Rachel Kantrowitz, PhD

design researcher | independent consultant | writer | public health | former African historian

[Rachel Kantrowitz, PhD @rakantrowitz]

Hello! My business website is live! Please get in touch if you'd like to chat about your next user research + strategy project. https://t.co/o1oeYWfwb5

[Rachel Kantrowitz, PhD @rakantrowitz]

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[Rachel Kantrowitz, PhD @rakantrowitz]

Hello! My business website is live! Please get in touch if you'd like to chat about your next user research + strategy project. https://t.co/o1oeYWfwb5

[Rachel Kantrowitz, PhD @rakantrowitz]

I’m to the point where I’m saving my energy report from my energy company, because it makes me feel like at least I’m doing something right in my life!

[Rachel Kantrowitz, PhD @rakantrowitz]

Is there a long German word for the conflicting feelings of anxiety about climate change mixed with the pure joy of going for a run in sunny, 58-degree weather, in February in New England?

[Rachel Kantrowitz, PhD @rakantrowitz]

Most perplexing is this task is straightforward on the app, but totally unclear on the website. So, they knew how to do it well, and just didn’t apply it to both places?

[Rachel Kantrowitz, PhD @rakantrowitz]

That feeling when you have a terrible user experience on a website and you think: dang, I really wish I could do some user research for them! Fix it ALL!!

[Rachel Kantrowitz, PhD @rakantrowitz]

This abandoned railroad track near me is a whole mood.

[Rachel Kantrowitz, PhD @rakantrowitz]

If someone had told me that I'd spend winter Tuesday evenings in my (very) late 30s on my couch, under a knitted blanket, with the space heater on, going through Buy Nothing member join requests . . . I would have believed them.

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Just signed up! Very excited. Getting my website up has been on my to do list for too long.

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Reminder: If you want to rebuild your webpage in the new year, join TWC's masterclass!

You will:
✅Learn about what makes a stellar portfolio
✅Workshop your sales page with your freelance colleagues
✅Make your work shine!

Register here:
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[Rachel Kantrowitz, PhD @rakantrowitz]

So far this morning I put cayenne pepper instead of cinnamon in my oatmeal and thought my coffee was steeping only to find the water still unpoured in the kettle. 2023's gonna be great, everyone.

[Rachel Kantrowitz, PhD @rakantrowitz]

I took yesterday off! It was great.

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Hi, have you taken a day off recently? This is your #freelance reminder that one of the best parts of working for yourself is being able to give yourself dreamy mid-week breaks at a moment's notice.

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Here's your reminder that no matter what you accomplished today, or this week, or this month, you still deserve to completely log off at the end of the work day.

[Rachel Kantrowitz, PhD @rakantrowitz]

I am as old as I ever have been, and boy do I feel it. Happy Friday, everyone!

[Rachel Kantrowitz, PhD @rakantrowitz]

Welp there’s no end in sight for covid and politics is depressing but I can order IPAs from my couch and get them delivered so clearly humanity is progressing.

[Rachel Kantrowitz, PhD @rakantrowitz]

@DonaldsonCD I would love that! Hopefully at some point before too long I'll make it over there!

[Rachel Kantrowitz, PhD @rakantrowitz]

Hey UX research folks!

Anyone in Los Angeles and want to meet up? Coffee + snacks on me! I’ll be visiting soon!

[Rachel Kantrowitz, PhD @rakantrowitz]

Oh, and a lot of my research is in the health/medical fields so would love to chat with folks in that space!

[Rachel Kantrowitz, PhD @rakantrowitz]

So, don’t be shy, say hi! (Unless you are a creep, in which case, please do be shy and don’t say hi).