Inspiration
Below is a small collection of practical books, videos and knowledge sources that have brought our team value. This information is useful for anyone looking to further explore user research, video production or merge research with creativity.
USERPALOOZA
Nick Bowmast's USERPALOOZA is a guide to conducting field research, to meet your customer, understand who they are, how they think and what they do, to bring their voices, experiences and realities to bear on the way your brand brings its product or service into their world.
Great User Research for Non Researchers
Steve Portigal explains the essentials of planning, conducting, and acting on user research, showing you how to uncover insightful information to help drive UX and product decisions.
THE HUMAN INSIGHTS MISSING FROM BIG DATA
Tricia Wang demystifies big data and identifies its pitfalls, suggesting that we focus instead on "thick data" -- precious, unquantifiable insights from actual people -- to make the right business decisions and thrive in the unknown.
FREAKONOMICS
Freakonomics is a collaboration between Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. Through storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives. How people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing.
Thinking fast and slow
Daniel Kahneman explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional. System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems shape our judgments and decisions.
KHAN ACADEMY
We oftentimes rush to learn complex methodologies without full understanding the fundamental concepts that underlie them. I owe a great deal to Khan Academy, refreshing and enhancing knowledge in critical information and opening many doors for me, including graduate school.
CURTIS JUDD (youTube)
An expert in lighting and sound. A great resource for developing a strong eye for video lighting and identifying the correct tools for recording audio. An essential instructor for addressing the technical challenges of capturing long and hectic in-field research.
RARE EARTH (YOUTUBE)
An incredible narrative storytelling channel. The son of Astronaut Chris Hadfield looks at parts of the world from a unique lens. Sharing incredible stories from otherwise overlooked parts of the world.
TEAM TREEHOUSE
An easy to use and approachable technical education provider. One of the best user experiences of any website, and in my eyes, a lens into the future of education in this country.
