is growth research?
- Games research and playtesting
- How to define a successful research strategy
Latest Episodes
#166 - Summer Throwback: Erika Hall on Why Surveys (Almost Always) Suck
Welcome to Summer Throwbacks, where we revisit some of Awkward Silences' most memorable episodes.This week features a conversation with Erika Hall on the misuses of su...
#165 - High Impact Research on Embedded Teams with Hannah Ghidey of Etsy
Embedded research teams—where UXRs are dedicated to a single product area—are popular. The proximity to design, product, and engineering stakeholders increases subject...
#164 - UX Lessons from a Decade Researching AI with Jess Holbrook of Microsoft
Much of the conversation around AI in UX involves how it will shape and change researchers' work. Today's guest, Jess Holbrook, who leads UX research for Microsoft AI,...
#163 - Creating Mindful Product Experiences with Jay Vidyarthi of Still Ape
In this episode, Erin and Ben chat with Jay Vidyarthi, designer, author, and founder at Still Ape. Jay is a leading thinker around designing mindful product experience...
#162 - Empowering PwDR Using Research Education with Daniel Gottlieb of Microsoft
Many research activities are completed by non-researchers, but whose work is benefited from user insights. Generally, these folks—designers, PMs, developers, among oth...