http://userhappiness.com/blog/would-you-give-up-10-minutes-of-your-time-for-a-free-beer/ Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:56:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://userhappiness.com/blog/would-you-give-up-10-minutes-of-your-time-for-a-free-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Usabilatte: 10 tips for running café usability sessions – Userhappiness Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:45:51 +0000 http://customerhappiness.com/blog/?p=75#comment-182 [...] A few years ago I read an article that changed the way I do usability testing. In the June 2004 Gotoreport Erik Burns introduced café usability testing: recruiting and running usability tests with participants in local cafés. This was a revelation to me. Even though I was using ‘discount’ methods and didn’t maintain a formal lab, Erik’s method of selecting participants in situ offered the opportunity to streamline the whole recruitment process. I could evaluate designs more quickly and economically, and pass the savings on to colleagues and clients. I ran my first café usability session in 2005 and I’ve been hooked ever since. [...] [...] A few years ago I read an article that changed the way I do usability testing. In the June 2004 Gotoreport Erik Burns introduced café usability testing: recruiting and running usability tests with participants in local cafés. This was a revelation to me. Even though I was using ‘discount’ methods and didn’t maintain a formal lab, Erik’s method of selecting participants in situ offered the opportunity to streamline the whole recruitment process. I could evaluate designs more quickly and economically, and pass the savings on to colleagues and clients. I ran my first café usability session in 2005 and I’ve been hooked ever since. [...]

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