Since 2012, I’ve been collecting War Stories, where researchers share the stuff that happens during fieldwork. There are more than 70 stories (start your reading here) and they’ve proven to be a valuable resource for the practice. I’ve been giving a talk over the past few months about the stories and what I’ve learned from the process of curating the stories as well as from the stories themselves. From UX Australia, here’s the audio, the (minimal) slides, and a few sketchnotes.

If you have a story about an experience you had doing contextual research, please get in touch! We want more stories!

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Matthew Magain, UX Mastery

War stories with @steveportigal at #uxaustralia. So many stories I don't want to draw… #iHadFun pic.twitter.com/a9kc7Ml2HI

— guillaume hammadi (@ghammadi) August 28, 2014

Guillaume Hammadi

Pee and stuff @steveportigal #uxaustralia #catpee pic.twitter.com/spvaLJEQJQ

— Suj ? (@sujeevnotsteve) August 28, 2014

Suj