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The Advancing Research 2020 Conference Reading List
A lot of great books were mentioned during the inaugural Advancing Research conference (some written by our presenters!) and after seeing so much enthusiasm for swapping recommendations, we started a slack channel dedicated to great reads. Please join our Advancing Research community for access to our Slack (plus invitations to free monthly videoconferences and first dibs on conference tickets.)
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Jared Spool challenges the notion of the five to eight user myth and asks us to make a fundamental shift in how we think of user research. He proposes that the real value of user research comes from increasing our understanding of who our users are, not from taking a quality assurance approach to research.
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