Rachel Price

Varsity level cat herder, information architect @Microsoft, educator, chicken-fried-steak huntress, saxophonist. Opinions are my own.

[Rachel Price @r_audrey]

@PavelASamsonov I’ve had some success using literature map to find new authors to read based on authors I already know I really enjoy: https://t.co/4bPIjPSGGY

[Pavel A. Samsonov @PavelASamsonov]

Roses are red
All flowers are fleeting
Without an agenda
I'm declining your meeting

[Cedric Chin @ejames_c]

1/ Let's talk about how note taking can help you accelerate expertise.

Yes, I know how that sounds like.

No, this isn't hype.

There's some solid cognitive science here, and it has FASCINATING things to say about the nature of learning in messy, real world domains.

[Jehad Affoneh @jaffoneh]

Not every conversation with a customer or a user is user research.

Asking users what they want or what problems to solve vs. having skills to understand that is different.

Here are a few phrases & situations that might seem like doing user research but they’re likely not 🧵

[Jessica @jessicamalonso]

And that’s why slowing down to clarify what different terms mean is actually speeding up and people who get irritated about that process hold the team back

[Rachel Price @r_audrey]

@ElenaSalaks Fully support.

[Rachel Price @r_audrey]

@brownorama Tracking the approximately one bazillion daycare wait lists we are currently on 😑

[Rachel Price @r_audrey]

@brownorama HI WALNUT!! 👋

[Shit User Story @ShitUserStory]

As a…
– user
I want…
– an immersive VR shopping experience
so that…
– I can enjoy the inconvenience of physical shopping from the convenience of my home

[Pavel A. Samsonov @PavelASamsonov]

2021 was the year of feeling guilty about doing less because you felt like you were falling behind.

2022 is the year of embracing doing less intentionally, and reclaiming both your focus and your personal time.

[Rachel Price @r_audrey]

@NealPrice @sglerner Well sure but if the introduction is “are you awake?” then you’ve kind of given yourself away as not having forgotten 😂

[Pavel A. Samsonov @PavelASamsonov]

Users can only tell you about problems they experience directly, not their causes. Doing your due diligence as a user researcher requires tracking down root causes, and not just solving them through changes to the interface because you're a designer and that's what designers go.

[Rachel Price @r_audrey]

Great opportunity on a great team. Come help us bring connected content to life!

[Dan Brown (he/him) 👓 @brownorama]

There's a lot of good stuff in this conversation with @r_audrey about the Lens of Metadata Feasibility, but I mostly just want you all to be impressed that neither of us mentioned our love of beagles.

[Rachel Price @r_audrey]

@brownorama Food inspector 2 reporting for duty