A Research and Design Survival Guide
by Leah Buley
Recommended by Andy Budd and Jared Spool
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Design, Design, and Art.
The User Experience Team of One prescribes a range of approaches that have big impact and take less time and fewer resources than the standard lineup of UX deliverables. Whether you want to cross over into user experience or you're a seasoned practitioner trying to drag your organization forward, this book gives you tools and insight for doing more...
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Why recommended
Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Design, Design, and Art.
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Jared Spool
“The first ones that come to mind are: @danachis?s Handbook of Usability Testing @indiyoung?s books on Mental Models and Empathy @kimgoodwin?s Design for the Digital Age @leahbuley?s UX Team of One @vlh?s book on Animation There are so many others, it would be hard to list all.”
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Consider Accidental Presidents by Jared Cohen. Recommended by 10 sources.
“Accidental Presidents offers eight narrative portraits of men who succeeded to the U.S. presidency without election, using anecdote-rich scenes and readable context to show how personality and circumstance interact with office power. It’s strongest as a set of self-contained stories that make succession stakes concrete for non-specialist readers; it does not prioritize dense archival argument or exhaustive methodology, so expect some interpretive generalizations and repeated themes across cases. Use it for fast historical orientation rather than scholarly deep-dives.”
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